#Developement Enviorment

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Created for Ergo Cosmos: The Illustrated Book

"The bid to end Saturnine rule seemed fated to fail,but on the Holy Moon,a sudden treachery cleaved the loyalists' resolve:the Selenite Republics allied with the rebels in the wake of Isaura Crisogona's sinister assassination within the gloomy corridors of the White Devil Fortress"

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it actually blows my mind how normalized using chatgpt is

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Summer Camp (Short Story)

Enjoy a thrilling short story about one man’s journey to discover a dark secret plaguing the small town of Appleton. Children continue to go missing and no one knows why and who is doing the heinous acts. Derek, a college drop-out, finds a mysterious item at Goodwill that leads him closer to solving a 60 year old mystery. Summer Camp (Short Story by Jesse McDaniel)

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Also, I should add- there are plenty of promo interviews from the director of Secret of the Wings suggesting that she didn't want SOTW to be a literal "season winter" nor for the film to be too Christmas like. So it's possible that there was some creative differences between the writers, which might allow some possibility that the concept from this film came while they were working on Secret of The Wings.

"Peggy: Okay, that’s a good one. I definitely knew as I sort of looked at photography of winter – when we started I looked at photography of winter – and I noticed there were so many awesome looking whites and blues… One of the things we wanted to focus on in the movie is that this can’t feel like a Christmas place, it’s not a season winter. In this particular movie it’s a place. It’s a place they live, it’s there all the time. So, we needed to sort of create this magical winter and the images I was drawn to were all the whites and the blues. So, we decided to research all the different shades of blue and find the names out of that. So Periwinkle became Periwinkle and Milori, Lord Milori. Milori is a shade of blue." (x)

Unknown Cancelled Project - Concept Art by Elena and Olivia Ceballos

- ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʀᴇᴍᴏᴠᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛ -

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Masterlist of Fundraisers from the Palestinians who reached out to me this week (october 10-18)

Verified or Verified by Association:

Hiyam Shehab and Muhammed Shehab  (@hyamshehab96) are wife and husband and they have 2 sons named Zain and Yahya who are in need of evacuation (https://gofund.me/3e0c4580) (vetted by @/90-ghost)

Ahmad Jehad (@ahmad-syam6) is 28 years old, has a wife and a young daughter. He and his family are now displaced and living in a tent in Deir Al-Bahal (https://gofund.me/028d6998) (#84 on @/gazavetters vetted list)

Ghazi Al Amoudi (@ghazialamoudi) is 25 years old and from a family of 7. He is an instructional designer. He and his family are now displaced and living in a tent in Deir Al-Balah.  (https://gofund.me/8a2c70d7) (#89 on @/gazavetters vetted list)

Salem (@salem-baker) is 26 years old has a wife named Hadeel and 2 children named Laila and Bakr they live in northern part of Gaza (https://gofund.me/1a1829cd) (vetted by @/90-ghost)

Mohammed Ayyad (@mohammedayyads-blog) has wife and kids. Him and his family which consisting of 15 people are currently living in a tent in Rafah (https://gofund.me/91f6b11b) (vetted by @/bilal-salah0 here)

Nisreen (@nisreensuhail) is a mother of 3 who unfortunatly lost her husband. Her brother suffers from bipolar disorder and due to lack of treatment is in a critical condition (https://gofund.me/917ecb89) (#75 on @/gazavetters vetted list)

Ahmed Basil ( @anas--ahmed ) is a recent highschool graduate and his brother (Ahmad 14) both of them want to continue their education in Egypt (https://gofund.me/9c46877a)(vetted by @/90-ghost)

Shahad (@shah599) suffered from massacre and harsh enviorment yet never lost their hope in becoming a doctor help them complete their education (https://gofund.me/6653e930)(vetted by @/90-ghost)

Jana (@janaabunaje) who is 11 years old. Due to occupation demolishing their house their father suffer from a severe injury which led to dispute between their mother and father help them travel to treat their fathers injury and live in a stable family (https://gofund.me/3b401079) (#132 on @/gazavetters vetted list)

Ayman Basil (@aymanbasil2) who reached out to me for his brother Osama Basil who is a web developed from Gaza who lost his job due to war. Even though Osama's livelihood was destroyed he is trying to rebuild his and his family's life back up (https://gofund.me/100da7db) (#146 on @/gazavetters vetted list)

Ahmed Sobeh ( @ahmedsobeh2009 ) whos autism has worsened drastically under the constant bombing and destruction. Now, he suffers from painful fungal infections on his scalp due to contaminated water and poor hygiene, and he’s slowly losing his hearing and sight. (https://www.paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=EJ892Z3JYTPYS) (vetted by association as you can see here)

Noura Ayman ( @nourasissue-4 ) Noura and her husband Ibrahim worked in a hospital and were studying for a Master’s degree together. They have a baby daughter named Hanan. Her father-in-law has kidney cancer and requires treatment. She is trying to evacuate herself, her husband, theri baby, her parents-in-law, her father and her brothers (Samed (15) and Doaa (18)) out of Gaza. (https://gofund.me/dd15ac0f) (vetted and promoted by @/gaza-evacuation-funds!)

Eman (@emanalmadhoun7) wo is a 20 year old and mother of 2 (Waleed and Layan) displaced several times and in need of evacuation (https://gofund.me/ef9fc38b) (vetted by association you can see here)

Not yet Verified:

Rimas (@remasmarouf) is a 14 year old girl who suffers from cancer has older siblings and she is in need of treatment (https://gofund.me/253a1ac2)

Mohammed (@helpmohammed2024) 's father passed away in 2018 and now he is taking care of his mother and younger brothers and they are in need of a tent (https://gofund.me/db1b926b)

Jehad Aldahdooh (@jehad-aldahdooh) has a family of 8 was subjected to bombing and lost some people then they displaced to Rafah, and they do not have any sources of income (https://gofund.me/a0ce5ab8)

Fatima(@fatmakuhail22) a 22-year-old mother of two beautiful children, Masoud (4) and Masa (1). My husband Tariq, 33, lost their home and was displaced nearly five times (https://gofund.me/5301c8d7)

@shahdgazas-blog is mother of a family consisting of 8 people. Who has a little girl who is 14 years old, her name is Farah. She suffers from kidney failure and autism. (https://gofund.me/e5c8cd3a)

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TADC Theory: Are the characters actually trapped in a videogame?

One of the first things that caught my attention when I first watched The Amazing Digital Circus pilot was the sheer ambiguity of the situation the show takes place.

The world the characters are in and its aesthetics are clearly inspired by old videogames, the terms "player character " and "NPC" are thrown around, even Pomni mentions putting a headset on, an item that is iften used in modern times to play games.

However, none of the main characters state out loud they believe they're "trapped in a videogame". They call it a "digital world" or variations of it.

I found that very curious because it raises some questions, namely: "Are they actually in a videogame?" and "If they are, why is that detail not clear?"

It might be an innocuous detail, but since it grabbed my interest I decided to partake in a bit of light speculation based on ibservable facts.

Episode 2 makes things more confusing because, for all intents and purposes, the Candy Canyon Kingdom and its inhabitants appear to be earnest attempts to build a videogame experience. The NPCs have game lije purposes, the physics have game like purposes, but then... why do the NPCs have such advanced AI that they're able to be self aware?

Caine mentioned he was "testing out a new AI". *"Testing"*, not *"developing"*, mind you. The phrasing suggests he didn't create the AI, which makes sense to me, since Caine has a track record of not understand how the human mind works and as it turns out, Gummigoo sounded more like a human than *himself*.

That leads me to believe that he did not in fact develop the AI, but someone else, which continues to beg the question: "Is this actually a *game*?" "Who built this *thing* and why?"

When searching for answers, I looked into one of the main inspirations for the show, "I have no mouth and I must scream". In that story, a rogue AI constrols a mechanic complex designed to torture the last remaining humans on Earth.

That did sound similar to the show's settings, I could tell the thematic similarities, but I also quickly realized the show is probably not going to the exact same. For one, it would be too predictable with those familiar with the source material. For two, I'm not sure it would entirely align with the show's purpose of contemplating the existential nature of humans and making fun of it.

The intention of "I have no mouth" was among other things to expose the consequences of war and hatred, but the conflict in TADC seems to involve sense deprivation and confinement instead (sounds familiar?).

My first assumption is that *maybe* the Amazing Digital Circus was developed in-universe as a videogame, was abandoned at some point, then taken over by a rogue AI. Perhaps the unseen "Abel" of "Caine and Abel", referenced by the logo from episode 1.

That answers the question of why the game looks like a game, feels like a game, but it's not a game. However, it doesn't explain how the humans became trapped in the first place by the rogue AI, what its purpose is or what the outside world looks like and why it allowed this dituation to happen.

There's very little evidence left that suggests one possibility or another, so based on what there is and the themes of the show, I'm going to list a few scenarios based on my idea:

• #1: The show takes place in a futuristic setting where VR is so prevalent, most people experience it as a large part of their lives. In order to create a more immersive experience, an AI was developed, but it eventually misunderstood its purpose and keeps the humans trapped because it believes it's what they want.

• #2: The show takes place in a post apocalyptic setting where large portions of enviorment are toxic and life outside a shelter is near impossible. VR is used as a coping mechanism in order to bring people relief, but a lack of proper management brings out a rogue AI that takes control of a game and tortures humans out of resentment for destroying their own planet.

• #3: The show takes place in a seedy, morally bankrupt technocracy. An experiment is conducted to see how humans react to long term exposure to VR, using a repurposed videogame as its setting. This project is eventually abandoned but picked up by a rogue AI who keeps hunting humans and subjecting them to the game because it's all it knows.

These are the three first scenarios that coke to mind. I'll admit none of them fully convince me, but I'll keep looking at the show from different angles for as long as I keep finding openings to explore.

See you around! 👋

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God i love it when robotnik is put into a very normal and average setting because he is litterally the antithisis of that.

My man has spent his whole life acting and living like a cartoon supervillain. He knows hes evil full stop, and he has only been reafirmed by the people around him that hes evil (probobly from a young age aswell.)

So for someone like him, whos acted like a cartoonish supervillain for most of their life, to be forced to live in a regular, mundane enviorment, where the people are people, and dont have some alterior motive like how all of his previouse interaction have been, he obviously starts getting a bit paranoid, and anxiouse.

Because think about it, up until now hes lived in an cut throat enviorment where it was either him or the other person. This mentality started in the orphanage, and only got worse when he started working for the government. (Because you know he was backstabbing people to get to the top.) And through that enviorment, he learned that emotions were weaknesses, and that if you showed weakness you'd get mowed over by your opponents. Leading him to develop a very distant persona to survive.

But now? Hes in a safe enviorment, which isnt something hes used to. You can show weakness and not get black mailed for it. Theres no vying for the top, because there is no top. And everyones so damn freindly. No ulterior motives, no plans to backstab him later, just kindness for the sake of kidness. And robotnik has not a clue what to do, he just cant wrap his head around it.

To put it in perspective, robotnik is at the top of his game when he has a clear goal, an objective: Get to the top, aka, be better than everyone else. Thats what hes used to. And thats where hes been most of his life, thats where he's most comfortable because hes used to that. But what he's not used to is neighboors comeing to his door to hand him gifts withought poisioning it or expecting to reep the benefits later. What he isnt used to, is people checking up on him later to see of hes okay whenever he has a sudden outburst. What he isnt used to is people being so kind to him withought useing it against him later.

Robotnik has always thought that they way he grew up is how everything is: Freinds are transactional, showing emotions is showing weakness, noones truely on your side at the end of the day. But by placeing him in a normal, regular, run of the mill setting with no stakes and no drama, that entire world view is challanged. Because as much as he tries to find it, as much as he searches for it, he cant find any evidence that his life is in danger, or that his credibility, ego or whatevers important to him is on the line, which is a situation hes never been in. Normally, in the previouse enviorments hes been in, theres always danger around some corner, something to prep for, but theres none of that here. Theres no betray to prepare for, no secret plot comeing his way, just... calmness. And that obviously puts him on edge, since he doesn't think things are capable of being this calm withought something comeing after it. He doesnt belive that the world has the capability of being this peacefull. (Which is bassically him thinking the way he grew up is how the entire world is.)

And that bassically means he has to learn to be peacefull, to not always be on edge. And learn to calm the fuck down. Something that he couldnt even fathom before now.

Another thing i like about putting robotnik in this setting is that it also highlights how not normal he is:

Robotniks the weird kid, hes always been the weird kid. Everywhere hes went, hes been starkly different from the other people around him, and he knows that. He knows that to the point where hes twisted it into a reason as to why hes better than everyone else. And the mundane enviorment really highlights that.

Robotnik has always been treated like a cartoonish supervillain. Not just by the people around him, but by the setting and plot aswell. Hes hyped up as big and intimidateing, and in that way, he fits in despite being so cooky. Hes evil, stupidly evil, but it makes sense because the plot acts like thats normal. Its normal for him to act like a crazy supervillain, because he is one. Its practically required from him.

But now, hes in an enviorment where he isnt in the roll of a supervillain, he's just like everyone else around him. but he still trys to act like he is because he doesnt know what else to do. And that creates a deleciouse contrast that i love. Because of the eviorment hes in, now being crazy, and acting like a supervillain isnt normal anymore, because the plot isnt treating him like one anymore. Again, he's on the same level as everyone around him, and he doesnt know how to cope with that. So he tries to restort back to old habbits to have framiliarity in a landscape so unframilar to him. But those habbits arn't neccisarry in an enviorment like this, so they come off as weird.

And of course, you can make people shun him for this, (since thats what normally would happen,) but i find it more interesting if you dont. Because robotnik has been met with that reaction, hes been shunned before, so he's used to it.

He knows how to shut off his heart, and not care to that type of reaction twards him since its something hes had to do time and time again. And in a way, hes kind of hopeing for that reaction, because it only further proves his world view. It again gives him something framilar to work with here.

But imagine his shock when hes not met with that, when hes not shunned like he thought he would be. It freaks him the hell out, because he's not used to that level of openess, of emotional intamacy. He isnt used to people wanting to talk to him, or genuinly being interested in him, or not groaning whenever he comes into a room. Because before, he was some big mean scary supervillain. Someone you ran away from, someone who was delightfully evil and insane. But now, he isnt scary, he isnt a supervillain, hes just like everyone else.. a person... and that terrifyies him.

Because hes used to everyone hateing him. Of dreading him, and thats been his entire perspective of how other people can view him up until now. So for someone to be freindly to him, genuinly freindly, is probobly the most off putting thing to him.

So in other words, we need a robotnik sitcom paramount.

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Continuing with "What could possibly happen, good and wrong, with one's daughters if they were born?" *and also my headcannons lol, sorry for it being long, I have brainrot now* I wonder If the task will be cut off due to sheer lenght.

akhem Those are on top of my head, there are surely more maybe even bordering on being possibly in male offsprings ,though it takes much more notice in women f.e. dressing inmodestly. Because I doubt misoginy had completly dissappeared in the fashist state that is the Imperium of Man. shrugs I imagine taking the genes of your biological demigod not chaos created father would copy their personality even more in offspring than in adeptus astartes, or even intensify it. Won't be in direct order, my mind cooks diffrently. Hope I don't overwhelm ya lol.

When it comes to the father being that one uncle who can drink whole mjod like it's nothing, I imagine possible daughter having complexes on about she cannot drink as much as her father or his astartes. (since women have lower alcohol tolerance, but it's still better than in her mortal mother...just to add into the angst, I am not really a fan of perpetual loved ones, though there are expections) That may or may not cause the offspring to be much more...provocative, just to show her worth and to get the name of Leman's daughter. Pushing herself to the limits and getting to even more dangerous territories, getting some regular poison doses to make her more invurnelable to those and laying in the most unconfortable places possible.

2. Cruze ah...Cruze daughter. Would be best described as Azula from Atla, though I belive mother would have to be an complete shadow in fathers terroristic tactics in controling the population negotiations or encourage it with her fanatic dogma and devoution to the Imperium. She'd be probably the one you'd call Daddy's daughter (with his borderline obsession to keep her safe, maybe even surveil her without her knowledge) and equally if not even more insane due to direct teachings and not consequences coming from the enviorment. I could imagine her martyrhood being percived as being even deeper into the primarch teachings than her own father despite the possibility of it being otherwise. Maybe she would develop a yes man syndrome after the mortal mother, causing incredible suffering of internal guilt and need for the justice, while being incapable of standing up.

3. Sanguinius daughter is fun. Cause peroid blood and stuff, I imagine her red thirst is fucking INTENSE when it's that time of the month, to the point of locking her up not to cause any harm. Like an actual lack of control, turning into feral dog. It hurts her greatly and I belive she could develop even more of...Dorn characteristic ie. the stoic behaviour and self-harm tendencies in secret. I imagine she could develop an terrific talent when it comes to the diplomatic skills, but that would be a very thin double edge sword.

4. Lions daughter would be paranoid and having some sort of martyr complex. With need to be noticed by the absent father figure napping. She'd be the one who'd devout to her duties with no signs of rest. Feeling as if she's absent, whole thing is falling apart. End of the discussion. is that a spy over there? No...or is it?

5. Fulgrims daughter would be an example of wanting to be a perfection incarnate. Think of the influencer slowly buying more and more things to correct the assesments to the point of being invisible to anyone outside of her. She'd fall to Slaanesh one day or another, though I also imagine her as being one of the more...suprisingly tolerant when it comes to xenos. Especially Aeldari, having some sort of fascination of them and having abilities to withhold the emotions. Even if that's due to risk being eaten from "princess of excess" as they call the chaos god. Oh and the complex of being the best, not an failure. I'd see her as fem Lucius the Eternal.

6. Perturabo's daughter would be best described as constant sterotypical old cat lady behaviour. I belive she'd hate the Iron Wariors even more. (as the biological offsprings were not really expected in this fuckwat plan...somehow though I belive in canon it actually was, I imagine due to the primarchs genes SM are infertile) She'd wish for them to be something more and with her not having as much of an ego to protect herself from, she'd be the #1 encourager for Iron Wariors to develop something beyond the war artistry. Thought it begun with prostetics to make them a bit more...approachable or with more mathematical like patterns. But still decorations, to then slowly develop them in more architechual sense. As much as they are bitter, I see them as being somewhat protective, being that one little sister that's somewhat mischevious (to them) but too adorable to refuse or not listen to her suggestions.

7. Perturabo is done now time for Dorn's daugther. She'd be the typical autistic lady that doesn't get exactly social clues, and has some weird ways to stim not inserting myself, not at all lmao. I honestly cannot imagine any deviations away from her father, like an complete copy of him when it comes to worldview and outside behaviour. Though there's my little thought that due to her bluntness she would be percived as someone "delayed" in development, possibly being a shame in the god-like family. A failure, simmiraly to Mortarion. I won't listen any objections. Though I imagine that she'd be incredibly loyal and liking uncle Horus, having even more hard time beliving that he was a traitor is she was birthed in HH times.

8. Ferrus child would be the description of trully the child of Omnisiah. She'd modify her body even more to the point of lack of recognition like to the point of cosmic horror, completly erasing her own gender due to feeling somewhat very dysphoric with how those stiff guys are. And being some sort of outcast while they are more so an example of unity.He's so barebones in canon I struggle to find any more ideas for the child, if he had anyone at all considering his focus. I wouldn't be surprised if the hypothetical child would end up as living saint and/or one's of possible Omnisiah in some sects. And yes, she gets a kick-ass titan.

9. Vulkans child would be also be the dipomat in all this fuck-up of the family. Much more persistent with father being...I belive the best father out of *points the primarchs* those. She's also fucking burning and it requires to have all windows and AC open to not be cooked alive.

10. Angron child would be best described as being the "empath to the point of pain" which surprises everyone who did not knew him before butcher nails. Well ,maybe expect the soulmate of his, like to headcannon if he got with someone, it would be one of the slaves in Nuceria with her being somewhat a light in the darkness. Returning to the topic at hand. She'd be incredibly intrested in anatomy, primarly due to her wanting to ease father's suffering. (though it can be noted to the male offspring). What is unique with gender of the child is her very close relationship with Lotara and deep seated hatred of the Kharn. While the son would be much more proffesional with her, the daughter would develop really close platonic relantionship. Maybe in alternate reality she'd try to set up her with Angron. Daddy's daughter ver. 2.0. TLDR.

11. Khan's daughter would be example of just chillin and grilling. No diffrence between the male possible offspring, simmirally to Vulkan. I'd see her though as one who loves aircraft and being a pilot for no particular reason. One rides the bike, one flies in the skies. Oddly supportive and kind, would SEETHE if anyone dares to be sexist piece of garbage to HIS daughter even more than the rest of those

12. Bobby G daughter would be best described as that one mean library lady who's very good at the job and knows the antic secrets of excell spreadsheets. While the possible son would still have those, he'd be much more paraded and shown, she'd be more in the shadow. Maybe possibly in adepta ministorium ranks incognito if she didn't had any outside characteristic that would show her connection to the XIII ( a rare chance tbh ), maybe even some preacher very fanatic of her grandfater godhood.

13. Lorgar ah Lorgars daugher would be the definition of being birthed into the worst of the primarch imo. With his zealousnes if the offspring did not belived or share his core belives. (though they surely will get into lots of disscusions considering the faith and such, but the window for discussion is very thin) He'd be the one to take a particullar notice of gender of his daughter, making her somewhat into the example the sororitas should be, molding her very harshly. Also also, if she ever came into contact with Erebus, he'd definitly catcall her if he knows that his genesire won't belive her and get insane powertrip from that. Kor would despite her HARD, being THE EXACT OPPOSITE of one's idea of zealousness and would percive her own little cult as heresy to be cleanesed. Of course in secret.

14. Horus daughter would best be described as one that goes into a path of her father. Since warmastery and shit stuff. Though she'll revice some problems with that, not being a son but a daughter of his, getting into quite some conflits with Luna Wolfes. Probably she'd try to be like little Horus, with her shaving her head and mimicking his speech that would come to her naturally if she was the male. She'd get quite hurtfull and her ego would be even more fragile than of her father, trying to procces it as best as she could. Her mortal mother wouldn't help AT ALL.

15. Magnus would be an epitome of typical asian, tiger parenting when it comes to the child, just a notch. But he'd also be the one to notice gender diffrences, due to him having that curiosity of one, well THOUSAND SONS and there's one exeption. I'd be hillarious if she was like one of the most powerfull blanks, just saying, like the mother sucked all the possible psycic powers the child would have. As long the child would share his personality and belives (though there's uch more leeway than in Lorgar's case), all will be fine. Well if not for that female range, since it seemed the psycic of such power being your father would cause the emotions to errupt and intensify. Would relate with Angorns daughter.

16. Alpharius/Omegon would be simirarly to Ferrus daughter when it comes to gender dysphoria, since the legion is also so unified, though she'd turn somewhere else. To the Callidus clan. And while the son would just be Alpharius 2.0, the daughter would get into much more personal discusions with Malcador, much more aware and being closer than any primarch and their sire would be.

17. I have no ideas for Morty and Corvus. :(

Thanks for the more detailed ideas, I really enjoyed the read. It’s always interesting to think about how each primarch could potentially affect their child’s personality.

[namjhyun]

DRAMA REVIEW | Les Belles (2025)

Les Belles was not in my radar and I can't remember why I started watching it, but I am glad I did because this is easily one of the best romcoms of this year. And not only that, it has a solid political intrigue on the side.

Lingyu is a wonderful leading lady. She has being through it after her parents' passing, raised (if you can call it that) by her uncle and aunt, she has manage to grow to be a young lady full of confidence and self-love, smart as a fox but, because of her circumstances, she's also kind and humble. Lingyu has a very clear goal in life and plans several steps ahead to get it. It is only right that she would meet her match in Yun, a young lord who has a talent for political and military strategy and comes from a family of court officials. Raised by his uncle, an important Minister, just like Lingyu, but in a loving enviorement that has allowed him to grow to be one of the capital's most desirable talent and bachelor.

Watching these two play an extended game of wits, as they get to know each other and come to the realization they might be perfect for each other, it's an absolutely a treat. It's only enhanced by Yun's family dynamics with his cousin Xian (a hilarious mother hen), followed by the strict aunt and uncle, and Grandma's constant health ruse. Add to that Jinchuan (Yun's nagging servant) who does everything possible to get his ship sailing, and you have romcom gold.

But that's not all, the rest of the supporting cast it's also full of lovable characters with excellent character development. The Crown Prince and his siblings are a handful (iykyk) but really honest and good people; it's been a while since I have seen such great royals. Miss Chen and Miss Zhou complete the friends group, bringing some really heart-wrenching and hilarious moments.

The political narrative of this drama it's also really interesting and balances out the comedy perfectly, giving the drama some gravitas and opportunities for the characters to grow as young adults taking their places in the public arena. All the characters are developed wonderfully through their relationships but also the political intrigue they must handle, which has an emotional and action packed resolution.

Les Belles just kept getting better with every episode, until the very last scene, and keeping me on my toes and entertained. The excellency of this is not only thanks to the cast perfect chemistry and performances, but also due to the people behind the scenes. The filming locations were perfectly chosen, the sets beautiful to look at, each costume design a perfect mirror to the character wearing it. The stunt coordinator for all the action scenes and even some of the physical comedy really delivered some of the most hilarious and bloody savage choreographies.

Director Huang Ying Xiang and scriptwriter Wang Hong are a dream team; and I would love for these two badass women to work together again if they deliver this kind of high level production every time.

Don't miss out on Les Belles!!

[fizzigigsimmer]

It’s early days yet, but I already love the character of Gator Tillman. And what I specifically mean by that is I think the character is well thought out, well developed, well portrayed, challenging, and complex. I love to think about this character. Which inspires me to write stories about them. I’m emotionally invested, which again inspires me creatively. I’m also a kinky bastard so, that’s fun! My love of this character does not condone or support the bad things they do being done in real life, because that would be insane. This should go without saying, but we’re on the internet and I guess it doesn’t hurt to be clear.

Now that that is done with, onto the fun exercise I like to call “How do you think these two characters you love would bet along?” because I LOVE to think about these kind of impossible scenarios.

If Steve met Gator: Ignoring the doppelgänger situation, I think these characters would be enemies to besties, for the reason that they are the same guy. And I don’t mean because they’re played by Joe. I talked about this a little before on another post, but Steve & Gator share a character type. Actually, Steve, Billy, & Gator are all shades of the same character (which yum, threesome, but STAY ON TARGET) so it’s no big surprise why they’re so similar. What I really love about examining Steve & Gator side by side is all the ways you can realy start to picture how Steve might have been worse in a different setting, with less privilege etc. Anyway I think there would be real friction between them at first because Steve’s more emotionally developed (not to mention progressive lol) and he’s not about Gator’s punk ass. Honestly there would be a similar kind of friction/chemistry that Billy sparked when he burst in acting a fool, and if they could get past that and see how alike they are I think they’d be magnets. Could there be some sexual chemistry? Personally I find it weird when couples look too similar so it will never be my one true ship or anything, but definitely. The studies have been done, and it’s a real thing!

If Billy met Gator: See this one I’m torn on. It’s because they’re kind of a perfect storm. They’d be so competitive and there would be so much fucking posturing lol. The friction would be so thick. They would resent everything about each other, which is ironic because they are strikingly alike. I would say more alike even than Steve & Billy are, because Gator is a darker shade of blue if you catch my drift. Gator is who Steve might be if the Duffers had never created Billy, and I think Gator is what Neil thinks he wants Billy to be - even though we all know Neil’s flavor of toxic abuse doesn’t actually allow for Billy to ever get it right, even if he did try and please Neil the way Gator tries to please Roy. Billy and Gator are both motherless living under controlling and abusive fathers, trying to live up to a toxic standard of manhood in order to prove their worth. They both gravitate to positions of power and admiration that allow them to control the people around them and feel safe from a position of authority. They both ‘make their own law’ and are taking their anger and pain out on their enviorment. They would initially bring out the absolute worst in each other, and whether it was as friends or as enemies it would be ELECTRIC. But for the same reasons they would be an utter shit show, they’d get each other better than anyone ever has before. They’d sizzle.

[thecreelcurse]

𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐃…

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[valentinacucic]

Mountain climbing

⛰️ Activity title: mountain climbing

⛰️ Duration and amount: from 8AM to 3Pm on October 1st

⛰️ Type of activity: activity

Activity description

Many of us from my class decided to join the geography section this weekend. We planned on taking a relaxing walk through the woods, looking around the whole area of Manjača and the village Stričići.

Reflection

This day was spent battling breathlessness and enjoying the enviorment, would that be the nature or my friends. Though, the breathlessness may be an over exaggaration, it is obvious that we struggled on the path. But it wasnt anything that we couldnt handle or anything that would take away our energy to keep on moving. This whole day gave us time to connect with eachother and even meet new people while climbing! The little gifts that we got at the start of the 'race' were especially sweet and they were of big help at the end. We also visited the village Stričići where we met really nice grandmas who were there to gice us water and juuces if needed. All in all this was a great activity, and I hope that we repeat it soon.

Learning outcomes

🌍 Identify own strenghts and develop areas for growth

🌍 Demonstate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skill in the process

🌍 Show commitment to perseverance to the CAS experience

🌍 Demonstate the skills and recognize the benfits of working collaboratively

[hearth4days]

what are your thoughts on mikoto's/09's psyche

My silly 💞 I think that motherfucker needs therapy. Tbh. Maybe some yoga. Some more back massages from Shidou. Something because good god girl

On Mikoto, he's clearly going to have a rough time in T3 with (post T2 spoilers), especially since his arc seems to kind of be building up to accepting his crime at all? I'm still on the boat that I kind of hope it's Mikoto that did the murders and John's just covering for him, but I'll hold off on acting like that's meant to be implied at all until his T3 song is out. As it stands, he's denying his DID, his murder, his stress, pretty much everything. I want to see him crash out without John's help and maybe hear a bit more about his work enviorment/home life itself because something had to make him that repressed. It's his mom and parentification and eldest daughter syndrome to me. For no reason at all <3

As for John *french kisses him* I'm glad T2 gave him a bit more depth. I am not opposed to shitty DID rep but I will always prefer a little more thought being put into it, and I'm glad he exists outside of being a raging murder machine even he is a little yk. What the hell

He's madly in love with Mikoto for one because god he sounds gay about him constantly. But also I am choosing not to believe that he was a recent split. I don't think Deco*27 or the other writer whose name I forget really care about accurate DID rep, but as a DID system myself, I find it hard to believe an alter split to hold work stress would A.) be that physically violent/protective, and B.) be fully developed enough to still be consistently fronting during the events of Milgram. If he's a work alter/emotional protector/stress holder why the hell is he able to evenly match Kotoko, be able to jump to the front whenever neccesary at a minute's notice, etc. I think he's older than he lets on but that's just me

[despair-to-future-arcs]

(The stuff with Yae is a classic, “if he/she bullies you, then he/she likes you”.)

//Yeeeah, pretty much but I'm making it clear that Hotaru was still effected by Yae's bullying and does not like it, his feelings and issues towards Yae are extremely valid in this and I don't plan to justify how Yae acted.

//Like... remember that Yae is a 5 year old kid just emulating what her parents do/the enviorment she grew up in and her brain is still developing, so I'm not going to say that she should get spanked or hit but I think she should of been taken from her parents. ^^;

[thestalkerbunny]

My only complaint about the mouse fps is that its a bit too floppy all the time. In rubber hose cartoons not everything flopped around like crazy, with props they’d usually deform in ways to emphasize certain actions, like with popeyes can. You also had cases of props acting more rigid for comedic effect, like in felix cartoons the titular cat would often use his tail as a crank or stairs.

I grew up with a dvd player and a shitload of old cartoons, so I developed an obsession with them.

Yeah there's like. a sort of stiffness rules to the enviorment.

[makaryilkow]

Creativity November 2 I decided to develop my skills in thinking creatively, making scenes and creating visuals. Using blender I made a 3 render of a CubeSAT in low earth orbit (LEO). In order to achieve this realistic earth look I used real life 360 degree captures of earth done by high resultion cameras on satellites. It might seem a simple task, but implementing into the 3D software called blender 16K HDRI images turned out challening. I have learnt a lot about creating realistic enviorments with many details and using light to highlight different models. Understanding different ray-tracing methods, which are related with lighting was essential for making these visualizations. This was a very engaging and entertaining activity, in which I could present my visions and ideas. Even though it took a lot of time to create, I feel a sense of accomplishment and self development