#I may just rebrand this whole blog

[self-awared]

HOW. THE GENSHIN COULD NEVER THING WAS A JOKE... I DON'T THINK IT'S A JOKE ANYMORE. ALSO, WHO TF HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE BEGINNER'S CHOICE CONVENE??????????? And, if there was something like this with Genshin, Hoyoverse would say "problem? where? Oh, you can have like.... a chicken and 100 mora." LIKE... KUROGAMES IS AWESOME!

How??? The combat experience is extremely good. I don't know how it could be better. But if they can make it better, that means its probs gonna be perfect.

[cleapallea]

master list + More

𐙚 𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗧𝗬 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗧𝗦𐙚

& how you can make income! 🤑

Is empty house means empty wallet?

There are 12 sectors (zodiac sign + house) in astrology that reflect different aspects of your life. At this point, if you have planets in 12 houses, a planet being in that house as well as the rulers means you should have more focus in that area. For example, too many planets (2) in a tenth house with Venus aspects or rulers (Taurus and Libra) signifies that your career might be related to Venus qualities such as modeling, rebranding, or makeup (products, tutorials, etc.). Hence, I know some of you might ask: So what to do if none?

Empty Planet in 1st house

Aries: self image, rebranding and investing

Empty Planet in 2nd house

Taurus: depends on your own efforts. Kinda Similiar to 1st.

Empty Planet in 3rd House

Gemini: Person's activity, and investment (education, training and self development -professional)

Example: Graphic Designer, Artworks related, Freelance writer and etc

Empty Planet in 4th house

Cancer: Anything related to fostering homes, and building connections (social network)

Example: adopting a dog (female), and let them grow after that you can sell her puppies. Or you can build a pets/ poultry suppliers.

Empty Planet in 5th house

Leo: Anything related to pleasure, wholesome stuff, makes you happy and alive, self-expression, recreation, and innovation.

Example: Build a program (school, playground, or be a Yaya for a day) and alike

Empty Planet in 6th house

Virgo: anything related to health, wellness, and daily routines

Example: Be secretary, write a blog about health and wellness, Be a Yoga instructor, or Drugs Cashier in some malls, teacher and more.

Empty Planet in 7th house

Libra: anything related to partnership, business and interest in society as a whole.

Example: Be an event planner, teacher, or social media influencer starts to sell your self in social media.

Empty Planet in 8th house

Scorpio: money houses, long term success or growth career, real state investments and financial portfolios

Example: rentals of your personal collection like shoes, etc.

Empty Planet in 9th house

Sagittarius: Travel, higher learning, personal philosophy, exploration and intellect

Example: You may consider writing a story or list of quotes on a known website and look for a small publisher until you get recognized. You can also Teach foreign ppl in diff countries to use other languages.

Empty Planet in 10th house

Capricorn: public image, career aspiration and achievement, and more on ppl oriented.

Example: vlogger, streamer, content creator, YouTuber and alike

Empty Planet in 11th house

Aquarius: humanitarian and personal networks. Anything that may show your passion and interest in specific content.

Example: musician, or be friends with famous people (they can help you a lot), then let them see your talents. I've known a lot of Aquarius placements tend to be very talented. You just have to precise and be stick with good purpose cause double karma occurs if you're not.

Empty Planet in 12th house

Pisces: Mysterious side of humanity, mind, and life

Example: be a tarot reader, practice gambling, or any creative outlets.

✎ There are no such things as empty planets. The empty planets are ruled by the "lord" or "zodiac signs" inside them. Although I don't really believe it's not your main focus but more in IT'S YOUR HIDDEN GOAL AND SUCCESS, I've heard a lot of women who have their second house empty, but years later become rich due to partnerships, investments in education, and such. We have this called "transitting of each sign."

✎ take note that this is not a dynamic and astrology is about multifaceted interpretation. The question of where and what you can do to make money can vary depending on the whole system of your chart (aside from your energy). For me, I need to see the whole birth chart before I give the exact meaning of it. Every chart is different, so I can't provide full, detailed information about it.

✎You have to look for your MC (signs), Jupiter house +signs (power), Saturn (warnings/challenges occur) and Moon placed (for reminder why you started, why you need to work something like that) if you don't like your moon, then look for your south code. Or if you dont know how to start, look for the (Pluto). Find inspiration in everything :) God bless!

Plagiarism is A crime.

[autistic-ben-tennyson]

as someone who relates a lot to both Anakin and Padme because i grew in a stressfully abusive enviroment (not being allowed to express too honest emotions and fear, having to mask my neurodivergent tendencies, not being able to raise my voice ever or cry or be angry, etcetc) and i was a "gifted kid", and on top of that i'm queer. So for a lot of my teenhood i "attached" *badly* to anything that would remotely give me comfort, mostly objects but also people and friends, it's been quite healing to read your analysis about how "attachments" are presented in SW and how the fandom tends to twists attachments as something toxic and selfish, it's understandable when people don't like him but when everyone runs to say he was evil just for getting attached or feeling "too strongly" about something is quite hurtful

victims should be accountable for the things they do wrong, and anakin outright did so many many horrible bad things, but it's cathartic for me bc he shows how victims of abuse and trauma aren't and can't be perfect, and they react in ways that are inherently affected by the enviroment that shaped them, and in the end, anakin had one of the most famous and iconic returns ever, so it's really important to me, and your analysis are great

Thanks anon. I had a period over a couple months where I was very hardcore pro Jedi/anti anakin which in retrospect was really just to fit in with what was popular on tumblr since all the big SW blogs like Kanansdume/antianakin or GFFA are Jedi apologists. I regret a lot of my past behavior and how I treated some Anakin fans. A lot of Jedi stans like to paint anyone who likes Anakin as a right wing dudebro and it doesn’t help that there are a few people who are that way such as caripr94 or Otnesse. Yet their side isn’t much better. There’s a lot of ableism, victim blaming, and queerphobia rebranded to sound progressive. For all their pseudo-wokeness, a lot of them sound like conservatives when they put the blame entirely on Anakin for his fall and refuse to acknowledge systematic and psychological issues he had because they’d have to accept that the Jedi were flawed and not perfect.

Fandom in general has become a lot more puritanical and moralistic. People insist that you can’t show any sympathy or depth for villains, possibly as an overreaction towards movies like Maleficent or Cruella as well as the rise of Trump, hence why everyone felt Big Jack Horner was refreshing and propping up TOH as the anti SU for killing Belos. The SW fandom is no different. Antianakin has a whole pinned post ranting about not just Anakin but Padme, Ahsoka, Kallus and Crosshair too. People insist you must view Anakin as an allegory for a white boy radicalized by 4chan and Jordan Peterson but one could argue he’s closer to those in the global south who live in poverty and oppression as well as queer people who have to hide their relationships or risk being rejected by their communities.

SW isn’t even close to my top fandom or favorite media but I do post about it if it relates to stuff I do like more like anime or Ben 10. It’s easy to write off a character as just born evil which removes the tragedy knowing that he was a good person at one point and dehumanizing villains allows people to reject the idea that they could become that way. I like a lot of characters who are flawed or abrasive because of trauma or abuse they suffered such as Shinji and Asuka from NGE, Hodaka from WWY, Raven from TT or Homura from PMMM. Anakin/Vader is an interesting character who has been dumbed down to just a “fascist MAGA manchild” by some when, for all my criticism of him, is not what Lucas wrote. As a side note, knowing that all 4 OT Vader actors have passed away is sad. RIP Sebastian Shaw, Bob Anderson, David Prowse and James Earl Jones. May the force be with you all.

[jebewonmorelike]

zb1 masterlist mobile 🌼

archive boys planet masterlist mobile 🌸

boysplanetmorelike has officially rebranded. i will miss that url so much! but on zb1's debut date, it was finally time to make the switch. my boys planet trainee works are in a separate masterlist linked above; this blog will now mainly focus on zb1 content (though i may occasionally talk about other bp trainees when they update, etc!)

☕️ kofi link; literally no pressure at all

❣️ in case you're curious about me ❣️

~ anon list ~

*ssh*

latest work:

1/4: ⁺⋆✰ syh: part four: magician ⁺⋆✰ han yujin; see below for series summary

11/26: ⁺⋆✰ syh: part three: lovers ⁺⋆✰ kim jiwoong; see below for series summary

10/15: ⁺⋆✰ steal your heart ⁺⋆✰ ONGOING SERIES (a new ot9 interactive AU fanfiction game where YOU determine who your love interest is-- play as the 10th member of zb1 (gender neutral) to gain magical powers and take down the company that has been mistreating your group)

・゜゜ . . * ✧･ﾟ・ ✧･ﾟ: ・゜゜・✰・゜゜ . . * ✧･ﾟ・ ✧･ﾟ: ・゜゜・．

8/12: whatever you say, president-nim (part two of "so you can do yours-- younganddumbCEO!reader offers to pick up assistant!gunwook from his university one afternoon)

7/26: don't push it (reader is searching for a photocard... but it's not boyfriend!jiwoong's)

7/4: so you can do yours (gunwook thinks he's the right fit for uselessCEO!reader's new assistant)

wip:

bestfriend’sbrother!matthew x reader (song fic!)(started!)

💖✨ just a note that no hate of any members is welcome here (unless we're joking around)! i love them all with my whole heart already so. always open to reasonable opinion-based discussions but never any baseless negativity; i find it pointless and damaging to the brain and soul ✨💖

💌 pls feel free to message me to talk about boys planet and send requests (just no requests for any member/trainee under the international age of 18, i’m an adult!)

*requests are semi-closed... by this i mean i'd love to still hear any pitches you have and talk with you about them but i can't promise that i'll be able to write all of them. i'm sorry about this in advance, i'd love to be able to write everything for you guys but alas... i am but merely one small girl*

i love hearing from you guys tho so pls send me an ask or message literally whenever you want; emoji anons are always welcome too!

also this is a side blog— if i follow you back, it’s on @5secondsofozzies :)

[cnl0400]

I agree, archive as much as you can. Any changes they make doesn’t have to be announced. It’s in their terms of service. That’s why I can’t trust them, because who knows what’ll happen.

I wished they would just add them to lonely devil. It’s a OG birthday event, it’s not like it’s going to affect OG, and they don’t have to add them to NB.

There are too many cards too that are lost because they are nightmare, or special event cards. If only they’ll allow these cards back, because that’s lots of stories that have barely been read. So much content behind paywall.

They’re trying to rebrand and be more child friendly. I just finished reading all of Asmodeus’s bday event in NB. It doesn’t have the same vibes as OG birthday events. It’s sad that they are just pumping out content, and making it so bland that i didn’t get excited.

Yeah, I honestly wish to start recording some OG cards in the next weeks because I get very anxious at the thought that they're going to shut down OG at any Moment (unfortunely I'm both a student and work part time, so I don't have a lot of time in my hands right now 🥲 I'm waiting to get out of college so I have time) I have even entertained the thought of uploading this stuff to YouTube or some kind of drive but... Since what happened to the blog that used to post resources from the game (or the other edit blog) I'm a bit scared lol, I always like to share what I find interesing in the Main Story/cards, for the people that can't advance but Solmare doing things like that makes It a bit discouraging 🥲 I don't want to lose this blog, where else I'm going to complain about stuff? Twitter? I rather be death

And yeah, as greedy as they may seen, Solmare Is actually alergic to making money, putting these events on Lonely Devil feels like a no-brainer, even making revivals of past Nightmare banners? It's obviously that a lot of people want these cards, it's easy money with barely moving a finger, but of course the plan Is that they want people to move to NB... But I mean, even If that's the plan, I don't like the thought of all that stuff being lost... Unfortunely, this Is why Live Service games suck so much, every year we have a lot of gacha games doing the most stupid desisions know to man (like the whole Love Live situation with SIF2)

The funniest thing about trying to rebrand Obey Me as a more child friendly game Is that that's clearly not what the player base want... I don't know why they did that survey in the first place If they where going to ignore It, I can asure you that the most common complain (besides the game being expensive) Is that the game doesn't take itself seriously enough. You have to wonder... Who Is this trying to appeal? I haven't read the Asmodeus event but for some forsaken reason It feels like they always write Asmo events as If they had a gun pointed at their heads, which sucks so much, since Asmo Is one of my favorites 🥲 I really want to see what goes on in the writers room, why are they making these desisions? Who Is this game for now? Kid are not playing Obey Me, and kids don't have the money to put in these kind of games, in the race of appealing to the most people posible, they're driving away the demographic that can actually spend money in the game

[nyctophobia-au]

Where I've Been

Okay, so, 'sup babygrills. This is going to be a bit of a lengthy post, but I feel like I should update followers on here as to where I've been because I haven't been active for, like, months.

If you don't care to read all of the stuff under the cut, that's fine. Here's my TL;DR: I've been having issues with mental illness, trauma, motivation, gender dysphoria (?), and have been busy with college and YouTube/social media stuff. However, luckily my HK special interest has returned and I plan on posting more often hopefully. (Mild cw for mental health mentions ig.)

Okay, so, to begin, I've been gone a lot due to responsibilities outside of making Nyctophobia content. So, up until recently, I've been working on graduating from college. I've been finishing up my final class this Summer, but last quarter in the Spring was really difficult for me time-wise and mental health-wise. I've had a lot of issues with depression and anxiety throughout my life, and being at college was torturous and sapped all of my energy. It did not help that, last quarter, I had to be there at the college for six hours of my day five days a week. It was not easy to make art for myself and my channel, much less for this blog.

Outside of college, and I've mentioned this before in passing, but I also make YouTube videos and, at the moment, YT is my income (alongside comms as well). I've been pretty focused on keeping my my schedule at least a little bit consistent, and that alone has been draining and tiring. It also affects the kind of art that I can create, as I have to draw certain things for certain videos. I've been really weary when it comes to making content as of late, and I really need to take a small break so that I can work on stuff I actually want to work on rather than being stuck drawing certain things for the sake of videos I'm not inspired to make.

Pivoting more into specifics about my mental health, I have been needing to see a therapist for a long while, but I haven't had the motivation or the funds to pursue that option up until recently. Hopefully, I will be attending therapy soon. Last year in, uhm, September I had a particularly bad mental health episode and I've come to realise that some events that happened during that time have left me with trauma that I'm still currently working past and healing from. I've had issues with self-harm, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and self-perception for a long time, but in the Spring they were stifling and impossible to ignore. Lately, they have been better, though. So, that's nice. There hasn't been just the usual stuff lately (oh no, that's be too easy), but I've gotten jumpscared with gender issues (hooray, my favourite /s) during this time, and am struggling with my self-perception regarding my gender up to current day. (Hi, I currently go by Rot or Sexy Fictional Bug Enthusiast and my pronouns are they/them, but they may very well be they/he soon). Also, I had a bad identity crisis a couple of months ago and had to do this whole rebrand thing that was a lot of work and it kinda sucked away a lot of energy and time.

On top of all of that, ya boy's special interest metre has been focused primarily on OC stuff and other things outside of HK. It's pretty well-known that I have autism and Hollow Knight is one of my special interests. I'm unsure how it works for most people, but my fixations tend to come in waves and fluctuate (though super special meaningful ones stick for a long time). So, like, I had this whole issue with my mind always being fixated more on things outside of HK. It's been my OCs for a few months, but alongside that, I also suddenly became enraptured by The Owl House and my Digimon special interest sleeper agent returned for a hot second there. As of recently, I've been interested in HK again, but have been afraid to start/work on projects related to my AU because of me having to work on OC content for my channel and also for my friends who are invested.

As of right now, I have some more time on my hands to make the content I want to make, and my HK fixation is back (thank fuck). I've generally been doing a bit better in the mental health arena, but I will also be taking some time off of YT and posting videos regularly in favour of focusing on making stuff I want to make. So, like, expect me to be more active here for some time. I might be finishing a fic in the next month (hopefully) as well, and I have some general comic and art ideas. I just want to draw Auric again, god dammit. My beloved. <3

Anyways, thanks for reading if you did. Just figured I'd make a post about this for people who thought I died or something (and for the people who were once interested in my projects on here and are starving for content, lmao).

[panchambro]

An In-Depth Story of my Pancham OC and a Major Rebrand

It has been 5 years since I first adopted my Pancham OC, and while he has changed over the years, he still represents me. Because, well, he is me.

To honor this occasion, I have drawn a new version of me as summer draws to a close. This is also a blog post explaining the history of my OC, so keep reading if ya will :P

You may have remember my Tumblr post explaining my 10 year history on the internet, and my history with different aliases over the years. That also reflected with how I chose to represent myself.

Not long after I joined on February 17, 2013, I chose to based my identity around the Koopa Bros., for a reason. The group grabbed my attention in their appearance in Super Mario Bros. Z, a flash animation by Mark Haynes that crossed Mario and Sonic characters with elements from Dragon Ball Z.

From their first appearance in Episode 4 to their um...untimely death in Episode 6, I was so rooted for the Koopa Bros. in the flash animations that I didn't realize they were originally from Paper Mario. Once I found out presumably on Super Mario Wiki, well I got into the Paper Mario series of games. They were a no-brainer as the characters I chose to represent myself...except...well...

So let me try to explain this green monstrosities. I chose the name "The Zombie Bros." because...um...I made the Koopa Bros. zombies...for reasons. It's merely swapping the yellow and white in their sprite for green, as I wasn't invested in doing art back in the day.

After this I stayed out of making any more OCs that represented me, either using an existing character (e.g. Pinkie Pie, the Koopa Bros., and later Sans) or just using letters (as seen below).

There was a My Little Pony OC that I did make...but unless you knew me as Creeperfan, you knew that I never got around into implementing him at all.

Like while I made this design myself and publicize him actually, I never used him much, I stuck with using Spike as my main representation throughout my time as a brony.

By 2017 though, I was starting to take drawing as a hobby, but for the most part the OCs during that year that represented me was any version of Sans, whether that be from a AU or not. One Sans version that I used to represent me was this take of Sans with Cappy on his head, which I did twice in that same year.

But while I did enjoy Cappy!Sans, they didn't stick as long as possible. But into August 2018, I had gotten off being represented as Tough Bippy and was into being Chespin. I was looking up Chespin related stuff on the internet, and came across Pancham.

To be more specific, it was Serena's Pancham, but regardless of what Pancham it was, this character got me really invested, and all the love I took with Chespin, from instances in Smash Bros...well...I dropped it all in favor of Pancham. The two were rivals in the anime anyways, so...I guess I skewed the results heheh...

And it couldn't have come at a perfect time, because I wanted to do a OC of Pancham. And I did! Red glasses and all! On August 27, 2018, exactly 5 years ago, I made a Pancham OC and slowly embraced him as my own.

From that point forwards, Pancham (later renamed PanchamBro) become the embodiment of me as a whole. In spite of a break during 2019 when I became Scorbunny/Raboot/Cinderace, I still somewhat represented myself as a Pancham, and Pancham (the Pokémon) remains one of my favorite Pokémon out there.

The Pokémon's namesake would inspire me to brand myself as "PanchamBro" on January 11, 2020, which then became the name of my Pancham OC...and in retrospect to me in regards to my internet identity.

Of course, with time my design has changed. I used to see myself with red glasses until December 2020. Then I began to swear clothing, just slightly.

My green sweater was drawn out of necessity for a New Year's Day art that depicts a funny in there, but now it's my default outfit.

My summer outfit consist of a white shirt and green shorts, and just this year I introduced a scarf, one that bore the Gay MLM Pride Flag colors.

A hole in the leaf was added just around the end of 2022, being a symbol for my Nookipedia presence.

And on my sweater itself, I added a badge with the Gay MLM Pride Flag, as I was proud to be gay, albeit in secret, but proud. I'm happy for the changes that I've made to my sona.

In celebration of my sona becoming 5 years old, I decided to do a major rebrand. If you haven't noticed, I've been slowly adopting a unified color base for all the accounts I have, whether that be on Twitter or YouTube.

This is what I've come up with.

These are five major colors to which they shall be used to represent me in appropriate conditions. Ideally they should be shown against a dot pattern backdrop and a gradient, but how this gradient looks varies.

You can actually see this already set in motion (except for Red, but we won't talk about that for now).

On Twitter, the banners for PanchamBro and CinderaceBro show this color preset in motion.

And on YouTube, you can see my sona being depicted differently with the color choice also reflecting this change.

Now what I hope from now is that my presence can at least have a sense of unity, if only to make sure people know what I am and what I do for a living. I've been planning this for a while now, but only got off the ground last week.

These past 5 years have given me a chance to grow my OC, and I can't thank everyone for giving me their spirit and inspiration to make my OC a somewhat bashful little fuck. Here's hoping in 5 more years, I start to grow a beard.

[skippyv20]

A man desparate for an escape route PH

Daily Telegraphhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/04/14/prince-harry-looks-like-a-man-desperate-for-an-escape-route/history←priornext→14 Apr 2023 17:03:28 Prince Harry looks like a man desperate for an escape route – we should give him oneHe returns to Britain again next month. It’s an opportunity to show that, despite the trouble he’s caused, this is still the Duke’s countryCAMILLA TOMINEYASSOCIATE EDITOR14 April 2023 • 5:11pmCamilla TomineyPrince Harry, Duke of Sussex departs after attending the Royal Courts of JusticeMuch is being made of the Duchess of Sussex’s newfound inconspicuousness. It wasn’t long ago that there was no escaping the American former actress turned wannabe People’s Princess as she revealed her “truth” on Oprah, shed tears on Netflix, and shared pearls of wisdom on her “Archetypes” podcast. “I’m particular,” admitted the woman once dubbed “Duchess Difficult” by palace staff, insisting that setting boundaries did not make her demanding.But having been completely absent from the promotional activity around Spare – her husband’s warts-and-all autobiography – and now having decided against attending the Coronation, preferring instead to remain in California, “Duchess Dolittle” would appear to be a better moniker.Biding her time since that South Park episode, there is mounting talk of a rebrand, with Meghan reportedly planning to revive her lifestyle blog The Tig. Think Martha Stewart meets Kim Kardashian, presumably with enough paid endorsements to fund the couple’s quest to maintain “financial independence” from the Crown, and possibly to get a new kitchen.But as the mistress of reinvention works on Megxit: The Sequel, what is the Duke of Sussex to do? The John Lennon to his wife’s Yoko Ono (or, as someone once joked on Twitter, Woko Ono), things aren’t quite as straightforward for a fifth-in-line to the throne, for whom Britain appears to be the third person in his marriage.Like his relationship with the royals, Prince Harry’s connection with his country of birth is complicated. “I love my mother country and I love my family and I always will,” he writes in his book. “I just wish, in the second-darkest moment of my life, they’d both been there for me.”Yet in making a surprise return to London for his High Court case against Associated Newspapers Ltd, and in agreeing to attend the Coronation on May 6, Harry looks like a man with a yearning for Blighty. And if that’s the case – if he does want to come back, at least for a temporary period – shouldn’t he be welcomed, not only by the palace but the public, too?The truth is that Harry will always seem more at home here than in the United States (even after his imminent eviction from Frogmore House). In America, he’s just, as the South Park creators rather cruelly put it, a “dumb prince”.The Sussexes aren’t major influencers there. That job is left to people such as the less middle-aged Selena Gomez and Kylie Jenner. The Duke and Duchess are just another pair of celebrities in a country where they are two-a-penny.Any American dream that Harry might have had appears to have gone a bit stale, with the Netflix glow fading much quicker than he may have hoped. His memoir is still among those topping the charts, but that caused a stir because of what it said about the Royal family as a whole, not just him.In Britain, by contrast, Prince Harry will always be someone. He’s the son of the King, the brother of a future king and the uncle of a future king. And although he may have done his best to destroy these familial ties, they still mean something over here. That’s why Britons have been so reluctant to write him off completely. Positive memories linger of the lad who was a good laugh before he completely fell under his wife’s spell.Indeed, people seem generally pleased he has chosen to support his father on the biggest day of his life – and they will be largely delighted that Meghan won’t be making another appearance in Westminster Abbey. The King loves his “darling boy”. The family knows Harry’s presence at the service will bring Charles joy – and that it’s good for the monarchy.Deep down, I suspect many people hope that Harry, Charles and William will resolve their differences this time. Life is too short for any family to go on like this, be they populated with princes or paupers. It’s reasonable to wonder, too, if Harry can make Britain a home again. Despite his recent penchant for spewing American psychobabble and his insistence that he is loving the LA lifestyle, it does look like he is lost in the States.The cynics would say that even before he met Meghan, Harry was not fond of this green and pleasant land. In 2008, when he was serving his first tour of Afghanistan, the Duke was asked if he would ever return to the warzone. “I don’t want to sit around in Windsor,” he replied. “But I generally don’t like England that much and, you know, it’s nice to be away from all the press and the papers and all the general sh— that they write.”But now that he is sitting around in Santa Barbara – with the press continuing to write about him back home – has he really achieved peace?It always struck me that if there was one place Harry would yearn for outside of Britain, it would be Africa, not Los Angeles. As recently as 2019, he said: “I wish I could spend more time in Africa. I have this intense sense of complete relaxation and normality [there]. To not get recognised, to lose myself in the bush with what I would call the most down-to-earth people on the planet, people [dedicated to conservation] with no ulterior motives, no agendas, who would sacrifice everything for the betterment of nature … I talk to them about their jobs, about what they do.”You get the sense that Harry has always pined for a real sense of belonging: not just to be loved but to be familiar.I previously mentioned Afghanistan because this week we were once again reminded of how the military always brought out the best in the Duke. Responding to the death of Help for Heroes founder Bryn Parry, who made a life-changing difference to military veterans and their families, Prince Harry paid a heartfelt tribute, saying: “We bid farewell to a man who, alongside his wife, completely transformed the UK charity sector for the benefit of those who have served. His vision, determination and brilliance provided a lifeline for thousands of veterans, as well as their families, when they needed it most.”The saddest aspect of all this is how low Harry, a former British Army officer, has fallen in the estimation of his fellow troops, who once admired his determination and brilliance. It is now unlikely he will even wear a military uniform to the Coronation despite all he has achieved with the Invictus Games.The man who was once “our Harry” needs a purpose in life beyond attacking the media and his family. By giving him a warm welcome in three weeks’ time, Britain might help him find it

Thank you 🐼

[crochetysquare]

Jester’s Hat Pattern

I meant to post this on New Year’s Day. Oops. Hello, all 5 followers that aren’t bots! I typed that sentence and realized I haven’t been checking for bots in my sideblog. To be fair, I haven’t been doing a great job of posting to my crochetblr at all since I started it. Let this be the beginning of a year of more-or-less monthly patterns! More updates on the quilt! More one-off posts! This is the year of crochet!

Some of you may have noticed that I changed this blog's title last year. I felt that "NotUrGrannySquares" didn't fit me. I didn't really like it at the beginning, but it's the all I could think of (and it wasn't too creative, since I only spelt it "Ur" because "NotYourGrannySquares" was taken--not to mention, there are plenty of patterns out there with similar names). As I began to collect a few pieces from my mom and grandma for my quilt, I felt more at odds with the blog name: these are my granny's squares! I posted this one a while ago, but the other two from her are waffle stitch samples. One is incomplete, using a merino wool yarn, and the other she fished out of the kitchen when I asked if I could incorporate the wool one into the quilt, and it’s clearly a polyester because it’s slightly melted in the center where it had been holding hot things. I’m obsessed with the texture that’s resulted.

I landed on “crochety” because I’ve described myself as a crotchety old man, the word “crotchety” shares origins with the word “crochet,” and I liked how Dictionary.com defined it.

crotchety adjective 1. given to odd notions, whims, grouchiness, etc.

I am given to odd notions and whims. That’s the whole thesis of my quilt, isn’t it? That’s why I haven’t been posting patterns. When I’m crocheting, I’m crocheting. I can’t stop every row and write down what I did. Worse, I can’t write it down and then rewrite it in a text document. I tried to teach myself coding last year because I was told it’s “just logic,” and being logically minded, I should be good at it. The thing is, it’s also typing, and I fucking hate typing. (You’re looking up at the past 4 paragraphs skeptically. This is different. Just trust me that it’s different. You’ll see what I mean when you look at the pattern and how poorly I’ve cleaned it up because something about typing shit like, “Ch 3, turn, sk 1st st, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next sc, sc 15, ch 2, sc in next sc, sc 15, ch 3, turn, sk 1st ch, sc in sc in sc in sc in sc in next st and to end,” just itches my brain so uncomfortably. Crocheting is so intuitive for me, and translating it from the physical realm to the written kills me. It’s like when I would finish my geometry proof before everyone else, and the teacher would suggest I help the kid next to me, but I couldn’t put it into words. I don’t know, dude, you just put the things where they go. Just put the hook through the correct stitch. Just make it the shape of one third of a jester’s hat. That’s how you make a pattern. Just do the thing that obviously you should do. This is why I like diagram crochet patterns more, which I would like to get into on here in the future. However, this pattern reflects the madness that is my brain trying to type up patterns. When I started this blog, I thought I would do a bunch of patterns like that, maybe with a horror narrative evolving around the monotony and the separation between typography and craft, and then I realized how much tongue in cheek patterning that would require. Hmm. Maybe someday, though.)

So anyway, this is NOT your granny’s pattern because I bet she has better discipline than I do. She would have cleaned this pattern up to the necessary bits. I’m too damn crotchety for that.

All 3 panels will follow this pattern. I used (most of) 3 skeins of Buttercream Luxe Craft 100% Wool yarn. It is yarn weight 5, recommending 6.0mm crochet hooks, and for once I did what I was told.

It appears that Joann has rebranded it to Knit & Crochet, but it also seems I have moved to an area with mediocre Joanns which carry neither. Which is whatever; I have gift cards to better yarn shops.

You can follow the same scheme of adding stitches with different starting row counts. This ended up being a little more than 25 inches in circumference, which made it just a bit too big for me. I rolled up the brim on the underside when I wore it, which worked fine for me and my 21 inch head since it’s a nice thick yarn.

Key I'm using US terms. ch = Chain sc = Single crochet sk = Skip sc2tog = single crochet 2 together That's all you need. It's easy peasy, you got this, gorgeous.

Ch 31. 1. skip 1st ch. sc 30. ch 1, turn. 2-10. sc 30, ch 1, turn. 11. sc 30, ch 2, turn. 12. sk first ch, sc in second from hook. sc across. Ch 2 again! and turn. 13. sk first ch, sc in second, sc 16, ch 2, sc in next stitch and to end. (32 total, 16 on each side. We're gonna stop keeping count, though. I didn't, and it turned out just fine. You'll be fine, as long as all your panels are Shaped.) Ch 2, and turn. 14. Sk first ch, sc in second, sc 17. In 2 ch space {sc, ch 2, sc}. Sc to end. Ch 2, turn. 15-16. You know what you're doing. Sc to that chain space, and sc, ch 2, sc, and keep going. Ch 2, turn. 17. Now it switches up, but not really. Sk first ch, sc in second. Sc to 2ch space {sc, ch 2, sc}, sc to end. NOW. Chain 3. Turn. 18. Sc in second and third ch from hook. sc to chain space {sc, ch 2, sc}, sc to end. Ch. 3. 19. NOW it switches up. Sc in second and third ch, sc across. You hear me? Single crochet across! Skip that chain space entirely this time 'round! 20-22. In 20, you add the ch space in... um. shoot. This is why people keep track of stitches. Add the ch space above where it was in 18. IDK, you got this. ch 3, turn. 23. Hey, just skip that ch space again, okay. Don't argue (you can argue, change the pattern, idgaf). Ch 3, turn. 24. sc in second and third ch from hook, sc 31, ch 2 without skipping, sc 32. Ch 3, turn. 25-27. Same as 20-22. 28. Do that thing where you omit the ch space. Or don't. I'm not your mother. 29-30. Same as 20-22 and 25-27. 31. This is ittttttttt! Single crochet until that 2 chain space where I need you to use that one stitch in the key you forgot about? The sc2tog? Keep sc'ing to the end and fasten the fuck off, you did it.

Now you just have to do that two more times and probably in different colors. Maybe if you're fancy you could do stripes. Row 31 should have 92 stitches, but, like I said in Row 13, as long as it's Shaped, you're honestly good. As longs as the Shapes are Basically The Same, you are grooving.

Sew them up. I slip stitched them together because I'm more comfortable with a hook than a needle (and I think it looks nice). Don’t forget to affix something that jingle jangles. 🃏

[rigaudon]

whining under the cut. may make people uncomfy, idk. i’m just speaking about my personal feelings and my personal experiences. zero relevance to how other people choose to feel/identify.

ever since i cut my hair, more and more people are defaulting to calling me “they”, and it’s... making me so self conscious. much, much, more so than when people used to mistake me for a guy. Because when that happened, nine out of ten times it was someone being mean and intentionally trying to hurt my feelings. But this is something people do out of courtesy. To not offend me. to not assume. And yet it hurts so much worse than people making fun of me. Because, what I hear is, “you’re not what a woman looks like, and I don’t know what to think about you and I don’t want to guess and guess wrong so I’m just going to treat you neutrally.”

and it makes me feel so fucking shitty. because this is not an appearance I’m cultivating. this is not an identity I’m choosing to portray. this is just me. This is how I have always been and how I’ve always looked. I like to wear comfy oversized sweaters. I don’t wear makeup because it makes my face feel gross. I’m as tall as most men and my chest is flat enough to land an airplane on. and I’ve always been fine with that. because it’s literally a non-factor in my identity.

and yet, I’ve never been more insecure about my physical appearance than I have been these last four months. The only thing that’s different is the length of my hair, but it’s noticeable how much more people are uncomfortable/unsure around me. It makes me second guess how I’m perceived every time I look in the mirror and am reminded that I’m an ambiguous, amorphous, question mark that people can’t figure out. and it feels so... othering? Because people think that this is a deliberate choice on my part.

This part of myself has always been stable and never in question, even though I’ve never conformed to gender stereotypes. Even when I was bullied for it as a kid, it didn’t make me want to change myself. And now it feels like that confidence and indifference is being taken away for the sake of other people’s comfort. but i’m not making a statement. I don’t want to make a commentary on my gender. I don’t want to put across that I’m open to discussing personal shit like that with random strangers.

But it feels like we’re still rigidly enforcing gender roles. Only now, what used to be, “You should act more like a girl”, has turned into, “You don’t act enough like a girl.” Rather than being reassured that it’s okay to not fit that neat little list of traits and interests that people expect from “girl”, now if you don’t fit that perfect definition, you must not be a girl at all. It’s just a rebranding of the same misogyny it’s always been.

And I, personally (i am only speaking about myself in literally this whole thing) would rather have people mockingly call me masculine because of my strong facial features and flat chest, than have this sanitized reminder that I don’t look enough like a woman that I become this undefinable thing. For just... being the same person I’ve been for the last 30 years.

:’) so. plz don’t call me “they”. idc how you refer to me otherwise you can call me “hey you” or “trash goblin” but please, please, never they/them. also plz don’t come yell at me this isn’t an invitation to have a debate this is just me venting to myself on my own blog

[gladiolidiaries]

While we’re talking about a bunch of shit I know there’s Golos here (+moon) but like genuinely I don’t think I can be a fan of his (George) anymore. Like I loved him to bits even if he was a bad cc lol but I just can’t reconcile with him being bffs with Dream. Esp now with everything out there (who knows maybe even more coming too) George has to have seen it all too and he’s sticking by Dream. I already know how it’s gonna go down. Snf will be quiet for a little bit but after the video they’ll go back to being Dreams besties and even maybe do some dnf dteam damage control after the video drops and then just continue on with their content and lives as normal. And I cant excuse or look past that. Deep down in my heart I know George wont drop Dream even if Dream is a fucking creep and yeah that’s why I’m kinda moving on. Complacency is still bad even if they didn’t commit the crime themselves.

I understand completely

But honestly for me, I think that my dteam phase as a whole is just over and I think that I was prolonging it hoping that the spark would come back one day but it definitely won't.

I was never even a golo, I was always only here because of my morbid interest in some gay ship and dnf happened to be there at the right time and now it's not.

I haven't watched most of George's recent streams, the last stream I watched was the birthday stream and if i'm being honest it was such a drag to watch, i hated so many parts of it, it's just not the content that i enjoy watching i think? like i was truly so delusional to get a crumb of dnf that i forced myself to watch a lot of shit in the past year. I also hadn't watched anything from him for like a month or two before that. I tried, but I lost interest. And as you guys know I was never interested in Sapnap alone.

I guess I'm only here and have only been here for the past few months out of curiosity because I could sense that Dream is a shitshow type of cc and you never know what to expect. Now I'm really just waiting to see the lies he will come up to defend himself and see my dash treat his words like gospel and go back as if nothing happened.

I don't want to leave this blog because I love my anons, I truly do but I may have to rebrand and unfollow most people at some point in the near future. I don't think that it's healthy for me to continue engaging a lot in dteam gossip anyway because it's so negative and it disgusts me more than anything now, it's not even funny gossip.

[nonbelievermp3]

related to statements i have made other places but just to get it on the blog- i have so much love in my heart for the people i have met in this community and always will, no matter what happens. i may distance myself from mcyt content as a whole for a good bit but will be keeping this blog regardless, even if i end up rebranding/fully moving on. lots of love for everyone tonight ❤️ take care of yourselves

[rnekopallet]

alright y’all hello followers. so you may have noticed i’ve been posting less flight rising stuff and more fnaf/dca stuff so! this is my blog and i can do what i want so i’m rebranding this to be more fnaf/dca focused! feel free to stay or unfollow, i don’t care for either I will be renaming this blog from swarmsprite-deering to rnekopallet! mainly because i’m disconnecting this blog from FR, so a less FR focused name is due. “what am i going to see if i stay?” less flight rising content and more fnaf/dca content! there will still be FR content on here but you will see WAY less of it and i’ll be putting my nonfr tag to rest. “why are you rebranding? just make a new account?” already tried to make a sideblog AND a whole new account, but both got terminated almost immediately because tumblr probably thought i was a bot lmao so here we are.

[magickingdompng]

Have any info on Gurgi's Munchies and Crunchies [and basically anything Black Cauldron related in the Disney Parks]? It's one of the most obscure Disney World restaurants and I want to know more about it. [this comes from a 2000s person, but I've always had a soft spot for 80s Disney].

Wow, OK, that’s definitely the name of a restaurant. I saw the first part of this ask and assumed it was going to be a joke, but no, this was real LOL

Gurgi’s Munchies and Crunchies was a Black Cauldron themed quick service restaurant in the same plaza as Pinocchio’s Village Haus, replacing the Lancer’s Inn in October of 1986. The most info I was able to find in one spot was this awesome blog post by someone who worked there as a college student!

There are no pictures of this place online that I can find with a cursory google search, which makes sense - it was not in a time of people taking photos of everything, and what photos they did take would not be of a little quick service restaurant that wasn’t particularly popular (or themed after a movie they actually knew).

I can, however, show you the restaurants that replaced it, and there were quite a few! I will say, all of these are going to be quick service places. Honestly, I highly doubt that much changed about these places except for the name and the sign (with one notable exception), so you can imagine how the restaurant must’ve looked.

First, the restaurant was changed to Lumiere’s Kitchen. Again, photos are scarce, but not impossible to find:

According to the blog post, the sign looks the same as what it looked like as Gorgi’s, with just the character and name replaced. (I wonder if the “Be our guest” banner was something else or if it was added on?)

Then, on May 1 2006, it changed into the McDonald’s Village Fry Shoppe - which is far more well documented. In fact, here’s this absolute gem of a time capsule - an old Guide to Disney World website with the Fry Shoppe on it. This website even archives its menu, proving that it did not just sell fries, although it’s still weird that fries were considered the whole meal.

(There’s more weird history regarding McDonald’s place in the Disney Parks that I’ll talk about in the future! Condiment pipes i am looking at you)

Finally, in March 2009, the restaurant would be rebranded yet again as McDonald’s partnership with Disney would end. It became the Friar’s Nook, which still operates today.

That’s all I have on Gorgi’s. It’s honestly so strange that the restaurant existed in the first place - Disney did not like referencing the Black Cauldron, and the fact that the place stayed open as Gorgi’s for six whole years is crazy to me, remaining Disney World’s only reference to Black Cauldron as far as I can tell.

However, that would not be the only reference to Black Cauldron in all of Disney parks. If we go international, over to Tokyo Disneyland, we can find an entire former attraction themed after the Black Cauldron! I’ll direct you here to Defunctland’s video, which is far more in depth, but I’ll give you a quick summary.

Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour was a walk through attraction in Tokyo Disneyland operating from 1986 to 2006, in which the Horned King was an antagonist. The attraction closed because it was deemed too scary for small children (which is not actually the only time or even the first time that has happened at Disney, but we’ll talk about that another time).

Today, you can actually find the medals given out on that ride fairly cheap for what is a decently obscure piece of Disney History!

That’s all I have for you for Black Cauldron directly in the parks! Like I said, Disney did not like referencing it because of how hard the movie failed. It was kind of a taboo. So we’ve got precious little here! Although, I have to say - out of all the things that could exist as the only two references across the parks, a Quick Service restaurant and a Tokyo Disney walk through attraction are… not what I would’ve expected.

As a small final aside, this isn’t technically “in the parks”, but pin trading is something that is primarily because of the parks, so I’ll count it as a bonus: despite the fact that Black Cauldron is so rare as a physical presence, there is a shocking amount of enamel pins that they’ve made. Like, I was thinking maybe there’d be one or two, but I can’t even count how many there really are just from a cursory google search. I guess Disney just loves making pins of anything it’s got.

I have a question for you now: how did you find Gorgi’s? It’s got a very slim presence on the internet. Did you or a family member go? Did you just stumble across it somehow? I’m so curious, because I had never heard of this place in my life until this ask!

[artistiacons]

If you’re here from Twitter, cool

So yeah, we know Twitter is a dumpster fire and we wish it would get better, but no. Elon Musk is planning to implement the whole “pay me $8 per month just to have a voice” thing. Yeah hell no.

Sorry but not like I can do that anyways. I wouldn’t be able to afford it anyways. In fact at least 2/3rds of people won’t be able to due to our Lower, Middle, and High social classes. And of course, Elon is on that top shelf who is spoiled with greed. He doesn’t want to hear voices, he wants money. He wants fortune. He doesn’t care about the people, he cares about what HE wants and nobody else. Reason behind him even buying Twitter was to gain and sway a major political audience, of which is only one targeted group.

In short, no one is going to be willing to pay for a subscription just to be able to talk, to have a voice. Otherwise if you continue on without paying, you’ll be shadowbanned. Everyone hates shadowban, it sucks, no one can see you or your content. And that right there is what he’s aiming to do. It’s a tactic to get you to pay. Don’t instigate his desires, show how much you hate the idea by promoting your work elsewhere or make a stand for it on Twitter by banding together. After all, it’s the numbers that count.

Anywho, aside my whole rant of this idiotic thing, I plan to revamp my Tumblr if anything goes wrong! If you came from Twitter, thanks for continuing to follow my content, it means the world to me. But I won’t be leaving Twitter if that’s what you’re thinking. But if I can’t seem to grow much more there, I plan to become active here or Instagram (though mind you, Instagram will have Sonic-only artwork, it will only act as an art-only account with no stories).

Let me run down how things will go....

If I become active here, expect multiple blogs due to the blog feature. I have a couple I’ve used before, so I’d like to get to using that feature again.

Multiple blogs would be art-only/ask blogs. Examples would be targeted towards my certain audiences who follow me for certain things. There’s my Sonic work (which I primarily focus on), Postal/Postal Dude, other fandom media, and Original works. I may make at least 3 blogs for this.

This blog (my main one) will act as a source/main blog. It will be for my original work while I’ll create other blogs for interaction, such as Sonic fanart and Postal Dude fanart. Those are my current focuses atm, so things are subject to change.

Regarding Instagram, my main account will remain as a Sonic art-only account. My secondary one (needing to be revamped) will plan to turn into an alt or maybe just a SFW-ish Postal art account.

Due to Tumblr having an extensive amount of a writing feature, I may turn my Postal blog into a / Postal sona blog as well. Lore will be added, will show how I interpret Postal content from my eyes, and etc. It’s gonna be one of those cheesy ask blogs too lol. So in short, you can ask my Postal sona questions (still thinking if I should do a take on my version of the Dude and how I perceive him, I’ll let y’all know later), ask about lore hints, ask about the relationship*, and other stuff.

*(FYI, I don’t actively ship them as a normal fangirl would. I just find their dynamic interesting and see them more platonic-like. But each to their own ig.)

Here are my current active medias if you have any questions!

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ArtistiaCons

Toyhouse: https://toyhou.se/ArtistiaCons

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artistiacons

My Carrd: https://artistiacons.carrd.co

Or feel free to ask here!!

OTHER BLOGS BTW:

Postal (OC lore/interactions + fanart): https://www.tumblr.com/artistia-gone-postal

Little Nightmares (OC lore/interactions + fanart): https://www.tumblr.com/artistias-little-nightmares 

Sonic (OC lore/interactions + fanart): https://www.tumblr.com/artistiacons-sonic

I also plan to go through my followed accounts and will link my current blogs later. I also have to rebrand this Tumblr to my current style and organize how I want things done. Hopefully I can get this all sorted by the end of the week since it’s so messy and lots of things were unfinished before I went inactive.

Anywho, feel free to send me asks if you want! Don’t have to be targeted toward my character and just me, but it’d be cool to have art-drawn replies goin!

Also fandom specified refs of my sona Artistia!

If you want better quality versions, check her Toyhouse profile!!

Main Reference -- The OG

Little Nightmares

Sonic The Hedgehog

Postal [N/A]

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[yzanjiiii]

BLOG #3 EVERLEAF REBRANDING

Business is never just about profit or innovating an income generating product that will persuade the target market and panel that your product is worth investing but it encompasses people, marketing, and coping strategies/mechanisms. I have come to realize that doing business is never for the faint-hearted. You have to come up with a lot of concept plan with a lot of options and strategies available for any situation—may be an expected or unexpected/unforeseen ones. Personality in terms of working with your group and intra personality in coping with difficulties, rejection, and success are important. One wrong move could falter the whole operations of the group hence, one must know how to carry one's self. As a leader, I must know how to handle inactive membership properly despite everyone's temper and impatience. Furthermore, I must also know how to carry the whole organization and make sure that it will not crumble due to minor and major setbacks. In other words, I must be dynamic with the changes that may surge whenever and wherever. 

Therefore, the rebranding of EverLeaf is not just changing the concept — main product from printable paper into scrapbook paper but it is also the rebranding of techniques, attitudes, and mechanisms.

EXPERIENCE

MIDTERM PITCHING

Group Photos before Midterm Pitching

Before Midterm Pitching

Before the midterm pitching, I was really tense and stressed as one of the members of the group went Missing In Action (MIA) during the night of final revision of the BMC. As the leader, I have to bridge the shortcomings of our members by filling out her task. I extended my patience because I know, she's an irregular student but the frequency of her being inactive is really frequent and the majority of the members are already mad because instead of being apologetic, she ghosted us and left the group which is a really disrespectful move. Nonetheless, we managed to complete the BMC at 4 AM. In the morning, after our class, I contacted the food resto for the lunch delivery of the panel and worked with the Physics class for the token. We then gathered and talked about the possible questions to be thrown at. We dolled ourselves to ease the tension and waited for the pitching.

During Midterm Pitching

With the midterm pitching, I can say that it is a nerve wracking experience. I would re-evaluate myself a lot given that I carried the most volumed pressure in pitching the idea to the panels. It eventually relied on my communication skills to persuade the panel that our concept is innovative, original, and worth the investment. My hands were shaking during the pitching, I was almost out of breath due to the nervousness on the time, and I cannot hear anything on the audience but the thump on my heart kept on getting louder and louder that I felt like there's a rope on my neck, ready to snap anytime if I make a mistake. A sound of relief and a deep breath were exuded after my pitching but I am fully aware that my pitching skills were still not enough and so, I pledged on to myself that I will be better in the next pitching. 

During Q and A, I have a lot to answer especially in terms of originality of concept. I can use Josh Mojica's Kangkong Chips as the baseline of our argument as to how, there were already an existing concept on other regions but due to his effective marketing, he was able to make the product as his trademark product. The fact that environmental friendly and sustainable products are needed as an alternative to the consumerism issues present in the university are badly needed by the administration, this means that our product itself is worth investing because it is relevant to the current status quo. However, I felt like I am tongue-tied during the Q and A as I was not able to open my mouth and be confident with our product despite it was my idea. 

This led me to numerous realizations. I have come to my senses that to venture the business world, I must not let my what ifs and thoughts on what I could have done prevail for a long time. I must not let it stick upon me as it will hinder my steps toward growth and development. As it may help in devising strategies. What I should do is focus on the present and not overthink my mistakes because mistakes are still milestones towards success. It brought lessons and open new dimensions on what to look at. It widen narrow perspectives that are vital in improving personalities, concepts, and techniques.

After Midterm Pitching

After the midterm pitching, we had our Rejection Therapy which is a very embarrassing activity as we have to gather our courage to interview random students. It may be very humiliating but it was fun because I was able to step out from my comfort zone. It was a really tiring day. I had no sleep that night, went pitching then did our Rejection Therapy. It was nonetheless productive.

We then conducted an interview to consolidate our target market's perception.

INTERVIEW

Photos during Interview

Before Interview

We met at the Pateran at College Park for a short meeting with the agenda of: Timeline of Activities, Collection, Questions for the Interview, and the Final Product. We already plotted the necessary to-do list and we parted ways to do our interview.

During the Interview

It was really smooth because once we spread out, we were able to find our interviewees, both first year students and one outside the main gate. I can say, this was the smoothest interview activity we had so far because of the fast-paced interview.

After the Interview

We consolidated our reports for the creation of figures and revision of BMC.

FIGURES OF RESULTS

To completely rebrand EverLeaf, we have interviewed 10 students with regards to the 1) Marketability/Availability, (2) Price, and (3) Improvement.

Marketability/Availability

As for the question of "Would you buy our product if it is already available in the market?", 40 percent of the 10 interviewees answered depends on the price and quality since they are still skeptical if it is actually worth the price and if we can achieve our goal for the quality however, as long as the price justified the product quality, they said they will avail. 30 percent answered Yes while 20 percent on the possibly, and 20 percent on the seasonality of needs.

Yes - 3

Possibly - 1

Depends on the quality and price - 4

Depends on what project and design I'm working on - 2

Pie chart of availability/marketability

Price

As for the second question, "What are the justifiable prices for the following sizes of paper?"

The following are the results:

A4

Per Piece: 8.00 - 1

10.00 - 1

3.00 - 2

2.00 - 1

4.00 - 1

6.00 - 1

5.00 - 1

10-25 - 2

Per Pack:

70 - 1

95 - 1

25 - 2

17 - 1

35 - 1

80 - 1

200 - 2

39 - 1

Pie chart of A4 Preferred Price

A3

Per Piece:

6.00 - 2

20.00 - 1

5.09 - 2

6.00 - 1

9.00 - 1

5-10 - 2

2.50 - 1

Per Pack:

55 - 2

190 - 1

45 - 2

38 - 1

85 - 1

100 - 2

30 - 1

Pie chart of A3 Preferred Price

B4

Per Piece:

5.00 - 2

15.00 - 1

7.00 - 2

4.00 - 1

10.00 - 1

3-5 - 2

2. 00 - 1

Per Pack:

45 - 2

95 - 2

65 - 1

67 - 1

35 - 1

50 - 2

15 - 1

Pie chart of B4 Preferred Price

Improvements

As for the question "What are the aspects that need to be leveled up by the innovators to be able to compete in the market?" The following are the results:

Uniqueness - 2

Product quality & price - 4

Sustainability & Durability - 1

Packaging & marketing strategies - 3

Pie chart of Improvements

Special Question

During our Midterm Pitching, one of the questions being thrown at us was the "Dili ba ninyo mahurot ang leaves sa mga kahoy if ever mudako inyo scope and naa ba moy investors?" And so, we asked this as a bonus question towards our interviewees and they answered us with "NO". In fact, we could help save the environment more because we don't have to cut trees and wait for it to regrow for a lot of years to create paper.

REFLECTION

All in all, I can say that we are nearing the end of our entrepreneurial journey and it may be a new sphere of learning but through this subject, I was able to enter new borders of horizons for growth and learning especially in the corporate and business world. Through the dynamic and supportive guidance of our instructor, I was able to enhance my leadership, communication skills, and knowledge on business as I am also hinting an interest in making my own business in the future.

APPLICATION

In the real world, this entrepreneur experience is just the tip of an iceberg of how complex and stressful having a business especially, an innovation. You have to go through an up and down cycle of success and rejection and you need to have a solid, unwavering heart, and flaming passion for business. I was able to experience a glimpse of both rejection and success but it taught me to be strong and not doubt our capabilities. I have come to realize that you must believe in your creation first in order for you to persuade your buyers effectively. One lesson I also acquired is to seek support from people who truly believe in you.