#Cortex Plus

[pocgamer]

What happened to Cortex Prime?

Between 2019 and 2022, Cortex Prime was a rising star in the larger tabletop RPG scene. It had a solid pedigree dating back over ten years, and it had gathered numerous awards over that period. Its primary steward through its existence, Cam Banks, is well known and respected in the industry. Then, in late 2022, it dropped off the radar despite its successful Dragon Prince tie-in game. So, what…

[tysonrunningfox]

Hi, could you do a multi-part Eretstrid story? I'd miss a good story between those two that builds up to a sensual moment. And even better if it were set within the Httyd universe we see in the movies.

Hey anon, you've asked for this a few times, and the thing is that a multi-part slow build story is something that I just have to be really stoked about to make time for.

It's not exactly what you're asking for and in ways kind of a mirror but if you haven't read Fester it might scratch part of the itch in the most infuriating way possible but

[glasspalacesstoneshop]

Anyways YouTube shorts recommend me some video of a girl saying she was glad she didn’t get a boob job and waited til 25 to make that decision and admittedly it was a very cisgender area of the internet but uh being trans you can understand why the sentiment makes me nervous

The push to make adulthood age 25 is only going to lose us rights and not protect us from anything

[guttednight]

finished disco elysium and my brain will not let go of the word choice “insula” and “insulindian” - like i *know* it’s just the latin word for island, but i feel like nothing is *just* anything in this game, and the creators obviously have at least some knowledge of brain structures (given the limbic system and the basal ganglia aka ancient reptilian brain, plus encyclopaedia mentioning other parts too - the amygdala, i think?) - it feels purposeful to me! the insula is connected to both the limbic system and the basal ganglia, in fact it’s a largely a communication cortex, lots of transferring and processing of information (sensory in particular), which i think is really interesting when looking at the communication between harry/his brain structures and the world, aka the *insula*

this is just senseless half-formed neuropsychologist rambling on my part, and greatly simplified at that, so if anyone more knowledgeable than me wants to expand and/or correct be my guest, i just think it’s fun to speculate! i’d like to think it’s an intentional choice, i’d like to think it reflects Harry’s strange supernatural communication with the world, but then again shivers is my favourite skill (*joint* favourite, with volition) so maybe i’m looking for something in nothing - but where’s the joy in anything if you can’t look for something in nothing, eh?

[tournoidesgeneriquesfr]

Bienvenue dans le Tournoi des Génériques Fr !

Parce que, peu importe votre génération, si vous avez grandi avec la télé, vous connaissez forcément des génériques en français qui sont incroyables.

LES NOMINATIONS SONT À PRÉSENT TERMINÉES !

Les génériques sélectionn��s :

Adventure Time

Albator (78)

Albator (84)

Albert le 5ème mousquetaire

Amour, Gloire et Beauté

Angel's Friends

Arnold et Willy

Atomic Betty

Babar

Barbapapa

Ben 10

Beyblade

Beyblade : Métal Fusion

Bibifoc

Blake et Mortimer

Bob l'Éponge

C'est Pas Sorcier

Candy

Capitaine Flam

Cat's Eyes

Cédric

Charlotte aux fraises

Champs-Elysées

Châteauvallon

Chocolat et Vanilla

Code Lyoko

Conan l'Aventurier

Corentin

Corneille et Bernie

Dallas

Danny Fantôme

Denver le Dernier Dinosaure

Détective Conan (premier générique)

Didou

Digimon

Dorémi Magique (premier générique)

Dragon Ball (version club do)

Dragon Ball Z (version club do)

Flapacha où es-tu ?

Foot 2 Rue (Amitié et Respect)

Ford Boyard

Fraggle Rock

Franklin

Galactik Football

George de la jungle

Goldorak

Hamtaro

Heidi (version québécoise)

Hélène et les Garçons

Heroes

Il était une fois la vie

Il était une fois les découvreurs

Il était une fois les explorateurs

Il était une fois l'espace

Il était une fois l'Homme

Inazuma Eleven

Inspecteur Gadget

Intervilles

Jayce et les Conquérants de la Lumière

Jeanne et Serge

Ken le Survivant

Kilari (premier générique)

Kim Possible

Koh Lanta

L'Agence Tous Risques

L'Âne Trotro

L'École des Champions

L'île aux enfants

La Bande à Picsou

La Carte aux Trésors

Lady Oscar

La Légende de Zorro

La Reine du fond des temps

Le Cœur a ses raisons

Le Petit Castor

Le Petit Prince

Le Prince et la Sirène (Marina la petite sirène)

Le Sourire du Dragon (Donjons & Dragons)

Le Tour du Monde en 80 jours (version furry)

Les 3 mousquetaires (version furry)

Les Aventures de Lucky Luke

Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque

Les Daltons

Les Dossiers de l'Écran

Les Entrechats

Les Malheurs de Sophie

Les Mondes Engloutis

Les Mystérieuses Cités d'Or

Les Pyjamasks

Les Ratz

Lolirock

Lucile Amour et Rock'n'roll

Maguy

Marcelino

Marc et Sophie

Marotte et Charlie

Martin Matin

Martin Mystère

Maya l'Abeille

Mes Parrains sont Magiques

Mew Mew Power (premier générique)

Mimi Cracra (générique de la première série)

Minus et Cortex

Miraculous

Moi Renard

Molierissimo

Mona le vampire

Mon ami Marsupilami

Mon petit poney (g1)

Monster Allergy

My little pony : Friendship is magic (g4)

Nadia le secret de l'eau bleue

Nicky Larson

Oban Star Racers

Oggy et les cafards

Olive et Tom

Oscar et Malika, toujours en retard

Oui-Oui

Peppa Pig

Père Castor

Petit Ours Brun

Phinéas et Ferb

Plus belle la vie

Pokémon (premier générique)

Premiers Baisers

Princesse Sarah

Prison Break

Quoi d'neuf Scooby Doo

Rahan

Ranma 1/2

Robinson Sucroë

Robotech

Sailor Moon

Sakura Chasseuse de Cartes

Salut les Musclés

Sam le pompier

Samsam

Shaman King

Sherlock Holmes (version furry)

Shuriken School

Simsala Grimm

Sonic X

Sourire d'enfer

Sous le signe des mousquetaires

Starsky et Hutch

Steven Universe

Sylvestre et Titi

T'choupi

Tao Tao

Tchaou et Grodo

Téléchat

Thalassa (premier générique)

Tintin

Titeuf (saison 3)

Tom Sawyer

Tortues Ninjas (2003)

Totally Spies (le générique fr)

Ulysse 31

Wakfu

Winx

W.I.T.C.H

Yu-Gi-Oh

Yu-Gi-Oh GX

Zorro (avec Guy Williams)

(inspiré par le tournoi memique des chansons fr de @elmaxlys )

[bookwormbynight]

Do you guys ever think about the canon maturity difference between L and Light?

We don't need to speculate. L's brain, 25 years, is near done cooking, if not finished. But for the entirety of death note before the time skip, Light's naivety is on full-display. He's fucking brilliant, but he makes sloppy mistakes because he acted on impulse, thought with his amygdala instead of his still-developing pre-frontal cortex. They're both childish and immature, sure, but on L's part, that is a conscious decision, it's an impulse he chooses to indulge because he has no reason not to, whereas Light killed Lind L Tailor without considering the numerous possible consequences to that decision simply because the man insulted him to his face while Light was in the middle of a power trip. Light slips up with Namikawa, while acting as L, and L winces because it was an obvious mistake.

Even a few years difference when the brain is so rapidly developing can be put on sharp display easily. As a personal anecdote, I, 18, was hanging out with a friend of my friend's (17) for a minute during a transition period. She was 16, and she wasn't hard to get along with, but boy, did I notice sometimes. Two year age gap. L's got seven on Light, all of them counting, plus experience in the field.

I'm considering all the times L might've treated Light like it. Not talking to him like a toddler, not downplaying his intelligence, not telling a single lie (for once) which makes it so much worse. L turns to Light and tells him to sit this conference out, do not try to give input, because this one is not for you. If you can't keep your nose out of this decision that you genuinely do not have the ability to consider in its entirety, we will put noise-cancelling headphones on you and take away the privilege to listen. It's so much harder for Light to protest when there's enough fact behind this, in his eyes, humiliation and dismissal that all of the other adults are nodding their heads along to it. Especially Light's dad.

[cherry-bomb-ships]

@coffee-bat YOU BEAT ME TO IT BUT YES I WAS GOING TO BRING UP THOSE EXACT TWO LINES 💀💀💀 Like its fucking insane that that's even a thing, and I KNOW in the context of this game that came out in 2009 made by Canadians with an edgy sense of humor, its supposed to be a bad thing like "haha look the fruity bad guy is queer, LAUGH", but in our beautiful modern society its deadass just confirming he's trans 💖💀💖💀💖

Hey followers how do you feel about the fact that Cortex is canonically implied to be AFAB

[kakao-lovey]

۶ৎ Haircare priority No. 1: preventing damage

Preventing damage to your scalp and hair follicles is unarguably the most essential part of haircare, and is often overlooked by the very same people that use endless expensive treatments. It does not matter how good your genes are, or how many products you use: if you damage your hair, it will look dull, straw-like, frizzy and discoloured. Note: unfortunately, some of us have bad hair genes, and it can predispose you to dryness, split-ends or oiliness that affects the look NO MATTER how good you take care of it. But, taking measures to protect your hair will almost always make it look much better in the long run, if not perfect. Note No. 2: I am as white as white gets. Wasabi is too spicy for me. My experienced is based on blonde 1b hair, and although these tips are backed by science, some might vary in applicability.

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What not to do

Heat-styling: lovies, if you heat-style your hair, PLEASE try out heatless curls (If you're curling) or AT LEAST use a high-quality heat protectant spray. Heat damage breaks down proteins in the cortex of your hair, which leads to easy breaking, splitting and stiffness. It can also separate the outer cuticle from your hair strand, and that's what makes heat-damaged hair so dry and dull.

Using the hot air to blow-dry: Same principle. Additionally, if you blow-dry until your hair is 100% dry, that means you are actually sucking the moisture out of it.

Air-drying: your hair can absorb up to 30% of it's weight in water, and the longer it has to hold in that water, the more damage there is to the cortex.

Excessive sun exposure: you can get a sunburn on your scalp, actually. Plus, the heat thing comes up again.

Sulphate shampoos: here's the deal. MOST people are OK with sulphate shampoos, and the supposed damage is widely exaggerated, IF you wash your hair as often as you should. If you have to wash every day (For whatever reason), opt for sulphate-free, and use a clarifying shampoo weekly. It is incredibly difficult to find a sulphate-free shampoo that actually works on oily hair, so if your regular one works, stick with it.

Washing too frequently: everyone's hair is different, but every one or two days is excessive. I have the oiliest hair on Earth, but I wash once or twice a week, and I'm fine because my scalp got used to not having to overcompensate for loss of normal sebum.

Scalp-picking: I am guilty as charged. I don't think I even need to explain why this is bad.

Sleeping with wet hair: put your food down, lovies, because your scalp can actually grow mould in those warm, wet conditions. On top of that, you're adding friction to the already sensitive hair strands that are drenched with water.

Friction: last one, I promise. Rubbing your hair harshly with your towel is about the worst thing you can do, and that hair turban thing they do at spas has to come second.

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Blow-dry your hair with cool air: most hairdryers have this setting. The cooler, the better (Even though it takes longer).

Styling with heatless curls

Squeezing and patting your hair dry gently with a cotton towel (Or old shirt, works just as well)

Wearing a high-duty hair sunscreen or a hat when outside for long periods of time: better yet, choose a hat with a silk lining to minimise friction.

Non-sulphate, fragrance-free shampoos: hard to come by, but real gold for your hair.

Washing only a handful of times a week

Getting a fidget toy to keep your hands busy and away from your scalp: I recommend infinity cubes or stress balls.

Using a silk scarf under your religious hair covering, if you wear one

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If you take any of these tips to heart, please let me know by interacting with this post so I can make more haircare-related content. Between high-school and chronic illness, I don't have an overload of free time, but I always make it work!

[the-cat-and-the-birdie]

All Funk, No Punk - Still Hobart Brown

Gold chains instead of silver spikes. Gator shoes in place of thrifted boots. And an afro bigger than Hobie's -

Spider-Funk is Hobart Brown - Earth 831

Hobie Brown maybe Artie's chiller, rougher, and louder self - but somehow, they get on like a cop car on fire (or whatever the saying is).

And Artie Brown maybe Hobie's cockier, flirtier, and flashier self - but they just tell people they're twins.

Or at the very least - they call each other 'brotha' and 'bruv' all the time.

When people ask about the accent thing - you know, Artie being American, they say 'Ever seen The Parent Trap?'

[A LONG ASS post - Below is Artie's Origins, Fighting Style, Relationship to Hobie, and how he got recruited - All About the Brown Bros! Artie & Hobie, FunkPunk!]

It's Hobie 2 - Electric Bugaloo!

And just when Miguel thought he could only stomach one of them.

Though he calls himself the older brother, being born over a decade earlier, Artie is Hobie's less mature, more materialistic, but just as kind variant.

He's a pacifist instead of an anarchist - Full of Soul instead of bursting with Rock.

And he still hates cops.

Origins:

When Artie was drafted for the Vietnam War in 1969 - the first thing he did was burn his draft card. Then he joined the Black Liberation Army.

He wasn't the only one - Artie was part of the almost half a million draftees to do so.

And then President Osborn was elected.

To fill the gap in enlistment, Osborn came up with a solution.

V.E.N.O.M - A highly toxic, unfeelingly aggressive, and wildly bloodthirsty symbiote. A solution to the protests and draft dodgers.

Engineered by Oscorp - if you didn't induct yourself as a soldier, the V.E.N.O.M would make you one. And suddenly his friends were disappearing one by one.

A subtle but sudden-onset disease, the V.E.N.O.M variant was nearly undetectable, very persuasive, and incredibly effective.

More primal than animalistic, the symbiote's function didn't raise one's bloodlust, - instead it lowered, and at worse cancelled, your empathy. The symbiote subtly normalized dehumanization - attacking neurons in the cerebral cortex to destroy one's capability of empathy, compassion, and at times - recognizing faces. Able to follow commands without a second thought - the perfect soldier. Convincing the host of necessary order and their own biological superiority, over the course of 72 hours the host would lose their ability to recognize the people around them as anything other than sub-human. In 138, V.E.N.O.M turns you into an animal. In 831, V.E.N.O.M turns everyone around you into an animal.

It could make anyone into an unfeeling, unrelenting soldier - no guns needed.

The best of them got sent overseas to the War - and the rest, he turned on the people, hunting down all those who dared to dodge their call.

While on tour in DC, Artie was bitten by a radioactive spider, as he attempted to burn draft papers at a government facility.

He burned the papers. Plus he got some sick powers out of it. Plus Plus he gets to beat up The National Guard on a weekly basis. Ain't that a score.

And Hobie may hate the name Spider-Punk (or so he says), but Artie loves being Spider-Funk.

He calls them Funk & Punk. Hobie calls them that too, but like in a cool ironic way.

Artie & Hobie:

Personality:

Hobie knows that Artie is going through his 'Pavitr Phase', so he cuts him some slack. Artie's only been Funk for a year and some change.

He's got more Ws than Ls, so he's always one to be a bit cocky and reckless - though never at anyone's expense.

He's more talkative than Hobie - and WAY more flirty than Hobie, ready to wink at anyone willing to stare.

Like Hobie, Artie has his own groupies. And the pair on campus do get stares (and whispers. and giggles); Two 6'5 dudes with enough hair to cause an eclipse, walking around in loud ass boots, they're sure to draw attention.

Something Artie loves.

Artie considers himself a Ladies' Man. And a Man's Man. And what gender you have to offer really. (He's still a 'Hobie' - he doesn't discriminate)

He's got a waterbed in his boathouse, shag carpets, and wine at the ready. He loves sweet-talking people, and showering them in compliments. Whereas Hobie's love language is Physical Touch, Artie's is Words of Affirmation.

But all Hobie has to do is open his mouth and Be British and suddenly Artie's date is swooning and he's like 'Brotha, I'mma need you to shut the hell up for a second right quick.'

If you hang out with them, get ready for Hobie hanging off your shoulder, while Artie is in your ear complimenting your outfit.

Fighting:

Artie's fighting style is a lot more fluid than Hobie's with a lot of martial arts involved - similar to blaxploitation movies of the era.

Hobie thinks he looks bloody ridiculous meanwhile Artie is like 'if dem damn jeans weren't so tight maybe you could get like me and have some flair in your fight, my man.'

He also has an INCREDIBLY MEAN backhand.

Ideology:

The two of them are fairly close, hanging out with each other a lot. Though the two of them are fairly different. Artie is far more pacifist than Hobie, but that doesn't mean he's above violence.

He's just not one to talk about it, or threaten it. He's more of the 'let people talk - don't start none, won't be none'. Camp - and he'll almost never throw the first punch. Though he absolutely considers intimidation, selling hard drugs, and fucking with the general population 'starting some'.

Their ideology may clash heads everyone once in a while, but they hardly ever fight. At all. Instead, they have frequently heated, in-depth debates.

Artie may not be as radical or educated on things as Hobie, plus Hobie has ten years of extra history to pull from, but the two of them do it often, and it keeps them spry.

The only problem is, they get so into it, it SO HARD to understand what they're saying. Accents, slang, cutting each other off, roping other people into the conversation to back them up. It's WILD.

Artie is a lot more materialistic than Hobie. Not as critical of capitalism, Artie likes to game it rather than complain about it.

Unlike Hobie, Artie LOVES the finer things in life, and spoiling those around him. He likes gold over silver, and wears more rings than spikes.

He's a bit full of himself, and he carries a rag in his pocket to whip blood off his nice white boots. Something Hobie wouldn't be caught DEAD doing.

And Hobie clowns him for it everytime. Artie doesn't care. 'True playas never play sloppy.'

But how can he afford all of this? Well,

He's not as uhh,..honest as Hobie. But he has a heart of gold (get it?). And he never lies just to lie - if he's doing it, it's probably for work, or to Miguel, because he does not respect Miguel.

Artie be stealing. He's a master at sleight of hand. If it's a big corporation, it's free game. He never steals money - but to put it concisely: He's a smooth mfer.

He likes gold - he thinks it looks nice. But he knows for a fact that the worth of it is completely manufactured my human and capitalism, and that it's literally just a pretty metal.

He knows that paying hundreds for a chain or gold is exploitative, especially when it's stolen to begin with. So to him, it's justifiable, gimmie.

He also does it mostly for fun, a magic trick - in the same way Hobie makes stuff 'disappear' while talking to Miles, and doing hand tricks.

Artie does that, but more often, and more skillfully.

He doesn't do it all the time, but the first time he did it in front of Hobie - snatching Hobie's homemade watch of his wrist - Hobie was genuinely surprised.

Mostly he does it to make things disappear from your hand, parts he finds lying around, and playing pranks on people like Miguel. Generally, just being a lil shit.

He's a sweet-talker and a big steppa.

Unlike Hobie, Artie knows better than you force his way in. Artie slides in. He can talk them in to anywhere.

He'll pretend to be someone else, pretend to know someone else, steal passes and key cards to get in, and try to attack from the shadows when he can.

In battle, Spider-Punk is the louder, chattier, more immature one. And Spider-Funk is the chiller, sarcastic one.

Like twins, the two of them have their own in-jokes, and they hang at each other's places all the goddamn time. Though they live in different universes and decades, Artie & Hobie are kinda a package deal.

They may not always be together - they both got their own shit to do and they're not actually brothers - but if you hang with one, it's only a matter of time before you meet the other.

"Why is your brother American?" "Divorce." - "Adoption." ........ "Adoption." - "Divorce." "One of you or the both of you are lying."

Diane & Artie & Annie -

[This section is about my main OC Disco-Spider Diane, and her variant Annie P. Disco-Spider is Hobie's....something and they are happily....a something]

Every Hobart needs his Diane, and Artie is no different.

Artie & Diane:

And like usual, it all starts at the beginning.

Diane was the one to recruit Artie - because of course she was. And Lyla had told her two things: He was a guitarist, and his name was Artie. That's all she needed to know.

Lyla wanted it to be a surprise.

She snuck back stage to his show, brushed off the nearly palpable feeling of deja vu in the air, broke into his dressing room, and then tried to flirt him into joining the Society. Easy peasy.

Diane is a very oblivious woman. They spoke for nearly 10 minutes - and Artie decided to hear her out. He sat down on the couch in his dressing room, pulled back his hair and-

Diane goes -

"Hobie??? Is that you?! Oh my goodddd, you look so cute! Your hair!! Hobarrrrt - Why you ain't say nothing, had me standing here doing all this."

Speech completely forgotten. Mind you, she still hasn't explained anything. Diane is destined to freak out every Hobart she meets.

Artie is starting to think he should stop flirting with weird ass groupies that break into his dressing room.

Diane takes out her watch, the watch he doesn't know she has. She pulls up Lyla, the AI he doesn't know she has. And Diane asks her -

"Lyla! Does Artie stand for-" "It does!" "Oh my god!!! That makes this SO much easier! You're soo sweet, awww!!" "You know I saw the mission and thought of you-" "Am I on drugs right now?"

Needless to say - Diane's recruitment was successful.

Diane and Artie actually get on well, really well. Like weirdly well.

Artie and Diane are both extroverted, flirty, and a bit full of themselves. They're expressive, and more into their hair than they're willing to admit. They're perfect for each other - and people notice.

And Diane finds it a TAD BIT WEIRD

I mean, the differences between her and Hobie is what Diane loves about them - they're like sugar and spice, PB and J.

Sometimes Artie and Diane may accidentally finish each other's sentences - and Diane will be like 'Hey don't do that :)'. Other times, Artie will playfully be like 'Why are you standing so close to me, mama?' Just to piss her off.

Of course, Diane thinks he's 'cute'. But not Hobie Cute. And unfortunately, he 'speaks American'.

Besides, Hobie is the only Hobart for her.

Artie is definitely into Diane, but more in the 'she's a catch I would go for' kinda way. He did hit on her a couple times early on in their situation - but once she made it clear that she was 'seeing Hobie', he took the hint.

There's no jealously there - Hobarts are incapable of it. In fact, he's kinda proud the only other guy who could pull the hot girl is ..another him.

Now, Artie is a lot more like a big brother, kinda like the ones Diane grew up with in the Panther's house.

He's protective of her, in a 'Be mean to her and I'll deliver an ass whoppin on a plate' way. He thinks she's cute in the way a platonic sense, and finds her groupie mode to be as amusing as it is adorable.

It's ironic though that his ACTUAL girlfriend is - well, Diane's Opposite.

Artie & Annie:

[This section is shorter, and will be longer in Annie's post]

Diane Pastors is Annie P. is Mod-Spider.

Artie's girlfriend, Annie is the farthest thing from Diane while somehow still being just as big of a diva.

An avid feminism campaigner and modern woman, she would never be caught DEAD hanging off of Artie like that. And she can't stomach Diane all that much.

Hobie, Annie HATES. And not in a coy way. She thinks he's obnoxious - she calls him a poseur. She thinks he's a scrub.

Her & Artie are in a committed relationship - officially boyfriend and girlfriend. And instead of Annie, Artie is the one who wears her name on a chain.

Just like Diane and Hobie, Annie and Artie have a musical duo - called ModFunk.

We're almost done I PROMISE.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Random Details:

Artie's design is an inverted version of Hobie's, but it's also inspired heavily by Jimi Hendrix, mainly this photo on the left.

Right is an example of Artie's Style. His universe has a paint-marker aesthetic, a lot more colorful and soft than Hobie's, with dripping paint and splatters, but it tones down a lot - like Gwen's.

Artie plays Soul, Jazz, and Funk.

He has a band with his version of Daredevil, Felicia Hardy, and Captain Anarchy.

Artie has killed cops - and soldiers before. But he doesn't see it as a big deal. He hates cops, but he doesn't focus on it. He doesn't discriminate. Ass Whoopin's for everybody.

He DOES pull his hair back, his face isn't covered all the time. Maybe 80% of the time.

He can get around with Spidey Sense, so he doesn't care much - he loves his fro and is always picking it out.

He Pavitr are like best friends. Pavi and The Brown Twins get LOUD AS HELL when all together.

Gwen thinks he's an absolute goofball - So Artie tries his best to make her laugh. She seems like she needs it.

When not on stage and in battle, he prefers to play an acoustic guitar, which Hobie doesn't like playing. His acoustic is also blue.

Him and Hobie can play on each other's guitars, but it sounds very trippy, and VERY VERY weird, abnormally so.

If their heads are covered, or hair done like each other's, they can seamlessly pass as each other.

Hobie SUCKS at an American accent - but somehow, he can mimic Artie's perfectly.

It's the same for Artie - sucks at British, but can speak like Hobie.

He loves chocolate candy bars, Hobie likes fruity candy.

They do write songs together and go to each others shows, though they don't ever really perform together.

They wrestle A LOT

Artie is a genius as well, and they work on mechanics together, Artie is great at math specifically.

He and Hobie do each others hair care and help oil each other's scalps.

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So uh.....that's Artie :) The guy

If you made it this far THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ENTERTAINING ME - Artie platonically gives you a red rose.

ALSO TELL ME Why I tried to draw him like Jimi Hendrix But he looking like the Jackson 5 IM SO SORRY YALL

Here's OG Hobie as a thank you! Just imagine two Hobarts standing on either side of you both tall and with big hair and touchy and talkative as fuck Diane is living the DREAM let your OCs be happy

Bye.

[sashasspace]

MOVIE LOVER TRAIT BY SASHA'S SPACE

This CAS trait is for sims who love to watch movies. The movies from Movie Hangout and movie theater options from Growing Together are included in this trait. This trait is meant for child sims to elder sims. There are 34 in-game movies, so that means your sims will have 34 wants plus other social-related wants. Thank you so much for supporting my first-ever mod, the love language mod.

Packs Needed: Mostly Growing Together and Movie Hangout, but there are some wants that have Get Famous and one want is from Kids Hangout.

HOW DOES THIS MOD WORK? Your sim will wants to watch movies. For Growing Together’s movie theater wants, the symbol will all be the same. This is also true for Movie Hangouts. IMPORTANT NOTE: Sims who don’t enjoy a movie won’t have a want completed, so I recommend you to cheat it with UI cheats mod. Right-click over the want and complete it like that.

Child sim wants: Watch Moonlight Massacre III Watch SuperKids Cortex Catastrophe  Watch Lost Dog’s Journey Home Watch The Adventures of Spaceship Simulation Watch the Sheriff from Alpha Centauri Watch Yibs Yibs! Watch A Room with No Door Watch Of Tea & Treachery Watch VoidBop: The Movie Watch Critters from Mauven Forest: The Last Llama Watch Peter Barker’s Homecoming Hijinks Watch SuperKids: Agent Diaper Eat Popcorn Imitate movie scene Read books under the covers Discuss love for movies Complain about movie Talk about your favorite movie Talk about the movie you last watched Declare your favorite movie genre Text a friend about a movie Invite a friend and watch a movie with them Watch a movie Perform a puppet show Dream about the cartoon world Join the drama club Host a sleepover *you can use MizoreYuuki's mod that unlocks plan social events for child sims as a bonus way to complete the want if you want* Read the book from that one movie

Teens to Elder wants: Watch Simder Watch College Cram Watch Moonlight Massacre III Watch Roaring Vice Watch SuperKids: Cortex Catastrophe Watch Lost Dog’s Journey Home The Khlumzee Sisters Watch Diamonds Are For Sims Watch The Adventures of Spaceship Simulation Watch the Sheriff from Alpha Centauri Watch Yibs Yibs! Watch Of Tea & Treachery Watch VoidBop: The Movie Watch Princess Cordelia’s Pirates Watch Captain Sigma: Olympus Landing Watch All My Friends are Fred Watch Tournament of Honor Watch A Room with No Door Watch Critters from Mauven Forest: The Last Llama Watch Packs & Prejudice Watch Treasures of Aarbyville Watch The Great Pickle Capers Watch Dusk Glow 3: Shadowmoon Watch Peter Barker’s Homecoming Hijinks Watch Simder 2: Master Suite Watch Live and Let Diamond Watch Missing Handlebars Watch Gentlemen Corgi: A Memoir Watch SuperKids: Agent Diaper Watch Untamed Treachery of the Heart Eat Popcorn Discuss love for movies Complain about movie Talk about your favorite movie Talk about the last movie you watched Text a friend about a movie Declare a movie as your favorite genre Video Call Call a friend and talk to them about movies Cuddle while watching a movie Argue about movie Take a selfie with a movie star Ask for autograph Watch movie with Watch movie Gossip about actors Throw a movie party Movie and chill Create a movie review SimTube channel Reenact a scene on a mirror Ask a celeb for a hug  Ask to take a picture of a celebrity Talk about Starlight Accolades Go to the movie theatre alone Talk to a youngin’ about old movies **Adults and Elder sims only** Reminisce about past movies *Elder Sims only* Join the acting career **Young Adult Sims to Elder Sims only** Join the Drama Club *Teen and Child Sims only* 

I don't recommend this mod for people who use movie overrides because it may be a bit annoying to keep getting wants on movies you don't have in your game since you have an override. I'll consider making an override user-friendly version for this trait in the future♥

General mods I recommend for people who play with wants Wants Reroll by Lumpinou UI cheats by Weerbesu Searchable Pie menu by Twisted Mexi

Credits

Ravasheen for listing all the Growing Together movies

SimsVIP for listing all the movies from Movie Hangout

Zerbu mod constructor v5

Lot51 Tuning Builder

Sims 4 Studio

EA & The Sims

TwistedMexi Better Exceptions

Nisa K x Scumbumbo Tuning Error Notifier

Tee for teaching me how to create wants/buffs 🫶🏾

Cepzid for helping me with a situation goal

Jordy for motivating me and for inspiring me to add a scary buff+ starlight accolade tea

My amazing testers love you 🥹

Pose makers and the cc creators I used for the thumbnail tysm♥

To all my motivators, my family, friends, subscribers on YouTube, and all of you who’ve been leaving amazing comments on all my social media, I worked on this for you. Thank you for being part of this journey with me. To celebrate all my recent milestones, check my video out to join the giveaway for Growing Together and Movie Hangout to celebrate all my recent milestones. The video also shows how this mod works. This mod will be in early access for two weeks.

For any modder who wants to translate any of my mods, I don't mind if you upload it on your Patreon or any other website that monetizes, BUT I do not want you to post it on CurseForge. I would also like it if you keep the mods up publicly for download no early access/paywall. If any translator translates mods before the early access period, please wait till the mod is public to release it for everyone.

A bonus mod I recommend to help the in-game movie experience is the RVSN film reaper mod (movie theaters in all worlds). Btw I will create a Tumblr post on all my favorite mods for movie gameplay in the coming days!

DOWNLOAD EARLY ACCESS// Public August 25,2024

[cookiekitten91]

can we get a sneak peek of chapter 5 🫣 only if you want to of course if not feel free to ignore this

Sure thing, anon. I know it’s been way too long since the last chapter, but I really am trying to finish 5. Reader and Donna make some attempt at establishing better communication in this chapter hopefully 🫠

To anyone new, this is a Reader/Donna arranged marriage fic btw. It contains disaster lesbians who are somewhere between strangers/enemies-to-lovers, plus Donna gets to be super sarcastic sometimes. First chapter is here if you’re interested.

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Sitting innocuously in the middle of the dining room table is one of those glass jars containing the yellow flowered plants. It’s as good a starting point as any, so you pick the jar up and give it a little shake. The withered vegetation inside makes a dry rattle that reminds you of fallen autumn leaves. “What’s the deal with these flowers?”

Lady Beneviento fiddles with her teacup for a moment. You’re pretty sure she’s trying to stall for time, but eventually she just sighs and says, “What do you think they do?”

“I’m guessing they’re not just decorative.”

“Well, you would be correct.” Your wife offers a nod. Her next words are spoken in an oddly bland tone, as if reciting something from rote memorization. “The flowers that grow from that plant are special. The pollen has properties that cause neural disruption in the temporal cortex when activated by a chemical signal I can voluntarily produce, leading to complex alterations in the afflicted’s visual and auditory perception.”

You nod back. “Right, of course. Now please explain that to me again, but in a way that I can understand.”

Lady Beneviento lets out a long-suffering sigh. Very slowly, she says, “If a person breathes in the pollen from my flowers, I can make them hallucinate.”

The revelation makes your blood run cold for a moment. It would certainly explain those hazy, dreamlike symptoms you’ve noticed during Lady Beneviento’s angriest moments with you. It’s enlightening to put a cause to those sensations, although the knowledge of their cause is not especially comforting. “Hallucinate,” you repeat in a flat voice. “So that’s how you hurt people.”

“Hurt people? It’s for my safety, not malicious intent,” the dollmaker snaps. “As I’m sure you’ve figured out by now, I lack the raw strength that my fellow Lords possess.”

You get the feeling that this is a sore spot for her and file that information away for later. “Safety, huh? From where I’m standing, it just seems like something you do whenever I happen to piss you off.” Which has been distressingly often, given that the two of you have only been married for about a month so far.

[flamboyant-king]

A maggie challenge after so long. Pokemon Cards! Plus Dr. Neo Cortex? @agentroses @cornysarthours @little-lenjamin

[conjugate-wumbo]

throwing these carcar wips out into the ether to make sure I actually finish some of them:

loud places

oscar is a pure empath - he can feel what others are feeling around him, acutely if they touch him. it's all very overwhelming all the time, so as a form of exposure therapy, he spends every friday night at a nightclub. the rest of the week feels tolerable after a night of overstimulation. one such night he hooks up with a handsome stranger who doesn't callously discard him at the end of the night like the others. handsome stranger takes care of him, gives him a snack, and pays for his uber back home, all the while radiating genuine caring energy. said stranger also shows up at oscar's workplace on monday morning. "meet your new manager, carlos." shenanigans ensue.

the 24-year-old brain cannot comprehend this

after a year of crushing hard on carlos, oscar and carlos are finally in the beginnings of dating - the really-getting-to-know-each-other phase. unfortunately oscar is still 23-24 and has smashed peas in place of a fully developed prefrontal cortex, making him immature, insecure, and toxic. carlos realizes oscar is not ready for this yet and breaks things off, leaving oscar in an even messier state. oscar has to learn to grow up a bit before they can get their happy ending. aka join me on an autobiographical tour of my worst aura moments!

across the stars

star wars prequel era au. carlos is a newly promoted jedi knight, and oscar is his former master's (fernando) new padawan. (in my headcanon, force-sensitive kids do the youngling group training until like middle school age, and then they become padawans - obviously i'm trying to mirror the grid kid oscar vs debut gp carlos dynamic.) kind of a slice of life coming of age together + plus secret romance in the shadows. tempted to make this a tragedy à la order 66 ending.

hex

major age difference but not in the way you think. oscar is a 90-year-old vampire. carlos works the night security shift at a museum to supplement his meager stipend as an art history grad student. carlos falls first, but oscar falls harder. cue existential crises about life and immortality and can you tell i was watching interview with the vampire when this idea struck me.

enterprise risk management

workplace au. oscar is a meticulous, per the policy, by the book, senior accountant at a major nonprofit. carlos is the big personality applications manager in IT. they have to work together on the implementation of a new accounting software, and carlos's seemingly lax attitude just drives oscar up the wall. oscar is glad when the impementation is over. until he inexplicably misses carlos. so oscar starts trying to invent issues with the software as an excuse to get carlos to come over to his desk. ("stop inventing.")

cerulean himbo sunshine

coffee shop / tattoo parlour au. light and fluffy (hopefully). carlos runs a hip local coffee shop down the street from the tattoo collective oscar just joined. carlos is super annoying, always singing along to his stupid playlist, and worse he's already friends with everyone at the tattoo collective so oscar is alone in his annoyance. but carlos has is fair share of annoyances about oscar too - for instance, why does he never order an actual coffee? classic reluctant acquaintances to lovers. picturing carlos as the titular himbo.

outdoor school

oscar and carlos are grad students who have to spend the summer as camp counselors as part of their outreach project. and they're forced to share a tiny cabin. honestly this writes itself, i have mo excuse not to finish it. i guess i just love writing them as grad students.

plus a few more that are just barely ideas that i'm too tired to include here.

[eaymtb]

An idea thing, while I try to kick-start the writing and plotting parts of my brain. I'm not sure if I'll actually write this, I have more lore than I do plot, but it was good mental practice anyway.

FF7 Soul-mark Disability AU (Currently untitled)

Concept: AGSZC. Explore the idea of disability in regards to soul-marks: How they might be disabled and how that might affect the ability to bond, how the relationships is affected, the disabled person's self image is affected, and how discrimination might occur.

Broad soul-mark lore:

Everyone is born with a simple, undeveloped soul-mark – a hypo or hyper pigmented blob, much like a birthmark. Around 5 to 6 years of age the bonding cortex of the brain develops enough to enable the act of bonding and as a part of this process, the undeveloped soul-mark begins to take shape and develop what are commonly known as 'complexities'. Complexities of two or three are by far the most common, indicating soul-groups of pairs or triads (Complexities include the marked person, so a mark with three complexities indicates the marked person plus two others). Four is reasonably rare. Complexities of more than four are extremely rare and seven is the highest in recorded history, and is the only known one of it's kind, but there is considerable debate over the validity of the record. While the shape of the complexity develops, the colouration depends on the life status of the connected soul-mate: A complexity for a mate who has not yet been born is dull and faded in comparison to the rest of the mark, and the complexity for a mate who has died fades into scar tissue. While the alteration of a complexity from faded to vivid, indicating birth, has no recognisable symptoms, the death of a soul-mate, whether bonded or not, can cause significant physical distress and symptoms may include migraines (and their associated symptoms), nausea, dizziness, a burning sensation or a loss of sensation entirely in the affected area, etc, because of the damage done to the bonding cortex and nerves when a potential or an active bond is severed. Symptoms are, obviously, worse with an active bond in place. Full bonding requires mark to mark contact (which can be hilariously awkward depending on where the marks are positioned).

Different regions have different beliefs and cultural practices regarding soul-marks and bonding.

Banora traditionally believes:

That soul-bonds are inherently romantic and should be monogamous.

That pair bonds are ideal.

That triad and higher soul-groups should have a primary pair bond within the group, and the that addition soulmates are to act as concubines or companions to the primary pair bond. (Genesis and Angeal both had work to do, unpacking that bit of internalised prejudice.)

That soul-marks should be covered once the first, and presumably primary, pair-bond has been formed. This can sometimes lead to a bonded pair choosing not to reveal themselves to any other soulmates. (A third would only create imbalance in the relationship, and if the group is of four, then the other two should be allowed to find each other and bond as their own primary pair, at which point the four might consider joining as two pairs).

That heterosexual pair bonds are ideal, and that in same-sex pair bonds the appearance of heterosexuality should be maintained. (Genesis struggled with this as Angeal would appear to be the 'male' to Genesis' 'female', and while he is absolutely flamboyant, he resented the socially forced feminisation that had only increased once they both hit puberty.)

Bonding is akin to marrying but can be done at any age and is often a small and private affair.

Gongaga traditionally believes:

That soul-marks can be romantic or platonic, and are an indication of family.

A such, relationships in Gongaga are much more open. People with different soul-marks can marry and have children, which can result is some very complex extended family structures by blood, marriage, and mark.

Accordingly, people with marks of many complexities are celebrated: it's considered a blessing to be so loved and so connected.

They have a strong tradition of keeping genealogy records and any relationship, but especially those that may result in children, needs to be approved of by a family elder involved in the record keeping.

They are are very open about their marks, and will often wear clothing with cut-outs to keep them visible.

Polyamory is more common than in other regions. (Zack is poly but respects that Angeal and Genesis are not, and has happily chosen monogamy within his soul-group, even though that means he has to be careful with his friendship with (and feelings for) Cloud.)

Bonding can be done at any age and is cause for celebration, but can also be quite casual.

Nibelheim traditionally believes:

That soul-marks are romantic, but that bonds should not be formed until the bonding parties are of age (14) regardless of when the match was discovered, and treat bonding as a formal affair to be witnessed by the community.

While there is no tradition around covering soul-marks, they tend to be covered anyway because of the weather. Summer is considered the season of bonding because the warmer weather allows for lighter clothing.

It is considered a special blessing to have a complexity of three: a triad/triangle is considered the most stable, all points connected to each other.

More than three, however, is considered an ill-omen because the 'nodes' can no longer all be connected without crossing through the middle of a shape. Four forms a square, and one corner will always be out of touch with the opposite corner unless they cross through the middle, creating a point of unsupported stress. The more people, the more nodes that are out of touch with each other. (When Cloud explains this to the other, Zack will ask why not just put a person in the middle, so a square of four becomes a triangle with a person in the middle, and Cloud explains that's considered bad for basically the same reason, instead of a point of stress, it's one person bearing the stress of connecting all the nodes.)

Midgar has no real traditions of it's own. It's a reasonably new constructed city, inhabited by a hodgepodge of people from all over, who either practice their traditional beliefs, reject them, or practice a mix of their own cultural traditions with those from other places. (Sephiroth has no real connection to any tradition.)

Wutai has a long tradition of keeping soul-marks hidden and only showing them to temple matchmakers, who will match mates. There's a whole formal process to the matchmaking, including supervised courtship and negotiations between families regarding things like where the pair will reside, etc, that has to be done before the soulmates are even allowed to reveal their marks to each other, never mind bond. For purposes of the fic, while other cultures may have meaning attached to the position of marks on the body, Wutai's system of mythology will be the only one discussed in any detail.

AGSZC mark placements and meanings:

Angeal: His mark is in the middle of his upper back, across the tops of his shoulders. It indicates a person who will shelter others, turning to hold them safe against himself and providing his back as a shield, with tendencies towards self sacrifice (masochism) and to being overprotective, but also with the strength to shoulder the burdens of his mates.

Genesis: His mark is on his right (dominant) palm. It indicates a confronting and polarising personality, you either love him or hate him. The placement of his bond also means that accidental bonding is almost inevitable unless he refrains from touching anyone else, or wears gloves constantly. (He and Angeal bonded pretty much as soon as their bonding cortex was able to do so, before their marks had even fully formed.) It's also considered a position of power, for someone who might make a good leader but may also become domineering.

Sephiroth: His mark is on the sole of his left (dominant) foot. This is considered a very bad position, one of dominance and subjugation, indicating a person who will not hesitate to step on others and considers them beneath him. It's very rare and, in Wutai tradition, is thought to only appear only on those who have a capacity for greatness, good or bad, depending on how their potential for devastating destruction is directed. (In fic Sephiroth, when explaining the meaning of his placement, focuses on the negative. It's Genesis who chides him and says that the meaning is one of potential greatness, not necessarily of destruction, and that how Sephiroth directs that potential is what matters, and that the mark can also indicate a pragmatic, grounded nature in more modern interpretations.)

Also: The mythology of Ifrit who had a mark on his foot. Believing that he had been betrayed by his soulmate, Shiva, he cut off his own feet so that she could never touch his soul-mark again to reaffirm their bond. As his rage consumed him, he grew more bestial and in place of his feet he grew hooves. Shiva, seeing how thoroughly that Ifrit had rejected even the possibility of reconciliation or forgiveness, finds that she grows cold, and she carves her own mark off of her chest, and her heart along with it, and fills the cavity with ice. (Not sure how or if to use this? Might just apocrypha it in the AN or something.)

Zack: His mark is on his left inner forearm. He wears his heart on his sleeve, but in a protected position that can be held hidden against his chest. It is considered a vulnerable position, indicative of a big heart but also a foolhardy one, a 'bleeding heart', prone to taking on causes and taking in stray's, and giving far more chances than a person may deserve.

Cloud: His mark is high on his chest, just below his collarbones. It's a position of righteousness, of someone who will stand up and face down danger just because it's the right thing to do. It indicates someone stubborn and forthright, but also prone to trying to take on the world alone and refusing to ask for or accept help.

Disability lore:

Disorders that involves neurological developmental delays will almost always also involve delayed development of the bonding cortex and subsequently the soul-mark.

There is a broad prejudice against anyone born with a particular neurological developmental disorder that impedes the development of the bonding cortex specifically. The more extreme prejudice tends towards eugenics: if a person with that particular neurological developmental disorder can't bond then they're not likely to have children (in theory) and won't pass on the disorder. The more superstitious prejudice tends to believe they're cursed, and probably did something really terrible to their soulmates in their past lives.

Things like fetal alcohol syndrome can also affect the development of the bonding cortex to one degree or another. The cortex can be damaged by a traumatic brain injury. Repeated concussions can impact the health of the bonding cortex along with the rest of the brain; if the damage is done before a soul-bond is formed, it may adversely impact the ability to form bonds. Unlike other regions of the brain which, once damaged, can have their functions adopted by a neighbouring region, damage to the bonding cortex cannot be adapted. Theoretical research has been done into using mako in combination with stem cells to promote healing cortex injuries, but the inability to run trials on anything other than human test subjects ethically limits the development of this potential treatment.

Disorders that affect the development of the bonding cortex will also affect the development of the individuals soul-mark, and their complexity in their their soul-mates marks will remain in an apparent pre-birth state (faded and dull). If severe enough damage is done to a developed cortex, it can result in the appearance of a 'dead complexity' (scarred), regardless of bonded status.

The SOLDIER program has no known adverse affects on bonding or the bonding cortex.

There is pretty much universal stigma against anyone with a cortex or bonding related disability, regardless of cause. Common 'polite' social responses are pity and discomfort, but there are systemic prejudices that exist. Injuries to the bonding cortex are commonly believed to cause antisocial behaviour and/or cluster B personality disorders, particularly in those who are not already bonded to their mates. Developmental disorders involving the cortex are commonly believed to be linked to lower IQ and other intellectual disabilities. (Neither of these are true, although they can be co-morbid with a shared root cause, for example FAS.)

Injuries that cause scarring to the soul-mark may adversely affect the ability to bond, depending on the extent of the scarring and the underlying damage to the nerves in the area. Early treatment with potions and/or healing magic is highly recommended to prevent excessive damage to the area. Damage done to a mature soul-mark has no adverse affect on soul-mate mark complexities, even if the injured individual's ability to bond has been impaired. Minor damage to an immature mark appears to have no affect, major damage to an immature mark has not been studied partly due to the difficulty of someone with a obscured mark being able to locate their bond-mates.

Tattoos:

Some people may get replica tattoos of their soul marks in an area that can be displayed if their natural soul-mark is somewhere particularly awkward. This can also be done in preparation for public bonding ceremonies, where the bonding itself is done in private, and the public bonding can be conducted with a degree of decorum.

There is also a small trend of memorialising passed soul-mates by tattooing over the scarred tissue, in order to mimic what it looked like before their death. Others consider this to be in extremely poor taste. Memorialising tattoos around the scarred complexity are more socially acceptable, as long as the scarred tissue itself remains untouched.

Brief character histories:

Sephiroth:

The first born of the group.

From infancy Hojo repeatedly attempted to remove Sephiroth's immature soul-mark. His natural accelerated healing meant the skin always grew back.

At 5, when his soul mark began to develop it's complexities (4 whole, one pre-birth), Hojo rejected him as all too human, and discarded him into the care of Shinra as a ward and the SOLDIER program.

At 6 Sephiroth's fifth complexity develops, indicating the last of his soulmates has been born (Cloud). Six months later, the same complexity 'dies', forming a scar. He experiences minimal side effects from the 'death', aside from a prolonged migraine, and keeps the events secret.

At 16 he meets Angeal and Genesis (Both 14) when they join the SOLDIER program. Several months later, in Wutai, Genesis sees the mark on his foot somehow (they're bathing, maybe?) and is particularly delighted by the discovery that the Sephiroth is one of their mates. He and Angeal agree almost immediately to reveal their marks to Sephiroth.

They encounter significant difficulties when attempting to bond, however, and Sephiroth knows it's because there is something wrong with him. Eventually Angeal and Genesis drag out some of the details of what Hojo did, and after some research, they coax (and bully) Sephiroth into seeing a specialist in Midgar.

She confirms that there is significant developmental damage to his bonding cortex. The nerves are in place and developed, but the 'signal is fuzzy', the cortex doesn't know how to interpret the signals. She suggests that regular mark to mark contact with his mates might slowly allow his cortex to 'learn' what the signals mean, but warns that the bonding process may take a long time (years) and may never result in a full, complete bond.

The three of them institute a practice of regular, daily when they can manage it, mark to mark contact, and while it does take about a year, they do slowly manage to form full bonds. Angeal and Genesis' pre-birth mark complexities also develop into full complexities in the process.

Sephiroth does worry that the bond isn't truly a complete one, but Angeal and Genesis has assured him that their bond with him feels much as their bonds with each other do, and brain scans of his cortex have shown healthy, strong bonds in place.

Genesis and Angeal:

Bond by accident pretty much as soon as their cortex's are able to, given that they grow up together, the respective position of their marks, and that Genesis is a tactile sort.

Their parents only realise after the marks have fully formed, at which point they need to explain to Genesis and Angeal that they're bonded, because to them the whole thing just felt like a natural extension of their friendship and they hadn't realised.

Their marks form with three developed complexities (One each for Angeal, Genesis and Zack), one 'dead' (Cloud), and one pre-birth (Sephiroth).

Genesis grows to struggle with feelings of resentment as they age, feeling socially forced into the 'feminine' role of their pair-bond, even though Angeal has no such expectations of him. It makes him more hot-tempered and adds more fuel to his desire to prove himself.

They move to Midgar, join SOLDIER, and all the stuff with Sephiroth happens.

Angeal sees Zacks mark and takes him on as a student specifically to get to know him before deciding when to reveal their connection. (Seph is 18, Angeal and Genesis 16, and Zack 14 at this point. Cloud is 12.)

Zack is actually kind of hurt by the delay. Even after Genesis and Angeal explain the cultural difference and reasoning behind the delay, it goes entirely against Zack's own culture of openness and connection and family and he struggles with those feelings of hurt and rejection for a little while. It helps, though, to understand that they were also trying to protect Sephiroth and make sure that Zack wasn't going to treat him badly for his disability, given common prejudices.

Zack bonds with them and joins in the practice of daily contact with Sephiroth in order to begin the slow process of building that bond.

Zack:

Like Angeal and Genesis, he develops a mark with three fully developed complexities, one 'dead' and one 'pre-birth'.

Before he leaves for Midgar, he gets a memorial tattoo of a vine with small blue and white flowers wrapped around the 'dead' curve of his mark.

At 18 he meets Cloud (16) during a mission, and they become friends.

Since this is Zack, and he loves fighting and practicing, he cajoles Cloud into training with him, and realises Cloud has the potential to join SOLDIER. The kid clams up when Zacks says as much, though, and won't tell Zack anything other than that he can't.

Zack takes this as a challenge (thinking that the problem is Cloud's confidence.) He secretly turns their friendly sparring into training matches, and also requests Cloud specifically for infantry support on his missions, even when he doesn't really need support at all.

18 is the oldest that one can try out for SOLDIER though, so eventually Zack has to actually try to coax Cloud into trying out (while they're out on a mission), which blows up in his face when Cloud angrily informs Zack that he can't join SOLDIER because Shinra doesn't accept candidates with disfigured soulmarks, which is how the fic begins. (Cloud didn't know about this when he left for Midgar, and upon his automatic rejection, joined the infantry so he could at least send money home to his mother.)

Cloud:

Is six months old when his father dies in a tragic accident and his mother, stricken with grief, sears his unformed, infant soul-mark with a hot iron, desperate to keep her son from ever knowing the pain of a broken soul-bond.

The shock of such a severe and painful injury at such an early age caused his cortex to signal his 'death', resulting in his mates having a 'dead' complexity, and also delayed the development of his cortex since the connection to his mark was pretty much severed.

Extremely brief outline:

Takes places approx. 2004. Cloud is 18, Zack is 20, Angeal and Genesis are 22, and Sephiroth is 24. Cloud's reluctance to talk about soul-marks, or learn anything about them, serves as the vehicle for exposition: As he learns, so does the reader.

While out on a basic monster clearing mission, bantering and having fun, Zack decides to 'casually' bring up the SOLDIER try-outs again and try to convince Cloud to try out since this is the last year he'll be able to. It does not go well and turns into an argument in which Cloud angrily reveals that he can't join SOLIDER because they automatically reject anyone with a disfigured soul-mark. Shocked and upset, Zack tries to apologise while also being outraged at the unfairness of that policy, but Cloud shuts him down, and the rest of the trip home is awkward and quiet. Back at Midgar, Zack mopes around at home until Angeal returns. Angeal coaxes Zack into telling him what happened. Partway through the conversation Sephiroth returns and the conversation turns to the possibility of Sephiroth having a chat with Cloud since he's got his own soul-mark related disability, as well as bringing up the discriminatory policy with Lazard. Sephiroth agrees to the latter, but is hesitant about approaching Cloud. He agrees to think about it. Insert some pack bonding fluff. The next day Sephiroth decides to seek out Cloud and they end up having a good, if stilted, conversation in which Sephiroth reveals some vague details about his own disability and recommends a specialist in Mideel who may be able to help. Cloud expresses reluctance because even if he can bond, his disfigured mark means he has no way of ever identifying his mate/s. Eventually Cloud takes a few personal days and travels to Mideel after confirming a consultation appointment with the specialist Sephiroth recommended (Sephiroth sent through a request that they prioritise Cloud if he reached out.) The specialist is really excited about Cloud because his case is such a rarity. (She was also really excited about the chance to study Sephiroth and monitor his progress, which is why she was more than happy to do him a favour). He undergoes testing and is treated to some lore dumping about how soul marks and bonding work. The specialist discovers that Cloud's soul-mark bonding nerves are sparse but there around the edges of his scar and his bonding cortex is fully developed and, most importantly, he has a very tenuous baby bond forming in his bonding cortex, which means he's already met and somehow had mark to (damaged) mark contact with them. (It's Zack. Obviously it's Zack. Always slinging his arm around Cloud's shoulders and neck, the mark on his arm proudly bare and displayed.) Cloud kind of freaks out. He goes home and avoids everyone. It isn't until Sephiroth approaches him again, curious about how the consultation went, that Cloud blurts out what he's learned, although he magically manages to bite his tongue and keep from mentioning that he's pretty sure it's Zack. The news travels to Zack, of course, and Zack decides to take it upon himself to help Cloud figure out who his mystery soulmate is! Shenanigans ensue and Cloud gets invited to dinner since Zack's pack is now all invested in this whole drama. This is where all the lore drop about the soul mark positions and their meanings happens, and also probably the reveal of more information about what happened to Sephiroth and how the pack has been managing his disability. While observing the way Zack interacts with Cloud, Sephiroth gets a sneaking suspicion. More shenanigans and maybe sex? Who knows! Eventual happy ending where Cloud is a part of the pack though a major concern is that even if Cloud can bond with the others, the combination of him and Sephiroth may make that particular bond impossible. Not sure how to go on that, there's value in both an ending where they, with a lot of time and work, can bond, and there's value in one where they can't and will never be able to. Dilemmas.

[tournoidesgeneriquesfr]

Conseil d'amie : s'il vous vient l'idée d'organiser un tournoi à 164 participants, abandonnez.

Alors, vu qu'il y a masse de génériques j'ai tout divisé en 3 groupes dont les 3 finalistes s'affronteront pour le podium.

Sachez que tout a été fait au hasard.

J'ai pas encore la date du début du tournoi, je vous préviendrez dès que je l'aurai.

Les groupes et affrontements :

Tour 1 Groupe A :

Barbapapa vs Galactik Football

Yu-Gi-Oh GX vs Hélène et les Garçons

Princesse Sarah vs Tintin

Sylvestre et Titi vs Téléchat

Le Cœur a ses raisons vs Shaman King

Mew Mew Power (premier générique) vs Ulysse 31

Totally Spies (générique fr) vs Flapacha où es-tu ?

Rahan vs Tom Sawyer

Champs-Elysées vs Sam le pompier

Simsala Grimm vs Ranma 1/2

L'île aux enfants vs Il était une fois la vie

Foot 2 Rue (Amitié et Respect) vs Albert le 5ème mousquetaire

Peppa Pig vs Albator (78)

Denver le Dernier Dinosaure vs Chocolat et Vanilla

Cédric vs Oui-Oui

Beyblade vs L'École des Champions

Capitaine Flam vs Digimon

Ben 10 vs Le Tour du Monde en 80 jours (version furry)

Beyblade : Métal Fusion vs Winx

Il était une fois l'espace vs Adventure Time

Koh Lanta vs Amour Gloire et Beauté

Salut les Musclés vs Blake et Mortimer

Les Mondes Engloutis vs Samsam

Père Castor vs Marc et Sophie

Oggy et les cafards vs Les Dossiers de l'Écran

Oban Star Racers vs Les Pyjamasks

Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque vs Quoi d'neuf Scooby Doo

My little pony : Friendship is magic (g4) vs Mes Parrains sont Magiques

Tour 1 Groupe B :

Nadia le secret de l'eau bleue vs Yu-Gi-Oh

Jayce et les Conquérants de la Lumière vs Inspecteur Gadget

Bibifoc vs Franklin

Wakfu vs Dorémi Magique (premier générique)

Kim Possible vs Mon petit poney (g1)

Dallas vs Kilari (premier générique)

Steven Universe vs Robinson Sucroë

Lady Oscar vs L'Agence Tous Risques

Heroes vs Angel's Friends

Sonic X vs Goldorak

Il était une fois l'Homme vs Hamtaro

Châteauvallon vs Le Sourire du Dragon (Donjons & Dragons)

Dragon Ball Z (version club do) vs Il était une fois les découvreurs

C'est Pas Sorcier vs George de la jungle

W.I.T.C.H vs Candy Candy

Monster Allergy vs Sourire d'enfer

Ken le Survivant vs Plus belle la vie

Prison Break vs La Carte aux Trésors

Lucile Amour et Rock'n'roll vs Conan l'Aventurier

Marotte et Charlie vs Détective Conan (premier générique)

Les Daltons vs Didou

Mona le vampire vs Atomic Betty

Petit Ours Brun vs Le Prince et la Sirène (Marina la petite sirène)

Les Entrechats vs Sakura Chasseuse de Cartes

Olive et Tom vs Mon ami Marsupilami

Maya l'Abeille vs Maguy

Lolirock vs Moi Renard

Tour 1 Groupe C :

Martin Matin vs Titeuf (saison 3)

L'Âne Trotro vs Tortues Ninjas (2003)

Sherlock Holmes (version furry) vs Phinéas et Ferb

La Bande à Picsou vs La Légende de Zorro

Arnold et Willy vs Miraculous

Babar vs Intervilles

Starsky et Hutch vs Corentin

Shuriken School vs Sailor Moon

Les 3 mousquetaires (version furry) vs Premiers Baisers

Corneille et Bernie vs Bob l'Éponge

Inazuma Eleven vs Ford Boyard

Dragon Ball (version club do) vs Cat's Eyes

Tchaou et Grodo vs Code Lyoko

Fraggle Rock vs T'choupi

Le Petit Castor vs Heidi (version québécoise)

Danny Fantôme vs Zorro (avec Guy Williams)

Pokémon (premier générique) vs Jeanne et Serge

Robotech vs Charlotte aux fraises

Tao Tao vs Albator (84)

Thalassa (premier générique) vs Nicky Larson

Il était une fois les explorateurs vs Les Mystérieuses Cités d'Or

Sous le signe des mousquetaires vs La Reine du fond des temps

Mimi Cracra (générique de la première série) vs Le Petit Prince

Oscar et Malika toujours en retard vs Les Ratz

Marcelino vs Les Malheurs de Sophie

Les Aventures de Lucky Luke vs Molierissimo

Minus et Cortex vs Martin Mystère

[quinacridonered]

ROP Recap - Season 2, Episode 5

Ring of Power: Wear meeeeeeee!

Entire World: Don’t wear it!

King Durin: *wears it*

Prince Durin: Dad? 

King Durin: SIRE! Dig over here.

Prince Durin: Sire! Who is also Dad! You’ll bury us!

King Durin: Get out of my way or I will bury *you* specifically.

Sun Shaft: *emerges*

King Durin: If you don’t do what I tell you, our previous falling out will be your best family memory.

Prince Durin: This seems like a lot even for you.

--

Celebrimbor: Work party! Dwarves and elves! Awkward standing around! Mediocre beverage!

Sauron: Too bad about that First Age wine.

Celebrimbor: ’Tis a loss for the world.

Sauron: You know what will fix it? Rings for Men.

Celebrimbor: Not this again.

Sauron: I already put on a Broadway-level production to convince you. Are we gonna have to upgrade to Vegas? 

Celebrimbor: If we give humans anything, it should be something like Xanax.

Sauron: Have to do everything myself around here.

Assistants: We'll help!

Celebrimbor: At what point did I completely lose control of my own ring factory?

Sauron: Probably back when I wandered in wearing Halbrand pyjamas.

--

Pharazon: If a mob made me king, does this constitute a democracy?

Miriel: We should ask the eagle.

Pharazon: The eagle has already spoken.

--

Eärien: Dad? You are demoted.

Elendil: This is the kid I’m stuck with.

Miriel: Wow.

Elendil: You should have seen her as a teen.

--

Dwarf Business Improvement Association: What news, King Durin?

King Durin: I give you magic rings. You give me half your money.

Dwarf Business Improvement Association: This seems like a lot even for you.

--

King Durin: Dig, motherfuckers! DIG!

Disa: We’re digging too much.

Prince Durin: I thought you wanted him to?

Disa: Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.

King Durin: I’m proud of you, my son!

Prince Durin: You’re right. He’s off his rocker.

--

Invisible Mirdania: AAAAAAAAH!

Celebrimbor: On the plus side, now we know how to make rings of invisibility.

Visible Mirdania: The unseen world sucks and I want to unsee it! What was that demon?

Sauron: Your boss.

Mirdania: You mean you?

Sauron: Your other boss.

Mirdania: Obviously.

--

Prince Durin: The ring you gave us is fucked up.

Celebrimbor: Did you fuck up the ring?

Sauron: Is it me who is a lying liar?

Celebrimbor: …No?

Sauron: Is it you perchance?

Celebrimbor: …Yes? Oh god, what do I do?

Sauron: Make more rings.

Celebrimbor: Obviously.

Sauron: Thank god, your prefrontal cortex is no longer working.

--

Kevin: Guards! Rough up the faithful!

Valandil: Or we could rough up Kevin.

Kevin: *kills Valandil*

Elendil: My son-in-law, everyone.

Kevin: To your chagrin and mine.

--

Sauron: Can I play with your hair and pretend you are my ex?

Mirdania: You are beautiful, good at smithing and 600 meters tall. You can do whatever you want.

Eregion Industries HR Department: Would you like to report workplace harassment, defined as vexatious conduct that is known or reasonably ought to be known to be unwelcome?

Mirdania: To be perfectly honest, he is welcome to vex me straight into next week. Or next fiscal year, for that matter.

Sauron: Noted.

HR Department: We tried.

--

Galadriel: A star shines upon me taking you hostage, asshole.

Orc Daddy: Ex-of-Sauron Support Group is now in session.

Galadriel: He’s not my ex!

Orc Daddy: Does the thought bring you relief and regret in vast and equal measure?

Galadriel: Crap. It does.

Orc Daddy: Welcome to the group, Galadriel.

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More recaps:

Season 2, Episode 1

Season 2, Episode 2

Season 2, Episode 3

Season 2, Episode 4