#I honestly really like this test critter

[topios]

Jelly dragon

[copperbadge]

Endeavor OTC game for ADHD

antidoteforreality

is it really different from a standard FPS game? I’m curious about it!

Hope it's okay that I popped this into its own post, I found I had a lot to say :D

Context from the earlier post: EndeavorOTC is a paid app based on EndeavorRX, which is a prescription game for kids with ADHD. RX is FDA-approved; OTC is the version that hasn't gone through FDA approval, but it's a fork of the same code. It's fairly repetitive but that's because it's a training module shaped like a game, not a game that happens to do training.

It's less of an FPS and more of an infinite runner, like Sonic Dash or Temple Run. You're in a little ship that flies along a waterway, and you're supposed to hit "energy fields" which help you speed up to catch a critter you're chasing. You can't control your speed; you tilt your device to swerve left or right to hit the energy fields, but that's it. This is the "Steering" skill.

Your other, simultaneous task is to shoot critters that jump out of the water at you, called "targeting". It's a misnomer since you don't tap ON the creatures, you just tap anywhere on the right side of the screen and it shoots them for you, no aim required. These critters come in three colors, and at the start of every mission they tell you only ONE color to shoot. If you shoot the wrong color or miss an energy field while steering, you slow down very slightly. The goal is to speed up so fast that you catch the critter you're chasing, which is, to be fair, quite challenging.

You aren't ever penalized, really; the critter sometimes gets away, but you get points for trying. You don't have "lives", but you are time-limited -- once you've played for 25 minutes (a "dose"), the game locks down for the rest of the day. Something I REALLY like is that once you've paid the subscription price there's nothing else to buy: no ads to watch for bonuses, no microtransactions, no loot crates. You can earn coin to buy different outfits for your avatar, but that's it, and you can't buy coin, you just get a set amount per day for completing the dose. Every 15 missions or so, your ability to steer-target is evaluated and your score adjusted, which lets you know how you're progressing in terms of treatment, rather than skill at the game. You're supposed to play at least five days a week for six weeks as an initial treatment.

The reason I was willing to give it a shot was that the "targeting" aspect is based on the Go/No-Go Task, which is a legit tool they use in ADHD testing, and the aspect of the test I bombed the hardest when I was evaluated. Ongoing Go/No-Go task training has been shown in some research to help emotional regulation, although it's cognitive and not mindfulness. Overall the game is meant to improve focus but it was the Go/No-Go aspect that I found most compelling as a reason to try.

It's not cheap; you can get a 7-day trial but only if you pre-emptively subscribe, and if you don't cancel the subscription at the end of the 7 days you are charged $130, which I admit is a sneaky move to pull on a population not known for remembering to cancel subscriptions. The first thing I did after signing up was go to google play and cancel the subscription -- I still got to keep the trial -- but honestly when my trial is up I'll probably subscribe, it's a fun little game and I'm willing to risk the money to see if it helps (but I'm also in a position to spend $130 "just to see"). You can also do month-to-month for $25 but obviously the $130 yearly sub is much cheaper in the long run.

I've seen a wide variety of reactions to it, from delight to frustration, although a lot of the frustration seems to be from people who are more accustomed to intense gaming and are treating it like a video game and not a training tool. I'll keep you guys posted on how it goes.

[thecluelessdoctor]

CLAPS INTENSLY.

wow doni have a ramble for you

POPPY PLAYTIME

The game that came out today. It's chapter 3. After two years it's finally here.

...

Holy shit?

Ok let me start with the positives.

Animation at the beginning of the chapter was so well made and reminded me of carebears, or gummi bears. It was a little unnerving too!

It seemed really good on how it looked. Lighting, animation was just so good. It even scared me a little with its mood, really good! Overall it's kinda interesting, personifying the characters a bit more out of 'living toys'. They felt like once people, just a bit more.

It's story is slowly coming together, and honestly? The cliffhanger has me wanting for more! What happened to kissy? Why did kissy not end up like the others? There's a mystery here!

The smiling critters are fun, and although simple I really like them. The scene with the dog critter hanging on the wall without his legs was terrifying. Seeing the little creatures crawl into him was so disturbing to me and I loved it.

And what caused catnap to be created? Why would they even make a toy that produces gas? Wouldn't they test it before hand to make sure it didn't cause nightmares? Truly interesting stuff.

Ultimately I don't have alot of complaints! The game got me hooked again even after two years.

But I do have one issue.

Just how gruesome it is. and how again it's following the classic horror thing. Now don't get me wrong! I love gruesome shit in my horror games, I live for that crap. But here it feels more artificial. Like it was added for 'ooo game theory loookkk-' and it didn't feel respectful. Almost? Note EVERYONE was killed. Guests, employees, even the orphans. And it showed it in a tape all at once. It felt wrong.

See the thing that makes how the lore was presented in FNAF so good that it was simple. No crazy lore monologue, and it was done in a 8 bit style. And it was slowly giving to you over the course of the game, rather than it all being shoved down your throat last second. That's my opinion anyway

Anyway yeah. Poppy playtime seems like it's going to do well.

Edit; I revoke my complaints, looking back I rather like it's going for more horror rather than appealing to children

[itsyagurlchip]

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✰⋆⁺warnings: cussing(!) (Y/N) is used (😱)(!) mentions of injury and bone (!)

✰⋆⁺Im actually really loving this plot that I'm coming up with. I hope the world around Player (that's what I'm calling reader) is making sense. Since I haven't written for this fic for a long time, I'm gonna try to finish this as i go thru the summer, and hope to finish it around august or september! Enjoyyyy!!!

✰⋆⁺ Chapter 2: What to Do...What to Do!?

(Chapter 1) | (Chapter 3)

WELCOME BACK! GAME START? (ok, back here...)

YES NO (here we go again)

{ tip:the shadows are sentient, its best to not ager them } (you spelt anger wrong lmao)

{ shut up! I'm trying to help you >:(( } (who even are you???)

{ It's me! } (who-!?)

GAME LOADING

...

...

...

That interaction was odd. you wondered who that could've been.

or better yet,

what the hell happened after you finished reading that semi-biography gnome obituary? And why didn't Nigel have enough paper???

what were you thinking about? your memory is fuzzy. oh well.

Now the area in looked vastly different than the previous one, which disoriented you a bit.

Looking around, you saw that the world still had a pastel palette. Except this time, instead if a forest, it looked more like a field.

The inconsistent style between the character design and the background pissed you off, as you were still pixels.

But, instead of worrying about that, you drive your attention to your surroundings once more.

The grass looked super stiff, and despite the sensation of wind showing on your sprite, nothing actually moved along with it.

Oddly enough, the creator didn't add any flowers, which honestly surprised you. Instead, there were soft and plump succulents (???) and small bunnies and insect-critter thingies crawling around.

Who the hell designed and produced this game?

while your headache was growing bigger, you decided to press that white check mark above your head once more.

(Update!!✨ New Page Unlocked✨!)

1.Stats

Lives: 1

Death Count: 0

Health: 25/30

Attack 2/20

4.Objectives (✨new✨)

FIND GNOME HUT ◻

EAT SPARKLE BERRIES ◻

TEST YOUR POWERS ◻

The first thing that you noticed was the lack of health you had. Didn't you have full health? Then, looking towards the new page, you figured out why.

Honestly, you were lucky because it seemed that only hunger could personally damage you. Damn thirst.

-

Back in Donnie's lab, Mikey, Leo and Raph sat in silence.

"So Leo-"

"Guys look!, the screen!" Leo interrupted, shallowly 'saving' himself. On the computer, it showed a round world with a pixelated character right in the middle.

It was you! But not?

The outfit you wore was something that the real you would never wear. Being broke and all. *cough* snacks *cough*

"(Y/N)'s a royal!! My prayers have been answered!!" Mikey sighs comically, despite not intending for them to be sucked into a video game for his wishes to come true, "I'll take what I can get."

"I knew it! It was Mikey's fault!" Leo said, jabbing a finger at the little man. "He and his 'DoCter FeEliNgS' cursed Donnie to never find love, man I hope Jaquelin's okay, AND TOOK ONE OF OUR HUMAN FRIENDS! prayers for homegirl. " Mikey rolled his eyes.

"Dude, you tripped the girl and she ended up in a hospital because Donnie was buildin' her a gift instead of your dumbass 'uNicORn RocKeT'" Mikey then gestured to his leg. as Leo crossed his arms and looked away. "Her bone was sticking out of her knee!"

"I've already told you, !" Leo yelled, "Jaquelin just so happened to walk in front of my leg! And the building just so happened to come to an edge- which was totally not caused by my lack of perception!" Leo huffed and stomped out of the room.

"So that was....o-okay-" Raph blinked froggily. Focusing back on the screen, he watched as you adjusted the crown on your head, curiously looking around. Raph found it cute how your sprite blinks with wide eyes.

"Back to my favorite couple!" Mikey said, looking towards where Raph was. The music in this is annoying as hell, they both agreed.

On screen, they watched as you tried to figure the world out, cheering you on as they watched you grab a log to cross the rushing river. Despite being mouthless in the world, you still had a range of emotions on your face that both turtles enjoyed.

Now, you pressed on into the woods, your sprite skipping along in happiness. And suddenly stopped. A question mark appeared on your forehead before an exclamation mark popped up soon after. an idea?

Raph raised an eyebrow, before watching you reach your arm up to the white check mark above your head. Almost instantly, a page of black opened up. Purple lettering began to quickly type out across the page, a long with a note a the bottom.

Mikey was already sitting down in Donnie's gaming chair with a bag of popcorn, snuggling into the blanket as a voice actor began reading out the letter.

F in the chat for Nigel, he deserved better.

It was like a movie! A terribly illustrated, yet fully interesting, predictably flash backing, movie! Mikey wasn't gonna let this new form of entertainment go to waste.

He instead typed in the keyboard shortcut for screen recording, and sat back and watched.

Raph sighed and plopped himself down onto the floor, tired of standing anyway.

In a flash, the screen suddenly turned black, startling the boys as they leaned forward. Immediately they relaxed, seeing that it was simply a loading screen.

"[give player tips (?)]" The screen blinked, waiting for the "viewers" to make their choice.

YES NO

Mikey chose the right answer- god forbid (Y/N) takes this for granted.

Tip: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

"Hey Raph! Can I borrow your phone real quick?" Mikey asked.

Raph, already knowing what to do, pulled up the wheel of names, and inserted each number twenty times, before spinning and landing on the number 2.

"Number 2!! Raph was rootin' for 4 tho-" He said, shaking his head solemnly.

Mikey, chuckling a bit, chose the number on the screen. There was a tingling sensation in his head, which he'll just get medication for later! This was way too fun.

In a flash, Mikey was dissipating into the computer screen.

"OH SHI-" *pop!*

Raph sat there, stunned, just as Leo walked back in the room with April.

April, being the badass she is, noticed something wrong.

"Where's Mikey?"

i hope this is making you guys laugh. i literally i haven't touched this in weeks. I think im gonna stick to 2nd person, because i find that my silly shit is easier to reference and the narrating is funnier. I really wanted to make this longer but I just had to cut it off there or it would seem wayyyy to run-on for me.

Anything you guys wanna reference? some memes?

Also, do you guys recommend anything for the stats page? i feel like i shouldn't list all of that out (i may tire myself out as well as you guys) so i want to find a way to make that easier.

wait nvm- that lowkey gave me an idea. i think it'll help you guys visualize better as well too-

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[soupandsimple]

Girl (with Sirius Black)

[ having a baby girl after three boys ]

* f l u f f 💕

** baby isn’t actually born in this or anything, this is just all the before stuff but still reallyyy cute, I love it!

- warnings?: pregnancy / words associated with pregnancies

This was requested: see ask here

……………..

You were done having kids; well that’s what you had told Sirius after your third baby boy anyway.

“Do you ever wonder what raising a girl would be like?” he questioned one random night when you both laid cuddled up on the sofa with some wine after putting the boys to bed.

A Calico Critters (Sylvanian Families) commercial had passed seconds ago which you were sure was his reason for even thinking of such a question.

“No, not really,” you answered honestly.

Mindlessly, he returned his attention to the moving pictures on the television screen and continued on with other topics of conversation.

Unbeknownst to either of you, that next night would be the beginning of knowing the answer to his question.

Your boys had been at a close friend’s house to play and have dinner. When they got back home, after baths they went straight to sleep which left a lot of alone time to be had between you and Sirius in bed.

Laying on top of you, he kissed you slowly down your neck. It was only neck kisses and the man already had you squirming.

Even if you hadn’t been in a total daze, you wouldn’t have remembered you had forgotten to take your birth control pills for the past five days…but ohh the consequences of such carelessness would remind you alright.

A few weeks later your period was late.

“Three days” you told Sirius when he came into the kitchen after coming back from dropping the boys off at school.

“Three days what?”

“My period, it’s late, it’s been three days,” you said, placing your hands on the counter. “Remember when I realized I missed taking a couple of birth control pills and how we had sex during those said missed days…”

He saw a bit of panic forming in your eyes; he knew exactly what you were getting at. “Doll, the chance of that being it is very slim. I’m sure it’s nothing, besides, a few days off here and there is normal for a period right?”

You shake your head, “Not for me but maybe you’re right. Maybe I’m just overthinking it.”

You weren’t overthinking it.

A month had gone by and not a hint of a period appeared and after a quick pregnancy test one night there was no doubt as to why.

“Sirius, come in here for a sec” you called, opening the in-suite bathroom door to your husband who was getting the bed ready for sleep.

“So I took a pregnancy” you began once he came into view.

“And…?”

“And… it’s positive…” you cautiously said, turning around the little test in your hand.

“Okay…” Sirius nervously laughed, pushing his hair back, “okay,” he repeated, coming in close to hold you but before he fully embraced you, put his hands at your shoulders and looked into your eyes-

“This is okay right?” he asked.

“I don’t know, is it?” you asked sheepishly.

After staring at each other for a few seconds, you both broke into smiles and excitedly hugged each other over the unexpected little miracle.

A few days after an official doctors office checkup for confirmation, you told the boys.

They all took the news relatively well and that’s all you could ask for in the moment really. You understood it wasn’t something they’d happily jump over since you’d never mentioned the possibility of giving them another sibling before and because it’d be a whole nine months before they even actually had a baby in sight.

What you hadn’t expected though was for them to be so helpful with your pregnancy!

You could now always rely on your oldest (currently 8) to have you as comfortable as possible; he’d fluff up couch pillows, get you blankets or bring you your books you’d left in different rooms. You never once asked him to do these things, he just did them! And when he could tell you were having a seemingly rougher day, he’d make sure to keep his younger brothers occupied with more quiet games and activities which was honestly such a gift.

Your middle son (currently 6) on the other hand always had you laughing; pregnancy meant mood swings and you hated to display them in front of the boys but you couldn’t really help it. Sirius had warned them that you might seem a little grouchy from time to time these next few months but to not worry because it was natural and of no harm. But your middle son could easily get even the smallest of giggles out of you in your moodiest moments by coming up to your stomach and telling the baby jokes or whispering funny little commentaries of the day to day stuff.

Now your youngest (currently 4) was quite the charmer and had always showered you with compliments but being pregnant only made them even more meaningful to you. Unfortunately, you weren’t the most confident while pregnant, especially since it’d been four years since your last pregnancy but your little boy unknowingly helped with how you saw yourself. After getting new maternity clothes that you weren’t particularly fond of, the first thing he thought to tell you was ‘you look so pretty momma.” His comments went right to the heart and it wasn’t only compliments over your physical being but your inner too; “momma, you’re so strong” he admired one day after staring at your growing belly for a moment.

Reliability, humor and charm; funnily enough, they were all traits they had gotten from Sirius.

Through your previous three pregnancies you had Sirius to provide you with all those things but now, you essentially had little backup versions of him doing most of it which left Sirius feeling proud but also a bit jealous at first.

“Honey, I feel so useless this time around” Sirius joked one night before bed after brushing his teeth.

“Aww, come here you big baby” you cooed, extending your arms out for him to come get in bed with you.

Sliding under the covers he rested his head just above your chest and wrapped one arm underneath you and let the other caress your pregnant belly.

“The boys are wonderful” you began, stroking his hair the way he liked it, “but there is still one thing you do that they can’t quite do for me.”

“And what might that be?” he asked.

“You make me feel safe, you always have; not only that but you make the boys feel safe as well- especially during all this experience” you said, placing your hand over his on your belly.

Sirius smiled and gently placed a kiss at the partially exposed skin of your chest.

“Well that’s lovely to hear but I was only joking, you absolute doll. I love that the boys are so eager and willing to be of help. Nothing makes me prouder.”

You giggled at him trying to hide the fact that you made him blush; obviously you both knew he was joking about feeling useless but you both also knew that your words stood true.

When the time came to find out the gender, you were left in complete awe. You truly thought you’d be getting yet another boy but no, the doctor confirmed to you what seemed like a thousand times that it was indeed a girl!

You and Sirius continued to gush over the news on the drive back home after a few shared joyful tears in the doctor’s office.

“Oh I can’t wait to get home and tell the boys! They’ve been so anxious to find out, I hope they aren’t disappointed it’s a girl” you worried then.

Sirius grabbed your hand and kissed your knuckle, “They’re good boys honey” he said, keeping his eyes on the road, “they won’t be disappointed, I think they’re just ready to find out so they can stop calling the baby it instead of she or he.”

Letting your hands stay clasped together in the middle console, you smiled at his assurance and contentedly sighed.

“Who would have thought we’d ever be having a girl? After three boys no less” you said, still in disbelief after some silence.

Sirius laughed. “If you don’t mind I’d like to make a quick stop before getting home” he said, coming up to a red light.

“Do we need something?” you asked confusingly.

“Yes and no,” he replied, pulling into a department store lot. Putting the car in park, he quickly unbuckled himself, “Wait here, I’ll be right back.”

“Oh..okay” you said, sitting back firmly in your seat after you had moved forward to exit the car.

“It’ll be quick, I promise.”

“Sirius, what are you getting?”

“You’ll see” he simply answered, closing the car door behind him.

After about fifteen minutes of switching radio stations back and forth, you spotted him coming out of the store with a boxed item in hands. You couldn’t make out what it was so you returned your attention to the radio dials and waited for him to get there.

You unlocked the car for Sirius to get in once you saw his form and immediately upon opening his door he displayed the purchased item to you; it was a Calico Critters (Sylvanian Families) bunny family.

“Baby, you didn’t…” you said in admiration, thinking back to that night months ago when he’d seen the commercial for them and asked if you ever thought about what it’d be like to have a girl.

“I did…” he stated, getting seated and closing the car door. “This is just the first set though. When she gets older we’ll get her houses, furniture, vehicles and more families of course” he added, scanning the boxed toy set in his hands.

You pouted out a smile with warm eyes and watched as his mind raced with thoughts of the future with his little girl.

There was no way of knowing yet what trait baby girl would inherit from Sirius but you truly couldn’t wait to find out. <3

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[our-otherkin-experience]

It's interesting there was a recent ask about polykins vs. polymorphs vs. shapeshifters- I realized a little over week ago that I'm probably a polymorph, and I've been debating making a sideblog to share my reflections on it and be able to test it out more as an identity. I'm just kind of hesitant because even though I've questioned if I were some kind of otherkin for at least a year (if not my whole life), I... also know it might be a good idea to give myself a little more time to question and be sure it feels right before I start talking about it too much. that being said, I've done a lot of research on it this past week, so maybe I can help out the person who asked about definitions? "Polykin" just means having more than one kintype. The generally-used differences between "polymorph" and "shapeshifter" are a lot hazier, but the core is that shapeshifters usually have base forms and a finite number of shapes, while polymorphs don't really have set base forms (except maybe like energy or goop) and don't have much limit on what they turn into. I've also seen the idea that shapeshifters tend to have more control of their forms than polymorphs. So for example a fairy that can turn into various woodland critters might be more of a shapeshifter, while a shadow-being that takes on whatever shape best fits its surroundings is likely more of a polymorph. Honestly I suspect there are a lot more shapeshifting/polymorphing experiences than those, and a lot of grey area between (which is where I think I fall), but I've not seen much writing exploring that idea unfortunately

Fascinating!! Man I love learning ^~^

[egg-emperor]

SEGA should totally make a Sonic game about Eggman’s Metal Virus

I honestly would have been interested in seeing how the games would've handled such a concept. It's edgy and dramatic but I have to admit that's up my alley but who's really surprised lol. I can imagine that it would go a lot differently with the characterization and plot being much closer under the supervision of Sega/Sonic Team and I'd be curious to see how that played out. I feel it would potentially fix up most criticisms I had about the way the comic went about it and would be a highly different story overall.

I'd very much like to see Eggman testing the Metal Virus on the poor critters, choke slamming Starline, and mocking and infecting the people in Windmill Village adapted in game. 😍 Stuff would have to be changed to work in game universe but those would stay most similar. I'd change a lot about Tinker and not have Starline steal the spotlight over Eggman doing something he doesn't even normally do (just sit there and give up instead of really trying to do anything lol) and not have the D6 forced in for no reason.

And the scenes of Eggman throwing out and eventually defeating Starline could still work but instead being him just deciding to discard Starline out of no longer needing him, having a disagreement before he can really try to betray, or Eggman himself being the one to betray Starline because that isn't done quite as often as him being betrayed but I like it a lot more. And Starline could come up as a brief last minute enemy that Eggman easily epically defeats the same way he did at the end.

But yeah Eggman staying as the main villain for the Metal Virus plot would've been awesome and much more likely in game with how different Eggman's characterization would be in certain major plot points and would lead to very different outcomes. Seeing him use the horrors of the Metal Virus to their full advantage, the things he could get done with actual control over the Zombots, and having them actually focus on and explore the horrors of the infection and life as Zombots after would be fun.

[shytastemakerthing]

Hello! I saw that your matchups were open and I’d like some please?

For twisted wonderland, some romantic and platonic maybe? Idk. I kind of don’t know what I’m doing lol

Things about me bc that’s probably important:

- I am very……..very scatterbrained. I can remember what happened 10 years ago but not last week. Yesterday is nothing to me. My memory is either crystal clear or blurred completely, there’s no inbetween.

- Sometimes whether it’s late at night or just after a good movie I have what I call “crack energy” where I’ll start laughing hysterically at the most mundane things or at random things that I say.

- I have a lot of nervous tics, like picking dead skin on my fingers and rocking on my feet but I also have a few verbal ones as well (idk what else to call them, I make these random noises that change slightly depending on my mood).

- Depending on the circumstances I can either be extremely adaptable and rise to the occasion (like emergencies or when someone needs first aid) and in others I end up having a lot of anxiety than is healthy to the point where I’ll start to shake/count money wrong (the line at DQ starts to get pretty long). But either way, I’m very good at trying things out at least once.

- I?? I love frogs and snakes and all sorts of critters. I also love macabre decorations like animal bones used to decorate picture frames? I live for that. Mushrooms have been among my favorite types of fungus for years, I love seeing how people have studied them.

- while I’m not the most athletic person, I do take a Brazilian jiu jitsu class twice a week and I’m close to testing for my final belt in a self defense class. It’s really fun, but violent (In my first class I learned the guillotine choke which has become my favorite since then).

- No matter what happens I try to look on the bright side of things, although with a slightly morbid twist. Like, for example, “if this campsite floods and we’re swept away, at least we’ll be a cool news story to read about” or something. Also, I love to travel and visit people.

- I am very affectionate, but when a certain time of the month rolls around I am very VERY emotional, and it’s awful the two days leading up to it. When I’m really angry at something I have what my family calls a “death glare” that my brothers are apparently terrified of. It’s only something I can properly pull off when I’m properly mad, and I I can’t think about it either or else it doesn’t work. If I’m not angry, I might be crying over something small (usually the result of a whole bunch of other things spilling over into a breakdown.

- I have a weighted stuffed octopus and it’s become one of my most prized possessions. I have a lot of stuffed animals but it’s become my favorite bc I love feeling weight on me for some reason.

Hope that was enough, have a good night amazing human!!!

Hello and thank you for your request!! I hope you are well and in regards to this request, I did both a romantic and platonic match up!

Enjoy!!

Romantic:

I match you with........

Jade Leech

🍁 As soon as he heard about your love for mushrooms, you gained an invitation to join thr mountain lovers club as well as an invitation to come and help him take care of his terrariums pretty fast. He is committed.

🍁 You both often find each other swapping cacts about various mushrooms that you have learned about all while watching each other as if you both just hung the stars in the sky (Floyd sees this and gags..... he's lonely)

🍁 Speaking of Floyd, Jade has had tk take care of him for a good long while and his own personality so needless to say, he can handle you being scatterbrained better than anyone else. Honestly, he says that Floyd is so much worse so this is actually pretty nice.

🍁 To help with how your brain can be in recalling much of anything, he has left quite a few little sticky notes all around for you to find with needed information. Every single day, there is one on your door reminding you to take necessary breaks and to eat something.

🍁 Now, these anxious habits of yours? He has plenty of much better alternatives for you to help with this, mostly goes for picking your dead skin. He would happily whisk you away for an easier and far more relaxing mean of getting rid of it, free of charge. He is very well intune with your emotions and anxiety to know when it all begins even before you do. Anxiety has gone down because of this eel.

🍁 He does not mind your affectionate nature (again, Floyd), and to be honest, he quite loves it. Just make sure there is no one else around to see such softness and we will be just fine.

🍁 And when that lovely time of suffering arrives (IYKYK😭), he has everything that you need before you even say it.... EVERYTHING. Water? Check. Snacks? Grabbed all of your favorites on the way here. Pain mess? He keeps them even in HIS dorm. If a mess has been made? He has already has a warm shower running for you and while you're standing there, he has already changed the sheets and got dirty ones in tbe washer, fresh sheets on the bed, followed by your favorite drink, snack, book, and/or movie ready. Then helps you wash up, gets you in fresh clothing and now you're relaxing comfortably in bed wktn your loving eel.

🍁 Overall, if there is anything you need, Jade will a absolutely have it ready for you. He loves when you hike with him for new mushrooms or surprise him by showing up at the lounge, or even just your presence alone, he is very much happy.

Platonic:

I match you with......

Azul Ashengrotto

🐙 I saw that you have a weighted octopus plushie and that settled this debatebfir me as for a platonic matchup. (I want one now but y'know....*cries in broke*)

🐙 Azul would be the absolute KING at heloig through your nerves and anxieties. Look, he may not look it, but he has plenty if these issues himself, and he has found many helpful ways to work through them that he will be sharing with you, free of charge because you're able tk keep Jade in check, which also helps to keep Floyd in check.

🐙 He saw your weighted octopus plushie and nearly lost it because it was probably the best thing that this poor boy has seen (somebody please give the octopus a hug, he needs it). He has gotten you more.

🐙 As his dearest friend, as he likes to refer to you as, you do get discounts at the lounge. And ONLY you. It's not much as he still wants to bring in the madol, but hey, something is a lot better than nothing.

🐙 Speaking of Madol, if he hears your struggling a hit lately, of are just running a bit low and are in need of some things, he is on his way to your aide, no contract needed (honestly, he stopped trying after a week after seeing you would never sign one, and you're also dating his vice housewarden, who happens tk be his right hand mand, who also happens to be his childhood best friend).

🐙 I can see Azul as someone who would like some macabre things. He lived under the ocean, the ocean is a very dangerous place, and you use what you have. Skeletal remains are among those things, so this live of yours would not bother him. He'd even help you collect.

🐙 Overall, a friendship with the hoursewarden of Octavinelle and the leader of the infamous trio has quite a lot of benefits for you. Not that you are complaining. Great perks, discounted food, and so much more. It's certainly worth it.

[burnwater13]

Fennec Shand speaking to the Majordomo of mayor Mok Shaiz, in the throne room, on Tatooine. Image from The Book of Boba Fett, Season 1, Episode 1, Stranger in a Strange Land. Calendar from DateWorks.

Grogu was glad that the Daimyo was so forgiving and that Fennec was smart enough to see the strategic advantage of keeping the Majordomo among the living. Grogu hated to think that if things had gone a little more sideways that his tall Twi’lek friend would have been nothing more than a sad memory of a friendship that almost was and not a friendship that would stand the test of time. 

But that’s what happens when people try to fool Fennec Shand. She makes an assessment, evaluates every risk factor, sums it all up and determines a course of action. Majordomo was very lucky that his sum could be described as ‘mostly harmless’ and the course of action Fennec took was ‘don’t panic’. He was pretty sure the Majordomo felt the same way.

Twi’leks came from a planet called Ryloth and Ryloth, as it turned out, was not nearly as honorable a place to grow up, as say, the back rooms of a gambling establishment on Cantonica. The culture there didn’t seem to have much of a moral backbone and consequently to thrive on Ryloth you couldn’t really have a more backbone either. But it was helpful to be fast talking and action oriented, as long as those actions were about maintaining your continued ability to be fast talking. It was clear that the Majordomo was a true son of Ryloth. 

Grogu had no idea where Fennec Shand had been raised. She didn’t speak Gal Basic with an accent of any sort. She didn’t seem to follow any customs or fashions of any planet or culture Grogu had ever heard of, been to, or met other members of. She was unique. 

The Daimyo had commented to him once that Fennec was an excellent bounty hunter, perhaps the best in the Outer Rim. Grogu knew that couldn’t be true. Din Djarin, his dad, was the best bounty hunter in the Outer Rim. And he had mentioned to Grogu, that based on the fact that Fennec was never known to bring anyone in ‘warm’, she probably wasn’t actually a bounty hunter. He had said that there were other names for what Fennec did, but then he didn’t bother mentioning any of them to Grogu.

But honestly, Grogu hadn’t been born the day before in a patch of a black melons. He knew a few things about life, the galaxy, and everything. Fennec was what people in the know called a ‘fixer’. If you had a problem, you called her, she told you what it would cost to fix and if you had the credits, she fixed it. Permanently. 

Of course now she was an Administrator. When Grogu had asked her what an administrator did, she had calmly replied ‘Anything that I need to do to ensure the Daimyo’ safety and well being.’ She had put a lot of emphasis on the ‘anything’ and Grogu believed her. After all, how many people, other than he and the Daimyo, were excited to have a rancor in their house? Not Din Djarin and definitely not Fennec Shand. 

Grogu had overheard her saying that it ‘shed’ everywhere. He didn’t understand what she meant since rancor don’t have hair or fur or anything in between. Then he had gone with her to talk to the rancor trainer about a change in the big critters training schedule and there it was, a huge ghostly pile of something. Fennec had groaned that the rancor shed it’s skin more often than a Helsparian dancing girl; Grogu had no idea who they were, but he was fascinated that the pile of ghost stuff was actually Ranky’s skin. 

He, of course, wondered immediately if he could make a tent, a puppet, or a sleeping bag out of it, but Fennec spoiled all that potential fun and arts and crafts time by telling the rancor trainer to clean up after that critter or she would find someone to clean up after them both. Grogu was about to raise his hand to volunteer for the work, when Fennec added the word ‘permanently’ to her statement. He liked the idea of playing with the stuff, but no way could he a full time rancor cleaning assistant. He had important stuff to learn from his dad about bounty hunting and that took time. 

In any case, the rancor trainer understood that clean up was part of his job, as the Administrator had spoken. Grogu still considered it a pity that he’d never managed to find the spot where Machete dumped the shed skins, but was glad that he at least got his exercise running around the palace and its grounds looking for them. 

Oddly enough, one day Fennec actually asked him why he ran a lap around the palace compound every time he came for a visit. He thought about telling her that he wondered what happened to the old rancor skins and was trying to find them and then he thought better of it. He knew his dad wouldn’t appreciate finding one stuffed into the cockpit of the N-1. So he told her that he was just trying to stay in shape in case anything ever came up that she couldn’t handle.

To say that Fennec Shand laughed like a maniacal NightSister was a great understatement. Combine the cry of a mynock with the wail of a Nexu and the roar of a Krayt dragon and you begin to get the sense for the sound she made. It sent shivers up and down Grogu’s spine. 

“Listen buddy, if there’s something here that I can’t handle, it’s going to take a whole battalion of Jedi to deal with it. Or your dad. And just for your information, I have machete burn those rancor skins so no one can use them for anything. Not even you. Next time you decide to run around the whole the palace you might want to check and see where the spiders left that old Jedi lightsaber that was rattling around the place. It’s a noble weapon for a more civilized time.”

Then Fennec cackled again and was gone. Wow, she was good at administrating. 

[tobiasdrake]

Okay, reasonably sure there is no peril here except for the tremendous peril threatening to doom us all. Back to town.

The developers killed all of their Kickstarter subscribers and buried them on an uninhabited island so nobody would ever know. How are things going here? Has anyone built a statue of me yet?

I haven't. Asked anyone to do that. I was just hoping. Of their own volition, maybe....

I also tested the fishing pond. Three different kinds of fish and a shellfish. Most ponds have three types of critter but y'all get four. This place is a paradise.

Oh shit, I forgot to vote for 'Vill-ere' seven hundred times. Dammit, Zale, you were supposed to remind me!

Someone must have stuffed the ballots. What a cheating--

I mean, congratulations, Garl! You deserve it. Hehe heh heh....

No, really, you do. You were organizing the entire town construction while I was off bopping rocks with my staff. I just wanted it because of egotism. Sincerely, this is your moment, man.

I love it! The town of Mirth. The antidote to Woe and Strife. A metaphorical representation of human resilience against the malevolent forces arrayed against life itself.

It's beautiful. Honestly.

Just. Maybe. As the town gets bigger and we start needing to name individual districts, don't forget about me?

We stay any longer and they might elect Garl mayor. They can't have him. He's mine.

I appreciate the tone but if you're here to announce election results, there will be blood. I can be extremely feral when I'm possessive.

Tell him we've gone away to begin our training and won't be able to see him for the next ten goddamned y--

*deep breath* Dweller of Strife. Spite is a luxury that we don't have the budget for right now.

Okay. Calm. Fake smile. Pleasantry.

Thank you, Headmaster. It's so lovely to see you again. I hope you're in good spirits and that this day finds you well.

Oh, you can turn your jolly ass around and leave, then. Bad news is forbidden in Mirth. Or it's going to be as soon as Garl... becomes mayor and....

...shit. Fine. Go on. Ruin my day.

That's it? We knew that a week ago. You've spent a week researching this problem only to reiterate what we already knew?

Uh. Yeah. The three of us are not dozens and dozens of people. Instead of banging your head against that brick wall, maybe you should have been looking for other options. We can't win inside the box so what can we do outside of it?

When you can't untie the knot, you find a knife.

Cool, it's not in the library. Did you try asking the Elder Mist to prophesize something? Talk to the Molekin about the logistics of waking up the Sleeper and Let Them Fighting it with the Dweller? Studied the effects of Roro's soulstones against the Dweller's curses? Just off the top of my head.

Yoyo's out there somewhere. She foresaw Momo's victory against the Dweller of Strife last time. Maybe she can tell us something.

There's plenty of ideas besides reading and rereading the same stuffy tomes from the sky library. I've been out in the world for like two weeks and I already have four. Come on, man.

T_T I'm furious and crying at the same time what the hell

FINE. We don't have the numbers to do this square so I guess we don't need you anyway. T_T Go ahead and abandon me. You're just an old man with no guardrails!

A philosophical surrender to the clash of beliefs with Erlina. I. Have. So many complicated feelings right now.

This is about Momo. I know it's about Momo. I knew it was about Momo from the moment he said it. I realize Moraine is grieving. That he has been grieving, but his ironclad discipline and insistence on upholding duty has prevented him from ever truly processing his feelings. I get that.

But it still hurts that he's springing this on us. I can understand where he's coming from and also feel betrayed about it at the same time.

The ironic thing is, I didn't even want him to come with us. I wanted us to keep doing our thing and trying to solve this problem. But not like this. This hurts.

Y'eet. Ours is Y'eet. That's amazing.

But if you're set on retiring from overwhelming despair and grief that this hellish lifestyle inflicts on everyone who carries it ABANDONING ME then I guess that's my problem to figure out, huh?

T_T

[pbandjesse]

I am worried I am getting sick. I woke up with a gummy feeling in my throat. And now I have a sore throat and a soreness in my chest and I am worried. Fingers crossed I'm just overthinking it.

I think some of the issue is I didn't wake up in a good place. I had a really terrible nightmare and woke up pretty distressed. James was right there and hugged me and tried to make me feel better but I would feel pretty uneasy for a few hours. Like it felt very real and was just messing up my whole nervous system. Very deregulating.

So I was having a little trouble. I needed to feel secure and cozy. I would switch my outfit to be more cozy. And it helped. James had made me a little sandwich and packed me a lunch. And then it was time for us to head out.

We were going to the doctors to get blood work done before we went to work. We got there a little early though so we waited in the car until the other person waiting in their car went to the door. We would follow after him.

We got signed in and waited. I was cuddled up to James because it's always novel to get to spend some time in the morning together. And I was being silly and I was just like. Oh my God James wouldn't it be so romantic if they switched all of our blood??? And James laughed really big.

I got my blood taken first. They did not take all of it, thankfully. Only 4 viles. The nurse was so sweet though and we had a really nice little chat about the street we live on and then all about me working at camp. She said I was super animated and she thinks I'm going to be an amazing mom and that was like. So sweet. People have been saying that to me for a few years now but like now fall those moments are playing in my head.

The nurse point out all the clay and paint on my boots and asked if I was a painter and then all about art and what I do at camp when I'm not teaching art and I told her about camp and getting to be in nature. And she all of a sudden became fixated on snakes and I was like we sometimes find snakes.

And I guess I spoke that into existence.

Because after James got their blood taken, thankfully not all of it, we drove over to the museum. And the I was off to camp. I would approve right before 10 and headed down to the stream to help Celia and that's when the snake finding started! Celia's group was looking for bugs, while Nick's group was looking for critters and creatures. And they found 2 snakes! A few newts and a box turtle as well. But the snakes were what I was most excited about. The ring neck snake was my favorite one and I thought they were just so cute. And I got to share with the kids about how I learned recently that we can't actually feel wetness, and so many people think snakes are wet when they are just cold. It was really neat.

I also just really had fun looking for fungus and mushrooms. I helped look though the leaves for creatures. It was pretty chilly this morning but it was fun! I was having a nice morning.

Half way through the second program I would walk up to the main field to take over the chipmunk game with Dachelle. But I have never actually played that so the children had to explain the rules. There were poker chips I had to throw around and then they had to find them to represent different needs of chipmunks. And then if they don't get them they become hawks (like in real life) and they can tag them out using flags like in flag football. And it was fun! The kids were sweet and I enjoyed playing this game and I normally hate leading games so this was nice.

Honestly all today I was forced to play games and I did have fun even if I normally don't like it.

Lunch was a nice little break. For some reason we were all having similar foods so the office smelled really nice. And we had some little laughs and we're being silly and I just love the energy in there.

The afternoon I spent with Sarah at frog hollow doing water quality testing. I felt like we were rushing through and that was really confusing for me because then we were done 40 minutes early. So we played the predator/prey game and that was fun but for the last rotation I took over and we had a calmer water testing and I think everyone better understood what they were learning. Everyone has fun though so it's fine regardless. It was a good time.

I really enjoyed being outside and it warmed up and was really nice. I did forget my water at the office which was dumb. My throat was hurting from yelling out the game instructions and the counting down for each round. Sarah thought it was funny I used an actual timer and not just vibes. My throat was hurting but I thought drinking wanted would fix it.

It did not. I would have a weao little cough for the next couple hours. Which seems to have subsided now but I am still uncomfortable.

I would keep sipping water for the afternoon though. I walked with the kids to the office and had some nice chats about fly fishing and arthritis. And then we said goodbye.

I spent the next half hour or so printing my journals and folding paper. And eventually I would head to the hacienda to finally paint the tables with primer. Heather had brought some from home and so I spent about an hour doing that. I had a podcast going and was having fun and just really feeling good.

I went back to the office and worked on some stuff on my laptop. I got the new one set up to print. It is working a lot better now. It's still slow to start but once it's on its good. It was almost 4 though. And so I finished folding papers and begged off having to help clean at the lodge, because it was time for me to go.

I would say goodbye and drove to the Dutch market. I did not buy much. Just a pretzel and some chocolate candies. Mini peanut butter cups and dark chocolate covered cranberries. And then I went home.

I had had trouble getting my phone to connect to the car on my drive to the market but it would for my drive home and I was able to listen to music and then a bit of a podcast. And when I got home I was excited that James had made me a veggie chicken caeser salad. Thank you to my husband.

They were already doing their podcast but stopped to give me a kiss. And I went to eat in the kitchen. After I finished eating I went in the studio and went through my bags to try to chose which would be in rotation. I also chose a few to tentatively get rid of. I find it incredibly difficult to part with any my bags. But at least it's organized.

I am continuing my goal of one hour of studio time. I worked on some sewing. I fixed my leather bag. I also finished my charm project!! I'm not sure where it'll hang in the future but for now it's on the wall and it looks good. I'm very pleased.

I would paint my toes and chill in bed after that. I have been searching on eBay for new blundstones (the boots I wear are disintegrating on the sides where the cobbler weirdly attached foam around the sole? Has been a crumbly mess for a bit and I just keep painting over it but I fear they will fall apart completely) all day and I found a really good price and I made an offer and they accepted! Incredible! Love when things come together.

But now I think I will take a bath. It has been a good day but I am not feeling amazing inside. So I hope I can sleep easy. A bath will help that.

Goodnight everyone. I hope you have a lovely day and a good night's sleep.

[nellie-elizabeth]

The Legend of Vox Machina: The Trials of Vasselheim (2x02)

I've got to say, this show is bringing such joy into my life right now...

Cons:

I thought visually that Vasselheim wasn't quite as cool looking as I wanted it to be? Individual details were cool, but the first view of the city as a whole, that first big sweeping view, wasn't quite as impressive as what we saw of Emon or even Whitestone. I don't know, maybe I need to re-watch to appreciate it more.

This is an exposition-heavy episode, what with Highbearer Vord briefly meeting Vox Machina just to tell them no, then to the Slayer's Take, then down to see Osysa. It's a lot of information imparted very quickly, about the ancient history of this world, and setting up the Vestiges of Divergence fetch quest, and meanwhile we're cutting back to Grog's subplot. So once again I'm in the position of saying I enjoyed all the individual things I was seeing, but wish there was another five minutes so the transitions between all these different scenes and characters and concepts could have a bit more breathing room.

Pros:

But let's actually start with the Grog subplot stuff, because honestly I'm pretty impressed so far! Grog is a character who I think might be particularly hard to translate from stream to screen. It's the way Grog's utter stupidity is contrasted with Travis' performance of it, the way he is so very much in on the joke the whole way through. You can't really translate that to animated form. And yet, I think they've done a decent job! He's affable and ridiculous and sweet and also super violent, all of these things mixed together. He's too stupid to realize his evil magic sword is talking to him, even after Gilmore points out that it's sinister and Groon tells him it's a weakness to rely on it. But he's also smart enough to realize he's being asked a trick question during his trial with Groon, even if he can't quite get to the answer Groon is looking for.

I've got to say, the Grog butterfly meme moment was fucking hilarious to me, I don't care how stupid it is. I also really liked the moment when he asked Groon if perhaps he'd been told his name and then forgotten, as I think it shows that Grog, while not much of a thinker, does have some self-awareness about his own limitations. As a bonus, this episode also includes the famous Critter greeting, which is Grog's mishearing of the words "good day," as "bidet." It's so charming and funny and sweet that they managed to include that in there for us.

Also a nice little treat was getting to see Victor, although I was a little confused as to whether the explosion at the end was meant to be the demise of that character, or whether he'll get to have his heroic participation in the endgame too. Who knows. Either way, hearing Matt do that ridiculous voice was such a delight. And we get to be reminded of Anna Ripley, that lingering threat...

And then there's the Slayer's Take! I love the way they folded in the backstory that the show skipped over, incorporating it as part of Vex and Vax's past. Such a smart way to have Zahra feel like a familiar, established character, and get the purpose and function of the Slayer's Take established easily and seamlessly. Kash is one of my favorite side characters from all of Critical Role. Zahra too, but I just love Kash's dry delivery and snarky one-liners. The way he flatly expressed his disinterest in Vex's flirting was great. And the arrow through the wanted poster of the twins... what a jerk! In the best way, of course.

Instead of a bar-room brawl between Vox Machina and the Slayer's Take, instead we get a visit to Osysa, an ancient Sphynx who sponsors the Slayer's Take and acts as a representative for the Knowing Mistress on Exandria. Here, we get a test of wills, as all of the various members of Vox Machina confront their fears. I like how extremely fantasy-tropey this whole segment was, but I was also just so, so impressed with how Osysa's insight and delivery told us so much about the characters so succinctly. Keyleth fears failing her Aramente, she also fears becoming an Archdruid and outliving her support system. Vex seeks approval from a distant father. Vax relies entirely on his sister. Percy wallows in self-pity and yearns for forgiveness. Pike worries about saving her loved ones. And Scanlan... well, nobody cares about Scanlan, you see. (FUCK this is gonna hurt. If you know, you know.)

Once Pike leads the way in standing her ground and demanding to be heard, Osysa gives them the guidance they need. She explains about the Vestiges of Divergence, sending our heroes on a fetch quest to find powerful items to help defeat the dragon. The animation in showing the Vestiges, the history of the Calamity, was so beautiful and strange, and Osysa was so sinister and mysterious and gorgeous. This season feels a lot more D&D-ish, in a lot of ways, than season one did. We've got dragons, and now we've got this mission where our heroes need to track down magic items to save the day. I don't say that as a criticism, I actually kind of love it. I know where this is all going, broadly, but I continue to be delighted by the clever way they streamline, rearrange, cut, and add to this animated show!

Okay, onward to episode three. I'm sure everything will be fine. I'm sure I won't burst into tears at all.

8.5/10

[gaywatermelonbread]

More info about ur codz ocs?

I have alot of zombie critters...So how about I give fun facts about them! ^^

There's about 12(13 if you count primis ida as a separate oc) of these guys, hints why I'm jist gonna make it like a fun fact thing. All facts of them under the cut.

Ida(OG/Ultimis) - Ida, genuinely, loves cooking. Since she had to cook for her and Richtofen(her "brother") when they lived together, her fondness of cooking grew on her. It was a past time she longs for now, but hopefully will be able to do. If she does fins the time, she makes the best Käsekuchen(German cheesecake)

Ida(Primis) - She only became a scientist to spite Richtofen. Due to their heated argument, Richtofen made a very unwelcome comment on how she's probably the stupidest person he ever met. Now, she lives comfortable in her secret lab where she grows mushrooms and other veggies that she had genetically modified to grow in human made light

Gunther(Child Ida)- He is a lover of space. He once told Richtofen that when he gotten older  he was going to go to the moon...

Bobby - He actually helped raised some puppies during his youth and continued to do so when he took over his fathers mafia. He is a big dog lover, but he is allergic to them sadly

Scarlett - Her dog plushie is based on a rl plushie called Bonzo the dog during 1920s! Her parents gotten it from a yard sale for her so she can at least have a "friend" to keep her company when

Sarah - She was a teacher for kindergartens before the zombies came along. She uses ASL for her classes as she speaks due to her and her brothers mother going deaf in her older years

Sammy - He used to work as a carpenter before quitting when he was drafted for the Vietnam War...but that was a bust when his sister tried to take his place and the zombies came

Edgar - The definition of the shy guy that listens to heavy metal. He's embarrassed by it, but will honestly die if Stuhlinger founds out about it. He was just going through an edgy phase that he never really gotten out of

R.O.B. - A robot designed by an unknown japanese scientist to keep an eye on the wild life/test subjects in shi no numa. This robot would record its finds so the research and finds will never be forgotten. It really loves the animals, and tries it's beat to never harm any living things

John - He's actually AroAce! Even though his story shows differently, he later finds out that he never liked it in the first place. He does become a better person after the whole MPD thing, and he wrapped up in a different universe where 5 adult children claim him as their dad

Lifmos - They are fascinated by the concept of love. How humans come together and be so affectionate to one another. How it changes from different people. It was  probably the proudest creator of humans moment for them

Solsif - Has memories of every cycle, of every universe. Being the protector of universe isn't the beat, especially when you're missing your friends that had to have their memory wiped

Zelmesh - This guy...them right their...are the definition of hopeless romantic. They love Lifmos and their ideas, and honestly will try to always be there for them. Just an alien in love with another alien

[nancydrewwouldnever]

Hey, I believe you! I grew up in a house that was... different from the other houses, lol. // did you have creepy bathroom things happen too? I remember on day at the office which was my breaking point, I was about to wash my hands before I went into the stall. Well when that water came on it was a weird greenish color and then it turned into a bubbly chunky mess. I ran out and got the other manager and the janitor cause I was like I know I’m not crazy. When they saw it they were like who the hell do we call for this?! Then it started coming up from the drain on the floor. The whole building had to close for a week. They never said what it was though. I also had a lot of medical tests done after that because I didn’t want whatever toxins in my body that could’ve been in that water.

Well, the only time I ever had anything like that happen was at a rental I lived in a few years ago that had a problem where the septic system backed up and exploded through the bathtub drain and then also came up the sink drain. Like, it was really disgusting. That sounds far more like a plumbing problem then something paranormal, if you want my honest opinion; however, I do not discount the experiences you had there.

The thing you have to remember about living in a space that has "stuff" happening in it: not everything is the "stuff". Plumbing still breaks all on its own, due to weather or age of infrastructure. Wild critters can still get in your walls and chew your wires and mess up your electrical system, or simply make a lot of weird noises in there. Ground subsidence can still crack your foundation and cause stuff to roll off countertops.

Hell, that same place with the exploding plumbing: I heard some weird sounds in the attic. Turned out it was a very large snake slithering around chasing mice. Honestly, I would have preferred a ghost to dealing with that monster.

[rainbeausobsessions]

I'm overthinking again so now y'all have to hear about it.

So it's been pointed out to me that not only do the Black Arms creatures kinda look like Chaos Zero, but also the Black Arms incubator sacks, the creatures look VERY Chaos-like

Vs when they're big

But also, Chao can become Chaos Chao with enough care and attention.

And I'm, like, 90% certain SEGA canonized that Chaos is just an older Chao.

And now there's the Ancients from Sonic Frontiers, and I KNOW I'm not the only one who noticed the resemblance.

Chao also don't die in the traditional sense. Their life cycle includes multiple levels of reincarnation. They feed on Chaos energy and adapt to the critters around them. They evolve into different shapes based on their skills and specializations, often copying their handler's appearance. Black Doom probably had a system that allowed him to guarantee certain specializations and temperaments with minimal effort, which would be able to contribute to Gerald Robotnik's research by WAY more than material components - probably was able to jumpstart his work by decades, or even centuries!

It's also obvious Gerald had a fascination with Chaos and the ancient Echidnas, hence the mechanical Chaos enemies and the replica of the Master Emerald shrine in Sonic Adventure 2.

So if Shadow is made with Black Doom's DNA, that means he's made with Chao DNA, and with Black Doom's Chaos specific bioengineering, he could shape Shadow into whatever he desired. Which explains how Shadow can tap into the Chaos Force so easily, why he seems immortal - honestly, he probably HAS died multiple times already (thinking about the number of times he fell to Earth/Mobius), he's just a specially manufactured Chao, so he's reborn.

Which also means if Shadow is a Chao, then he can shape change, which I think is why they're releasing his creepy Black Arms wings now.

Which means, if he can force a shape change, he might be able to adapt the skills and physical features of the people he spends the most time with. Like maybe he can grow a pair of bat wings like Rouge has.

And if he can shape change, why would he be male? He could probably make himself female or even sexless if he wanted. He'll probably need a lot of time testing out his newfound talents before trying that out, but he's not really bound by normal biology.

Which also leaves me the wild ass questions: If he had kids, would they be Chao? Can he have kids with non-Chao? Or maybe he can, and if so, would they look like hybrid kids?

Obviously I'm going to have to figure out how to incorporate this into my fanfiction, since kinda the point is to explore an Echidnaopolis if things made sense. Or had continuity. Or something. I already had ideas for a super secret Chao Garden, and a special sect for Chao raising (which might not come up in fiction), might as well come up with fun ways to incorporate mature Chaos.

[ponett]

Thoughts on Kirby and the Forgotten Land? Btw, hoping you're having a swell day.

i am hyped beyond belief to finally be getting a full 3d kirby game after all these years. i've loved the comeback the series has made post-return to dream land (robobot is probably my favorite game in the whole series), but star allies felt very much like one last hurrah for a format that hal was running out of steam with, and i hoped that the next game would shake things up again. i've also always wondered what they'd do with a 3d game, especially after 3d rumble and blowout blast felt like them testing the waters. so i'm extremely excited that this is the direction they're going in

i'm also really, really into the art direction they're going with. i'm glad to see them continue to experiment with different aesthetics while still keeping that signature gorgeous kirby look. lots of comparisons have been made to the last of us and nier, but honestly it reminds me a lot of kipo and the age of wonderbeasts. this post-post-apocalyptic decaying urban landscape covered in lush vegetation with colorful critters everywhere. it rules

of course, as a longtime fan, i can't help but wonder what they're gonna do with the story and The Lore if they're taking kirby to a setting as wildly different as this. as a big fan of kirby 64 my mind naturally wanders in the direction of shiver star, and i wonder if there'll be any nods to that. i'm trying not to jump to any conclusions when we know nothing about the story, but for a series like this where the current series director ADORES his continuity and his obscure fanservicey lore pulls (see: the lore surrounding the final bosses of the last four mainline games) my imagination can't help but run a little wild. whatever they do i'm sure it'll be cool