#GUI windsurf

[brillica-design]

Firebase Studio vs Cursor vs Windsurf: Tool Comparison

The landscape of modern development is undergoing a significant transformation, moving away from code-heavy environments towards AI-assisted coding and no-code visual interfaces. This evolution is democratizing app development, making it accessible to a broader audience while enhancing productivity for seasoned developers. 

At the forefront of this change are three standout tools: Google’s Firebase Studio, the AI-first Cursor, and the visual Firebase GUI Windsurf. Each tool addresses different facets of the development process, offering unique advantages depending on the user’s needs and expertise level. But which one is right for you? Let’s explore the strengths and capabilities each of these tools has to offer.

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[firebrimlocnus]

I know this is going to be a bit controversial, but I'm well ready to hold down this fort because I'm a multi-shipper and I saw many ships going around in the Epic The Musical Fandom, so I'm going to just go off with saying this; YES LADIES, GENTS, NON BINARY PEEPS, I TURNED ODYSSEUS INTO A POWER BOTTOMING WHORE (𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝙸 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚊𝚊𝚢𝚢𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙰𝚞, 𝚜𝚘 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎!😏)

The lists of ships that's gonna be seen in Windsurfing, to those who will feel uncomfortable by this, I don't mind if you were to leave this fanfic as I am stating this as a warning in case you all won't like to read any further because of this but I will still be writing because why not, I finally feel free enough to do so😊

Odysseus x Penelope (expected, so there's that)

Eurylochus x Ctimene (another expected one, just to prepare ya'll for my wild mind)

Odysseus x Eurylochus (yes, I am doing this, I just love the concept)

Odysseus and his crew (yeah, this includes Polites and Diomedes as these two will be the minimum lovers at best like the rest)

Polites x Moonflower (This won't be the last oc x canon character you'll see from me, but I think this will be the only one for now)

Elpenor x Perimedis (pretty sure you all saw this coming as this pairing is popular, too)

Fauna x Polyphemus (another oc x canon, BUT YOU CAN'T BLAME ME BC HE NEEDS LOVE TOO!)

Amphitheater x Circe (oc x canon, it ain't gonna be new, but it's still cute)

Poseidon x Zeus (and yes, I'm doing this as both a joke and a minor thing. They're literally sex buddies)

Tiresias x Seanarus (oc x canon, the pirate and the prophet!)

Eurylochus x Helios (minor but still think it's worth it, especially for what I have planned for them😈)

Athena x Calypso (let me have my rare pairs, too, and this one is it! So cute!)

Dare x Athanasios x Zeus (oc fuck buddies for the King of the Gods! 🤣)

Cirsè x Ares (ain't ruining Aphrodite and his relationship, but I honestly think it would be nice if he was dating someone during their relationship, Aphrodite's already a cheater so this shouldn't be a problem)

Cirsè x Orcus (end goal couple and it's healthy from a God! 😊 {minor})

Daynus x Sanibel (yes, oc x oc ships are gonna be just as expected {minor})

Zell x Foluis (ocs {minor})

Bali x Ahe (ocs {hella minor})

Odysseus x Poseidon (THE END GAME SHIP!!🥰🥰🥰)

Yeah, I know I have a bunch more characters, I'm just not sure who to put with who for now, gonna update this in no time, so don't worry but I'm getting ready to warn you about it in case any of these ships are going to make you uncomfortable, along with the kinks because I am adding just one as I don't have anything else that's remotely weirder but is gonna be here to add in just for you guys to know; male lactation, Google it, but if I hear one nasty, disciple, the thing about the kids, request or comment, I'm BLOCKING YOUR DISGUSTING ASSES, yes, I know what I'm getting into doing this, yes I plan on handling this with the utmost care possible, and I plan to, at least, put trigger warnings up in case you guys are uncomfortable reading those parts in particular, but that's all the warnings I have for you guys.

If you have any questions, you can ask in the comments or in the ask box. I also would love it if you guys have requests in mind for this story, but for now, that's all. 😁

[havoc-7]

I wanna know how Hunter became the leader of the Bad Batch. Like, not saying any of the others would have been better, I just mean, there were only four options: a sassy little iPad kid, a trigger-happy man bear, the problematic guy with the toothpicks, and Space Rambo. We can’t assume it was because he was the least chaotic, because nothing could be farther from the truth. In TCW season 7, Anakin asks him who they report to and he’s just like “idk man, if I knew how to fill out a report maybe I’d try and find out” and when Anakin gets snatched up by that lizard dragon thingy, the first thing his brothers do is get set up so that Hunter can windsurf behind it like a maniac because apparently that’s something he tends to do. In TBB S1 when Omega starts that food fight, Hunter tries to de-escalate the situation for approximately 3 seconds before throwing hands. All of his interactions with any sort of leadership involve a minimum of 70% sarcasm. The man has a blaster to shoot droids and chooses to stab them with a knife instead. He left cadet training and the first thing he did was get a massive face tattoo of a skull.

Like, I’m trying to imagine how that conversation went and all I can think of is, “Sir, it’s time to promote one of the members of Clone Force 99 to sergeant.” “…*long sigh*”

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

Do you have any Jake & Rachel “behind the scenes” /“family events during the year” headcanons throughout the war effort?

Rachel sits Jordan and Sara down one afternoon, and tells them that if she or their mom ever starts acting weird, they’re to call Jake and tell him what happened.  Just Jake.  No one else.  Jake, she promises, will know what to do.

Half the school gossips about them being kissing cousins, because at some point they’re too tired to care, and just start getting lunch together rather than trying to fight it.  Plus, everyone knows that if you bad-mouth Rachel, Jake’s going to give you a talking-to until you’re the one apologizing in tears.  And if you bad-mouth Jake, you’re going to get your teeth punched in.  Neither Berenson has the bandwidth to give a shit about the rumors; don’t they know there’s a war on?

Borrowed from Shane C: When they do have spare time, they do all the extreme sports all the time.  Cliff diving, windsurfing, BMX, shipwreck tours, free solo climbing — they do it all.  They get injured occasionally, sometimes even fatally, but that’s part of the thrill.  As soon as they figure out how, they’re going to start jumping out of airplanes for fun.  Sans parachute.

They develop a code on the phone: “Algebra” means “you need to check on.”  Rachel calls Jake the day after their conversation about Visser One, and goes “Marco still failing Algebra?”  Jake gets off the phone with Cassie and immediately calls Rachel: “You remember that guy Tobias from your Algebra class?”  The day after Estrid and Gonrod leave, Rachel starts a conversation with “Pretty sure I’m going to axe Algebra from my schedule.”  Neither of them ever questions the fact that it’s their job to check on the others, that of course they would be the ones to fly out to Tobias or to make an excuse to drop by Cassie’s for the afternoon.  Tobias needs them, Ax needs them, the others need them.  So of course they go, because it has to be done.  And of course it’s one-sided.  Jake’s fine.  Rachel’s fine.  They’re the strong ones, remember?  They don’t need checking on in turn.

The photograph of human Tobias in Rachel’s dresser — Jake gave that to her.  He found it in a roll of print-outs from his mom’s digital camera that was 85% him and Marco messing around trying to take crappy self-shots.  He mumbled something about how he figured, you know, if she wanted, that’s all.

Rachel returns the favor indirectly, when she gifts Jake’s parents a blown-up, lightly edited photo of his family she made in Computer class.  It’s a few years out of date, technically, Jake and his mom and dad grouped around a sweaty, grinning Tom who holds a basketball trophy aloft.  But it replaces the picture on the mantle of the four of them outside the Sharing awards banquet, which is was her goal all along.

[mjrtaurus]

More Monkey D Family headcanons to counteract the Urpi sadness from yesterday :,)

- Garp's Fist of Love does not exist in the Urpi canon or at least not in its usual state: it’s more like a quick jab in the arm or a knock on the head. What the kids really are afraid of is his noggies, he keeps teasing them, saying he’s gonna give them a bald spot!

- Urpi is no doubt one of those moms who just..doesn’t get Mother's Day. She'll say that she’s a mother everyday and having one day blocked out to acknowledge a yearly fact is silly. She does NOT understand that they just wanna pamper her a little. They’ve taken to making sure the cat is in her lap all day so she can be doted on for the day.

- Speaking on the pets!! The cat's name is Whiskers but everyone calls him Whisk, the vulture is named Javier Bird-em, the raccoon is Spikette and Camel is Camel

- Garp even joins in on the animal fun when he brings a retired military Labrador home one day. He is newly dubbed Bow after his favourite part of the ship and is a big old softie. All the other animals like to pile around him for group naps!

- None of the kids will hear any Once upon a times during storytime! They want stories of Kalgara and Noland and Shandian legends only! All attempts to deviate from their regularly scheduled routine will results in major pouty faces.

- Occasionally when they would call a super special night, Urpi will tell them a story about a nameless pair of daughters of Shandora. They always listen in a soft awe, not daring to make a sound lest they break the soft reverie cast over their mother.

- Family vacations at the beach! Dragon building elaborate sand castles (and also burying a napping Kuzan), Garp teaching Dadan how to windsurf, Urpi reading her book and sipping on a virgin piña colada! It’s easily one of their favourite times of year!

- On one of these beach trips the kids, full of jittery energy, run up to Urpi with hands full of slightly cracked shells. She doesn’t fully understand their hype until Dragon presses down on the apex of a shell and a jet of wind shoots out.

- None of the Monkey D kids like pirates. Dadan thinks of them as lesser bandits, Kuzan doesn’t like how they disrupt peace and the destruction they bring and Dragon is just straight up scared, the stories Garp tells him about his job are all told jovially but it still freaks the little guy out. Suffice it to say, meeting Gol D Roger for the first time was nothing short of complete chaos. (His uncle Roger era ended before it started)

- Urpi and Kuzan are coffee drinkers and are borderline hipster about their brews, Garp and Dragon are devout tea people, green tea specifically, with snacks of course! Dadan has no real preference between the two and thinks they’re all a little ridiculous for being so particular.

- Despite not having the Monkey D blood, Kuzan and Dadan certainly have that Monkey D appetite! Urpi is flabbergasted but doesn’t really mind. She does wonder occasionally if they’re really tasting the food though.

- While Nina loves her nephew dearly, she was a little skeptical about Garp with his time as a Marine and all but she trusts her sister’s judgement so she lets it go (mostly).

- Dadan occasionally goes to her parents to ask for advice on being a better older sister.

- Kuzan and Dadan definitely DIDN'T have a bet about who Luffy's other parent was…that absolutely didn’t happen…and Kuzan definitely didn’t lose it either-

- Garp & Urpi are the quintessential supportive parents! Sport tournaments, recitals, awards ceremonies, you name it! If their kiddos are involved, best believe you’ll find them in the front row!

- Urpi is also vice president of the PTA and has a very catty rivalry with its president, Eleanor. Bake sales for new equipment for the soccer team turn into something straight out of war zone or at least that’s how Garp describes it.

- The Strawhats meeting Urpi and feeling a sense of Deja vu with her warm eyes and wide smile, they’ve definitely seen that somewhere before…

- After being reunited, Garp and Urpi decide to renew their vows and throw a big party to celebrate! All their family and friends were invited and the celebration lasted at least 48 full hours.

Thank you for this meal, let me give you dessert!

- One of Dragon’s favorite treats is licorice root. No, not the candy. The root. Dig it up, clean it, strip the bark, chew on it. It’s as much of a stim as it is a treat, and Urpi introduced it to him. He gets teased by other kids for “eating” sticks, but you know what? The sticks taste good.

- Urpi once was subject to an attempted mugging while out getting groceries. She knocked the man over the head and lectured him for the whole ten minutes it took for authorities to get there and apprehend him. He looked thoroughly shamed.

- Garpi snores like a bear. If he falls asleep on his back, you can expect noise complaints from the neighbors. Urpi has a solution to this. Get up and grab herself a glass of water, come back to bed and then brush her night air chilled legs against him. Shuts him up real fast. Might have him on the floor in a heap, but it works.

- One of the only times Kuzan was ever openly not laid back about something was the time some local punks stole his bike. Dragon, who was on leave and visiting them at the time, took descriptions, tracked the punks- and the bike- down, scared the shit out of them with a lot of official and intimidating sounding Marine lingo, and stole the bike back. Nobody steals from his little brother!

- When Dragon first started dating, it wasn’t Garp or Urpi that those dates needed to worry about. It was Dadan. Dragon’s first ever heartbreak was from a guy that ended up being really shitty to him. Once Dadan found out, she broke his nose and told him if she ever saw him come around again it would be his fingers that got broken. Individually. Nobody hurts her little brother! Garp and Urpi couldn’t have been more proud of her.

[sutxdreamwalker]

My predictions for Avatar 3

So I hav some plot ideas in my head for what’s gonna happen in avatar 3 based on theories and sneak peaks we got.

So we all know that Quaritch and the RDA are gonna team up with the Ash Clan so things are gonna go down.

And we know that Spider is gonna have a very important role, definitely after the whole bonding with Quaritch then leaving him and is definitely now living with the Sully’s, he’s gonna be caught in some conflict, as in found family conflict.

Like Quaritch would want to have his father and son like relationship with Spider again, and Jake is probably gonna treat Spider like an equal but Spider might not be accepting of that since, well, he was neglected by him, did not really give a fuck about him, like when he got captured he didn’t worry about him, he only worried if he was gonna spill any information (which he would never do), and in the comics he upright told him to turn himself over to the RDA cause he couldn’t keep up while they were being shot at, he didn’t think about whether he was gonna live or not by turning himself in, and before that when Spider was gonna leave his “foster family” when the RDA returned Jake let his family take him when he didn’t want to and when Kiri wanted Spider stay with him. So Spider ain’t gonna see Jake as a possible father figure no more.

Anyway, also from a spoilers image it seems he’ll go threw some body horror kind of thing with the help of Kiri, cause we see him having a kuru, so maybe he might not get an avatar, but maybe he’ll be some hybrid na’vi kind of thing probably towards the end of the movie.

Now for theories on the Ash Clan, we know fire is gonna symbolic for them, and they are not gonna be nice, and we already know there leader Varang, we don’t know Nah other Ash Clan na’vi characters, but I’m thinking there are gonna be some na’vi who will be by Varang’s side. I’m also thinking that maybe, just maybe, cause it’s a bit of a clique, that at least one Ash Clan na’vi will not like what is happening or realize what there doing is wrong so they’ll switch sides and help out the good guys. I’m thinking this na’vi might be around the same age as the kids or an adult who might be a warrior or smt.

And we’re also gonna be introduced to new biomes and na’vi who have adapted to those biomes, not just the Ash na’vi but also desert na’vi who are known as the “wind traders” who will most likely be a nomadic kind of clan that go around and trade. We have already seen a nomadic clans in the avatar franchise, such as the Sarentu and Zeswa in Frontiers of Pandora.

So I’m thinking the desert na’vi will have a darker skin tone, like dark blue/purple, and will have strips that will resemble big cats that live out in a desert, and this will be a uncommon idea but I’m thinking they’ll have eyelashes similar to a camel, so just listen, camels have long eyelashes to protect them from sand, so the desert na’vi might have adapted to have that same ability.

I also like to think they’ll have this clothing were they cover there heads to also protect from sand (since maybe the eyelashes might not be so long and aren’t as resilient in a sand storm) and have lose clothes to be able to move fast and stay cool in the hot environment. The clothes might be beige with an away of color patterns.

And for getting around I’m thinking they have these windsurfing boards/boats since they are called the windtraders they might use wind and possibly sandstorms to there advantage, so they might be like the Sandbenders from Atla and the Fremen from Dune. And like the Zeswa I’m thinking they’ll have this bind with a giant creature that helps carry there stuff as they travel, like something of a Bantha form Star Wars but even bigger, and maybe some predator that lives in the sand (like a sad worm) and the desert na’vi use some tool to attract it (like from Dune).

And we’re getting introduced to a new Na’vi character, Peylak, we have no idea what his roles gonna be but from the only image we have it seems he’s a good guy, and I’m thinking he’ll be a desert na’vi or maybe Ash clan, or Metkayina, we’ll have to wait and see.

And another new biome we’ll be introduced to is Pandoras arctic biome, ice na’vi will come into the picture. We don’t know when they’ll be seen but I hope it’s soon.

My theory for what they’ll look like it is some pale skin maybe, not white like those AI images, but more like a pale like blue, or I’ve seen some art with them with purple skin that is cool and they might have that, or a combination of the both. And they’ll wear more covered clothing to protect them from the cold, but they might not wear much because they might of adapted to resist the cold. The clothes will most definitely be similar to Artic Indigenous people clothing, or be like people from the ice age maybe.

The animals that might appear I igumane would be these woolly mammoth type creatures they’ll use to get around and penguin like creatures that have two sets of flippers.

Lo’ak has been confirmed to be the next narrator at the beginning of the movie and the movie might focus on him, so we get to see him how he is now after Neteyam’s death, and will see his relationship with Tsireya play out more. He might get some kind of character growth of some kind.

Now for the movies plot, I’m thinking it will be like this:

Lo’ak narrates what has happened after the events of The Way of Water, we see scenes of moments that play through of what happened, like maybe the Metkayina joining Jakes resistance, Ao’nung’s tattoo ceremony, Ronal’s baby birth/first breath, Spider adapting to the Metkayina tribe.

Then maybe it will skip to Quaritch and Lyle back at Bridehead or some part of Pandora, if at Bridgehead they might one in some real trouble with Ardmor after not only getting Jake, but also loosing a Seadragon and their whole recom team. If it’s some part of Pandora, it’s probably cause they have no idea what to do and this might be the moment they might discovered the Ash Clan.

Then cut back to the Sully’s maybe there planning on what might happen and how to defend the oceans now.

Then some other stuff happens, and maybe some scene with Spider and Kiri, then some Metkayina from another clan rush to tell Jake that some new threat is here which would be the Ash na’vi and he decides to investigate, Lo’ak and Spider maybe come along and possibly Kiri and Tuk just tags along.

Then the investigation leads to the Ash na’vi taking Kiri, Lo’ak and Tuk maybe as hostages, and Jake and Spider find Quaritch and Lyle and they might have some awkward child custody moment with Spider then they decided a short truce just to get Jake’s kids back.

Then it results in them getting capture then Quaritch and Lyle joining the Ash Clan and Lo’ak gets rescued by Jake and Spider, but Kiri and Tuk are still held as hostages then the movie escalated with a big battle or smt at the end.

Idk, but maybe Jake finding Quaritch in the woods might not happen, instead he might have already joined the Ash Clan.

Anyway that’s all I got for this, this entirely small essay, yea 😅

[diy-fire-water-pups]

Hey pups, do you know about Hurricane Harrigan! He is the best windsurfer, right?

Best windsurfer, best kite surfer, best surfer in general...

Yeah! And he's such a nice guy too! I like talking to him!

Go live with him already, won't you?

Nah, you'd miss Marshall's water blasters hitting you by accident once a week.

And Zuma's Hovercraft fans in the Summer, since you won't go in the pool.

Hey, that was a low blow!

[familyromantic]

okay here are some crumbs (barely) from the books

from nobody does it better

“I'm sure you'll figure it out,” she told the older girl, becoming suddenly distracted by a photo of Erik van der Woodsen, Serena's hot older brother, propped up on Serena's bedside table in a silver Tiffany frame.

from you know you love me

After “Cheek to Cheek,” the band played “Putting on the Ritz.” Serena and Erik pretended they were Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, camping it up in their corner of the dance floor. Serena swung her arms gaily, trying to be carefree, the life of the party.

Serena preferred to be carefree and happy-go-lucky, just like her brother. She downed her champagne and grabbed Erik by the shoulders to distract him from his food games. “Can’t a girl have any fun anymore?” she asked him, giggling a little desperately. Erik stood up. “This girl definitely can,” he said, taking her in his arms and dipping her backward dramatically.

Across the aisle, Serena’s brother Erik winked at her. He looked like a prince in his tux. A male version of Serena, all golden haired, blue eyed, and tall, with a sprinkle of freckles on his nose and adorable dimples in his cheeks. Serena had told him all about her crappy Brown interview, and predictably Erik had said two words in response: “Fuck ‘em.”

Then she reached for the phone and pressed the speed-dial button for her brother Erik’s number at Brown. Whenever she needed reassurance, it was the first button she pressed

from gossip girl

From where she sat on her big canopy bed, she could see the silver-framed photograph of her family, taken in Greece when she was twelve. The captain of the sailboat they’d chartered had taken the picture. They were all in bathing suits, and her brother, Erik, who was fourteen at the time, was making a big fart kiss on Serena’s cheek while their parents looked on, laughing. Serena had gotten her period for the first time on that trip. She’d been so embarrassed, she couldn’t bear to tell her parents, but what was she supposed to do, trapped on a boat? They were anchored off the island of Rhodes, and while their parents were snorkeling and Serena and Erik were supposed to be having windsurfing lessons, Erik had swum ashore, stolen a Vespa, and bought her some maxi pads. He came back with them in a little plastic bag, tied on top of his head, her hero.

She’d chosen her brother Erik’s frayed old shirt because it smelled like him. Erik had gone to the same boarding school as Serena, but now he was away at college, and she missed him terribly.

from i like it like that (blair and erik were hooking up here but i swear the chemistry with serena was 😩

Serena had always loved soaking in hot tubs outside at night in the cold, especially when it was snowing lightly and everyone was naked. This time she was particularly grateful to be wedged between her brother and Chuck Bass, while Jan-the-Dutch-dentist gazed at her dreamily from the other side of the tub.

“It was pretty gnarly,” Serena heard one of the ski patrol guys say. “What was?” she asked, climbing into Erik's lap. He draped his long arms around her, and she burrowed her cheek into his chest, hungry for attention. “Mmm. You smell nice and clean.” The ski patrol dudes sipped their beers and looked on enviously. If only they each had their own model- gorgeous blond sister to snuggle with.

Serena blew out her breath. “What's the point of making an effort? It's not like I'm going to be flirting with somebody's brother all night!” Blair screwed the top back on her mascara and glared at her friend's reflection in the bathroom mirror. “So you're mad at me because of Erik?” She dug around in her cosmetics bag for her bronzing powder. Serena kicked the door frame with her fuzzy sheepskin boot. “I'm not mad. I'm just …” Jealous?

She hung up, popped another chocolate into her mouth, and then crawled across the floor, making a growling sound before opening her jaws and biting the back of Erik's leg. “Ow!” Erik yowled. Serena sat back on her haunches. “Can we do something?” she asked. “Or are you guys too busy talking in this boring hotel room to, like, go out?” Blair glared down at her friend from her perch on the bed and could barely resist kicking her in the head. Couldn't Serena just butt out and let them talk?

LMAO---

That's some Lannister or Dollanganger thing right there. The snuggling and jealousy part were definitely intentional. Thank you, Anon!!

[hikennosabo]

#tristampparty day 6, episode 6: once upon a time in hopeland

THE HALFWAY POINT OF @tristampparty BABY!!! this is another episode i've watched multiple times on its own so... LET'S GOOOOO

and we start right out the gate with

wolfwood vial count: 2

i don't think i need to keep saying that masaya onosaka is the radio dj... he's been a constant...

LOL, LMAO, EVEN

"disposal," though... we know all about the last run, but what else does disposal entail. like what do they do with the. um. the corpse? and the word "disposal"... yeesh...

so they say, even though it's obvious bullshit. but i do wonder. conrad is in charge of july, EoM's base is in july, etc etc... but how many people actually know what's going on? who does "the july government" consist of besides conrad? what about the civilians living in the city? EoM's cover is flimsy at best, they're suspicious as hell, so how deep and how far does the propaganda machine reach that this can just... keep going on?

all this planet has is radio and newspapers, no TV, no internet, and everyone is struggling just to survive... we saw just last ep how EoM had a grip on one village to the point where it was normalized to sacrifice children... just how good are they at controlling information? jeez. roberto and meryl's job as reporters is more important than ever.

we see that part of wolfwood's designated role is to go after deserters and traitors, so that's another way of controlling information, but. he's just one guy. so they probably have more assassins than just him. maybe the rest of the ghg that we haven't seen yet? there's livio, too, but... how long has he been with EoM at this point? the timeline's so unclear on this, i don't know... we know it took "months" between wolfwood being taken by them and his escape attempt + livio(/razlo) joining, but we don't know how long ago that was either... presumably it would also take "months" for the experiments to be done on livio, or maybe even less time? uhhhhh (steam comes out of my ears from thinking too hard)

......i'm less than 3 minutes into the episode. let's continue.

it's cute that they shrug simultaneously. mad at each other but still in sync... :')

no idea why the orphanage would be highlighted on the map except for foreshadowing purposes, but it looks like the steamer stops at... uh... *squints* taradiddlescoast... deucedump?!... orange bazoo... who tf is naming these places?!

:') aha. ahahahahaha. ahahhahahahaha. ah. uah. ue. ueeeeeeaaahhh

we already know that the sandsteamer route passes by the orphanage. so i like that there's a sandsteamer visible in the distance. very nice subtle attention to detail here

i feel like people are always quick to point out that livio and wolfwood being siblings is specific to stampede only but i DON'T care, this is my FAVORITE interpretation of their relationship, i really love it so much and think it enhances the narrative and nicely contrasts the relationship between vash and knives. orange was SO big brained for this and i'm not kidding. they're brothers in the manga too, to me.

the dub line here is "stop, livio! he's not who hurt you!" which just tears me into a million pieces, thanks!

...if i remember correctly... the "great sand ocean" is called as such because things just sink into it, right? (hmm... wonder how many crashed ships sank into the sand ocean...) hence the boat-like vehicles that are used to cross it. as we can see, the bad lads gang uses what look like windsurfers. and yet wheeled vehicles seem to fare just fine...?!

we never see what the test is. huh... i'm reminded of the promised neverland all of a sudden

nicholas gets selected and the bell rings... can i point something out? the bell's presence in scenes... what the bell represents... it has the EoM logo on it. well, so does the building. but notably, we see the bell in the scene with livio and wolfwood on the roof at night and also in the scene of them cuddling which i posted above. they're bonding and they love each other but the eye of michael is quite literally looming over them... and over the orphanage as a whole...

i've already talked about this in my bookclub posts but i want to talk about the orphanage's relationship with EoM again. it's literally run by them... there's NO cover story here, they're CLEARLY suspicious as hell. in the manga, chapel came by himself to pick wolfwood up and the cover story was that they would be repairing churches, right? and everyone genuinely believed he was going off to live a better life. here it's just. a bunch of guys in suits and masks. obviously suspicious. they run the place, so i guess there's no need for a cover story...? but iirc in the manga EoM was also using the orphanage as a "source" for soldiers, right? like i think chapel says something like that, doesn't he? am i misremembering?

i have so many questions. there's no confetti. what does that mean. this is a lot more lowkey than wolfwood's departure in the manga. no cheering, no invitation to come back/saying this is always his home, just... polite waves. and melanie looks... unhappy. how much does she know? how much of a choice does she have here? ...huh. i'm reminded of the promised neverland again.

what does this mean for... y'know. The Scene. like. the confetti is important. the kids loving nicholas so much and cheering while saying goodbye is important. why did orange take those out what are they planning what does it MEAN!!!!

wolfwood is "test subject HL1-06" and i have no idea what that means and we can't determine from this how many kids came before him either.

wolfwood vial count: 3

hi sweetieeeee i love youuuuuu i love youuuuuu

see this gets the gears turning in my head regarding the timeline again. legato says this, and we see some flashforwards (i guess in this context that's what they are) to wolfwood killing people, including the guy from the beginning of this episode and monev from the last episode... (over which legato calls him a loser, lol?! even though that's very much not the reason why wolfwood killed him, and we know it) so how long was wolfwood working for EoM before he was given the job to "babysit" vash?

i already talked about this in one of my bookclub posts but there's the change in livio's motivations, too... he's chasing after wolfwood... as opposed to (razlo) wanting to be needed... what does it mean. man, i really hope orange doesn't do razlo dirty whenever he shows up for real.

THIS CLEARLY ISN'T STRINGS. WHY IS LEGATO'S POWER DIFFERENT IN EVERY VERSION OF TRIGUN I SWEAR TO GOD like it's telekinesis, right?! what does this mean for legato?! and his backstory?! strings are so fitting for him thematically, so i don't know what they could be planning here!!

kouki uchiyama will see a guy with blue hair covering one eye and say "is anyone gonna voice him" and not wait for an answer (and then fight akira ishida over it)

CONRAD I'M GOING TO THROTTLE YOU. WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR EXPERIMENTS ARE DOING HUH. HUH!!!!

HGORHGHGHG.GHG. AHGHGGG.HGH.

thinking about the previous episode and eating rocks

livio hears wolfwood's name and that's when he opens his eyes and kicks vash off him... i initially thought maybe he just took the opportunity because vash was distracted, but he was distracted by the military guys right before this, so...?!

say that to knives and see what happens. also hello pretty boy you are so pretty i love you i'm blowing you kisses mwah mwah mwah mwah mwah

whenever legato talks about his confusion over fraternal love i can't help but remember nightow's comment about him maybe having a younger sister. which is interesting to think about but has never been relevant for any version of legato ever... buuuut... with orange's attention to detail, hmmm, who knows...

also i'm obsessed with legato driving hands-free and I AM ONCE AGAIN ASKING HOW HIS POWERS WORK IN THIS VERSION.

*wipes brow* let's end it there i wrote too much. i know i'll have a lot to say about the next episode too. they don't stop coming and they don't stop coming and they don't stop coming

[f1-disaster-bi]

There are so many new norrix prompts 😍😍😍

Lando and Martin teaching each other things (racing, playing guitar, windsurfing) is so cute i can totally see that happen since martin also showed him djing 🩷🩷🩷

I love lando being max's engineer and Max playing matchmaker 🩷🩷🩷 i think he would also be really good at it if they don't take too long because when his pacience runs out he will probably yell at them to get it together for fucks sake 😂😂😂

Them meeting through dms is also really cute 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼 martin beeing so nervous is just precious 🩷🩷🩷

And poor oscar walking in on them so much 😂😂😂 i can totally see him going "seriously again? I see your cock more than my own now. Put it away they need us in the garage" 😂😂😂

I love the dynamic between lando and Max F 🥹🥹🥹🩷🩷🩷

Martin writing Songs for lando? My heart can't take it 😭😭😭 same with them meeting each others families 🥹🥹🥹

Their date in Amsterdam and lando being a cat was also so sweet 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼 i loved it a lot

I also think you got them being jealous and their first time dead on 🩷🩷🩷

Martin being there for lando after the though races is also really cute 🥹🥹🥹

I also love them floating in the Pool together and Martin wanting to write about lando 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

Vampire au and Paparazzi au is great as always 🥹🥹🥹🥹🩷🩷🩷🩷

I'm sorry it got so long but i just had the chance to somewhat catch up now 🙈🙈🙈

Never apologise!!!

There definetly has been a lot to catch up on because I cleared out my ask box last night (and am looking forward to you guys filling it back up again!)

But there have been tonnes of Norrox ideas, and mostly sweet because I just can't seem to write any heavy angst for them (with the exception of whatever I end up doing with Paparazzi au 👀)

The two of them are just sweethearts 😂

But also yes to the Oscar comment, because it made me laugh and it's so true, that poor man becomes way too acquainted with what Lando and Martin's dicks look like and how Lando looks when turned on and he needs a break. In this au, he's probably most excited for summer break because he gets a break from walking in on Lando and Martin 😂😂

(My brain also now desperately wants Lando to be cheeky and make a quip back to Oscar like "are you jealous Osc?")

[firebrimlocnus]

Windsurfing character involvement

Characters in it and what will happen in it–unless I change my mind based on the audience's opinion—

First things first, the characters are obviously going to be from Epic The Musical with some of my OCs in it, just a little, but I'm thinking of writing this story in a separate part for that to happen, just so it makes a bit more sense but for now this story will have a small few that don't impact the story in any major way, AKA background characters. But for now, these are the main characters.

Red–Odysseus, Hermes, Ares, Polyphemus, Astyanax, Scylla, Antinous, Diomedes, Dare, Hephaestus, and Altair

Orange-Zeus, Apollo, Cirse, Eurylochus, Eurymachus, Helios, Eris, Harmonious, Alcides, Nausicaa, Polites, Ganymede, and Amphinomous

Blue-Poseidon, Athena, Telemachus, Aerius, Alcinous, Amphitrite, Aleous, Zell, Mahlon, Lilyspis, and Little Ajax

Green-Hera, Elpenor, Perimedis, Anargyros, Foluis, Hades, Tiresias, Orcus, Melanthius, Menelaus, and Ctimene

Purple-Penelope, Siren!Penelope, Circe, Pheme, Arete, Sanibel, Florinus, Moonflower, Selene, and Hypnos

Pink-Aphrodite, Eros, Sri, Dionisie, Athanasios, Daynus, Seanarus, Amphitheater, Calypso, Dionysus, and Pieride

These are the characters in this story. Yes, most will be sharing a color. Just go with it, pls😭 But as for the plot, I'm making it as close to the start plus musical as possible with some, changes but they're small compared to the OCs-filled one, which yes, I have added some of them into this story and others are actually from the story but to not confuse anyone, here are my characters! 😊

Sri

Dionisie

Athanasios

Daynus

Seanarus

Sanibel

Florinus

Moonflower

Anargyros

Foluis

Amphitheater

Zell

Aerius

Lilyspis

Mahlon

Orcus

Dare

Harmonious

Alcides–who isn't mine but I shamelessly took from the fanfic called Toyed with by the Gods, which I still wanna read, but Nyx_Writing, I hope you don't mind the small cameo your sweet OC gets in my fanfic, I just have a thing for cute small guys and something tells he gives off that energy while being the buffest or even most toned guy aboard Odysseus' crew, so I need him

But yeah, the pilot's gonna be a bit different from the original (of course me, c'mon–) but I plan on keeping the many plot beats and having some of the song lyrics in it, just enough to carry the story more than my long paragraphs can so yeah, as for the way it's going to change, especially in the big change for this ship to skyrocket, I'm keeping them🤫🤫😏 for ya'll to see only so have fun guessing where this goes, and that's all I can think of for now, so thank for reading and be on the lookout for chapter two cause it's coming!😁😁

[luna-loner]

Day 4: Favorite Beach Activity

Gakushuu:

Sand Castles

I'm not joking. This guy loves building sand castles and is not ashamed about it. And no, we're not talking about your typical kiddy sand castles; think giant palaces, fortresses, bridges– Gakushuu is an experienced sand castle architect.

And when Gakuhou's there, it becomes a contest to see who can build the largest and most detailed castle, all while dropping some historical trivia like the know-it-alls they are. Typical Asano father-son bonding.

Mrs. Asano has long since given up on trying to get them to stop; so instead, she focuses on the more important matters– like her tan.

Ren:

You mean aside from flirting with girls? He likes to collect seashells and listen to the ocean's voice. Nothing like a calming ASMR on a bright sunny day.

Ren also likes collecting oysters. You could say he's an expert in this field given how long he's been doing it. His mom uses the pearls he collected for decorating the house. Ren never gives them to any of the girls he's dated since these relationships are so short-lived.

Seo:

Volleyball, baby! Nothing like a good, sometimes hilarious game between friends. Not once have the B5 played volleyball without someone getting a hit in the face.

Once, it was him and Koyama vs. Ren and Gakushuu while Araki acted as the referee and announcer. Annoyed, Seo hit the ball so hard it slammed right into Gakushuu's face. Yeah, it was an accident, but did Gakushuu care? Hell no! And that's how a simple Volleyball game turned into a deadly hit-the-jerk-in-the-face competition between Seo and Gakushuu, all while Koyama gleefully watched, Ren sighed for the 17th time or so, and Araki continued his announcing duty.

So, yeah, it was wild, but they all had fun, especially Seo and Gakushuu; not that they'll admit it.

Araki:

Fishing, he also likes taking pictures of his catch and posting it on social media. He gets along well with the other fishermen that they forget he's a junior high student. Araki even catches fish while he swims, marveling at it before dropping it back in the sea. Araki also likes curling his toes in the wet sand, he finds it relaxing.

Koyama:

He recently took up windsurfing following Gakushuu's suggestion and absolutely loves it so much he can't help but joyfully laugh every time he surfs the waves! Too bad his laugh freaks everyone out because of how loud and manic-like it is. You bettee it gave them nightmares.

[orangepanic]

35, 37, 40 for Asami and Iroh please ^~^

Asami answers here.

35. Their idea of a perfect day

Waking up early to go sailing or windsurfing with close friends or a partner, spending the day out in the sunshine and salt spray being active, then mid-afternoon sex with someone he loves before taking a nap with the windows open. Fresh fish for dinner and a walk barefoot in the cool night air after. Reading before bed. Maybe more sex. Nobody shooting at him. Nobody calling him prince. Just a guy who spent the day working his body and feeling loved.

37. What they really think about themselves

Oof. Poor guy. He looks in the mirror and wonders if he'll ever amount to anything.

40. Favorite book

For no reason other than author's recycling I've had him read A Complete History of the Shintao Rebellion in several fics so I can only conclude that he likes it.

50 Character Asks

[cyberdragoninfinity]

9 and 13 for mr aster phoenix 🥺👉👈

ASTER MY FRIEND ASTER

9. Could you be roommates with this character?

LIKE. I WOULD WANNA SAY YES CUZ HE'S LOADED. GUY WHO CAN PAY FOR A NICE VACATION and from what we can tell pretty tidy! keeps a clean house! But his workaholic attitude might would drive me insane. type of roommate always badgering you into doing some sort of extremely physically-taxing sport or activity. like. dude im sorry i dont wanna go windsurfing with you right now i have work.

13. What’s an emoji, an emoticon and/or any symbol that reminds you of this character or you think the character would use a lot?

i KNOW if you text with him he's busting out the 👍, the 💯, the 😏. doesnt use emojis excessively but his mild hypebeast vibes are inescapable

[skygent]

Introducing…

Sylvie Morin

Sylvie Morin was supposed to be impossible.

Automatons were never supposed to develop a consciousness.

They weren't supposed to wonder what it was like to feel the wind in their hair as they ran, or what it would be like to dream.

They were never expected to have an innate connection to what some called The Shimmer.

The second layer of the perceivable universe that could be manipulated by certain individuals to do extraordinary things. From shooting lighting from their hands to moving faster than a speeding bullet. Yet Sylvie had both of these things, and as her sense of self solidified, her adventures in New Cassini led to her being taken in by a recovering alcoholic who was trying to start over. A man who would become the closest thing she had to a father.

The pair bonded quickly, and even started going to church together. While some welcomed Sylvie others shunned her, pointing out that Automatons cannot have souls because they weren’t born. While others were all to quick remind her that she would never be a real girl.

Despite this, Sylvie never stopped going to church. Even as other automatons chastised her for being involved with an organization that says she shouldn’t exist. On the other side of the spectrum, there were those in her congregation who were trying to drive her away for pretending to be something she was not.

The only places she didn’t find herself judged was at home with her dad and alongside her friends and teammates in the Aeronauts. 

Sylvie jumped at the chance to be a hero and took on the name Luna Lazura after her favorite pulp comic heroine. Which was later shortened to Luna by her teammates.

Her earnest desire to help people paired with her laid-back attitude made it easy for her to integrate with the team. She helps Kara with peacekeeping duties and thanks to her super speed, she is often the first one into battle.

Whether zipping around beating up bad guys or dragging her friend and crush Elliot onto the dance floor, Sylvie is learning to be unapologetically herself and wear her labels, however contradictory, with pride.

Species: Automaton Age: 20 Birthplace: New Cassini, The Republic of Columbia  Weapon of Choice: Arm Mounted Retractable Razor Lance Powers: Super Speed Likes: Mag Ball games, windsurfing, card games, The Raven Shack comic book series. Dislikes: Crash’s pessimism, rainy days, and people who don't wear the Fahrenheit's team colors on game day (its bad luck!) Occupation: N/A Favorite song: Now You Know My Name by The Derevolutions Art by incroyabledraws!

[diy-fire-water-pups]

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ZUMA!"

"Got here as fast as we could, we LEARNED our lesson from last time."

"HAH- yeah. Anyway, your gift is... Relatively big, so it'll arrive with Ryder in a while."

"But, no spoilers! Come on, we're visiting Adventure Bay the whole day. Any plans for your special day?"

(From @jurassicsnowpups!!)

Heeey, you made it!!! It's good to see you all again!!

Relatively big gift... You're making me curious. Tracker, it's not a statue, is it? Last time someone gifted a stone statue to one of us, things went South VERY FAST...

And well, the plans were to reply to the happy birthday wishes, eat some nice food until I can't anymore, and maybe watch the moon rising at the beach...? I'm not sure what I'll do in the evening, to be honest. The sea is too calm today for catching waves, maybe windsurfing, I'm not sure. Anything you guys would like to do, I'm game!