#I probably can't comfortably get below 10 without it.....

[bsaka7]

U know what. I don't think I've ever ran outside through a full winter before. 2021 I was running but it was in Oregon so weather was kind of perfect for that. 2022 I was training for a sprint tri so only some easy running outside, not every day. 2023 there was 2ft of snow so i mostly treadmill ran 🙃. 2024 I wasn't in a place with real winter. 2025.....IT IS MY YEAR! and by that i mean jesus christ the amount of moisturizer im going through now that it's below 20 is actually crazy.... my poor face. like today I was like damn i forgot to put vaseline on my eyelids.... like. what.

[thewinter-eden]

almost summer | kim seungmin

Pairings: Seungmin x OC, Jeongin x OC

Summary:

SPECIAL AGENT AU Maven Spanaway and Kim Seungmin have been broken up for a year.

Now, in a national state of emergency, they are thrown together on assignment to investigate an enemy outpost. Maven still despises her new partner/ex-fiance, and Seungmin is just as cocky as ever. Enjoy the angsty rollercoaster as they reconnect and learn to work together again.

cross posted on AO3 under the_winter_eden and Wattpad under alone-at-last.

Genre: sci-fi, horror, thriller

Rating: mature, explicit

Status: incomplete (currently 20 chapters)

Content warnings: explicit descriptions of violence/torture, scientific experimentation, raw post-breakup emotions, hurt/comfort, heavy angst, lots of sadness, death, murder, Seungmin being an ass, starvation, fear, insecurities, hopelessness.

masterlist

00. PROLOGUE 01. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN 02. YOU'RE STILL ANGRY 03. YOU DON'T LIKE WORKING WITH ME 04. I'M SORRY I LIED 05. THIS WILL GET BETTER 06. WHY I LEFT 07. AS SMART AS EVER 08. IT WAS RIGHT 09. YOU WERE STRONG 10. I ENJOY WORKING WITH YOU 11. I CAN'T WORK OUT TO THAT 12. CUP OF PEACE 13. I NEED YOU TO TRUST ME 14. SPENDING YOUR TIME WITH THEM 15. YOU'RE DATING AGAIN (tuesday 01/28) 16. WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER (thursday 01/30)

NOTES BELOW

a / n : 

Prologue provides foundation for military/special agent setting as well as the MC's experience with the initial breakup. Chapter one (also posted today) will jump into the meat of the story so don't let this bog you down. Hope you guys enjoy! 

If you have any questions about world building, PLEASE ASK. Like my Han Jisung (psycho) fic, this story is a modified piece of exposition for one of my original WIPs. 

I can't guarantee that I've explained the setting well enough in this to just be jumped into without reading the original novel that it's part of, but I want it to be, so let me know if you find inconsistencies or confusion. 

I'm American, as is the setting for the original story, so all of the locations and military groups are modeled off of American military and special forces. Don't let it jar the narrative, lol.

This story is mostly written already. It will be updated twice a week, probably Tuesdays and Thursdays to get me to finish this story.  

If anybody is sensitive about a recent senseless breakup, maybe skip this one.

lazy writer note : 

A few BTS names are thrown in here (you already know this about me if you've read psycho) to alleviate the burden of too many unfamiliar characters. They're not significant to the story, so just point and laugh and move on, haha.

tag list : (comment a request to be added or removed)

@kayleefriedchicken @eastjonowhere @velvetmoonlght

[cleolinda]

I am so fucking pissed. We’re hearing forecasts that we might get FIVE FUCKING INCHES OF SNOW overnight from Monday to Tuesday. In ALABAMA, where we have no snow removal equipment. Like I think we got one bag of sand for the whole town. No snow tires, I don’t even know what those are. This isn’t cute “Haha it’s just barely below freezing! Snowball fight!!!” snow. This is 14° Fuck (-11° Come the Fuck On) snow. FIVE INCHES? We get flurries and the city descends into madness.

What if we lose POWER. Everything runs off USB cord stuck in the outlet charging nowadays. This is why everyone used to run out and buy Milk Bread Batteries. Listen. I have this memory of the power going out during this wild snowstorm when I was a kid--I want to say it was Winter Storm '93. Ask anyone who lived in Alabama at the time. Like we had Desert Storm '92 the military operation one year and Winter Storm '93 the next. It was that serious in our minds, and I'm not sure you can blame us:

The storm dumped several inches of snow each hour on Birmingham, which ended up with officially 13 inches of snow.

Due to the high winds some parts of Birmingham reported drifts 5 to 6 feet deep. One state trooper reported that the roads were in the worst shape he had ever seen. "People can't tell what's road and what's not."

Low temperatures during the storm were in the 5-to-10 degree range on that Sunday.

IN A TOWN WHERE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT A SNOW PLOW IS. I think we had one for the entire county. Like I'm only kind of joking here.

And our power went out.

The snow was so heavy that it pulled down power lines either by its own weight, or by the tree branches its weight broke off. Meanwhile, the power at my house already went off every time a squirrel sneezed. I don't how many days this lasted; it was probably like, 2-3 days, but in my head, I was 14 years old boxed up with my family with no heat and it lasted two weeks. Maybe three years. The four of us slept in sleeping bags layered with quilts, huddled on the floor around a wood burning fire. (In the haunted house, no less.) The carpet was really nice, at least. We had a--do people still call them boomboxes? A big portable cassette player--battery-powered--with AM/FM radio. We listened to whatever TV shows were broadcast from the ABC station at night. We did have hot water; I took a lot of hot baths. We cooked food over the outdoor grill (which we moved to the comfortably large area under the deck, to hold off the falling snow), sometimes using aluminum foil as a kind of thin impromptu frying pan, and kept perishables like milk and meat in a cooler. Oh, did we have a bag of ice for the cooler? No, we used snow. God knows there was enough of it. Of course, I'm sure the refrigerator was perfectly serviceable even without power, because it was TEN DEGREES FUCK ALL.

I remember going outside a good bit and playing, as much as a teenager plays, in the snow with my seven-year-old sister. I remember that all the neighborhood kids got big rubber trashcan lids and used them as toboggans, going up to the top of the hill on our street and pretty successfully sledding down. Maybe it was "lmao snowball fight!!" snow when I was 14. I'm 45 now, and the cold makes me hurt. It makes me hurt all over. Maybe Winter Storm '24 will be a fun core memory for my nephew. I am pissed. And also charging all my electronics.

(ETA: It’s ‘24 now, isn’t it. My brain hasn’t clicked the date over yet. What is time.)

[gallifreyinstituteforlearning]

Hi!

I would like to know what oxygen levels would be comfortable and/or survivable for a Time Lord.

Like if they were to travel to a planet with a different atmosphere, would an either too high or too low oxygen level be a problem? And how?

Would it be slightly uncomfortable for a while and then they would get sick? Or would it be dangerous from the start?

I would love to get your opinion on this.

How do Oxygen levels affect Time Lords?

🫁 Gallifreyan Respiratory System: Overview

Gallifreyan respiratory systems are extremely efficient. They can absorb every molecule of oxygen inhaled, and their respiratory and circulatory systems are independent, meaning they have pulmonary tubes running parallel to other body systems. This setup allows them to function with about a quarter of the oxygen humans need, taking only 5-10 breaths per minute.

🌀 Low Oxygen Levels

Gallifreyans can comfortably breathe in atmospheres with oxygen levels as low as 10-12%, compared to humans who struggle below 19.5%. In extreme conditions, such as at altitudes equivalent to Earth’s Mount Everest (oxygen levels around 6-7%), Gallifreyans might feel mild discomfort but can manage without supplemental oxygen for extended periods. However, their limit is probably around 5-6%, where prolonged exposure would lead to hypoxia.

In situations where oxygen is scarce:

Carrier Cells: Their carrier cells ramp up activity to maximise oxygen absorption.

Respiratory Bypass: Used in emergencies when atmospheric oxygen is dangerously low, this system slows down their metabolic needs, allowing them to conserve every molecule of oxygen available. It can't be used indefinitely.

😤 Symptoms of Extremely Low Oxygen Exposure

<20 minutes: Normal presentation.

20-40 minutes: They might feel a bit lethargic and nauseous, similar to humans at high altitudes.

40+ minutes: Prolonged exposure can lead to extreme fatigue, impaired cognitive function, and even unconsciousness. They should ideally be using their Respiratory Bypass before this point.

🏔️ Side Note on Altitude Sickness

Gallifreyans can still experience altitude sickness, though at much higher thresholds than humans.

2,500 metres: Humans start experiencing symptoms; Gallifreyans remain unaffected.

5,500 metres: Gallifreyans might start feeling mild symptoms like nausea and headaches.

9,000 metres: Their bodies are fully compensating now, but coping.

11,000 metres: They would need to use their respiratory bypass system fairly quickly and get the heck off that mountain before they pass out.

💨 High Oxygen Levels

Gallifreyans are probably comfortable with oxygen levels up to around 65%, beyond which they might suddenly start experiencing symptoms of oxygen toxicity. For comparison, humans can start experiencing oxygen toxicity symptoms at levels above 50%.

When there's too much oxygen:

Carrier Cells: These cells will decrease their activity to prevent over-oxygenation.

Filtration: A specialised organ helps regulate oxygen flow, but it can be overwhelmed if sustained over a long period, meaning the decline is very fast.

😤 Symptoms of High Oxygen Exposure

<30 minutes: Normal presentation.

30+ minutes: Sudden onset of respiratory issues, visual disturbances, and seizures due to oxidative stress on their cells.

🏥 Medical Notes

Oxygen doesn't travel in their blood as it does in humans, meaning human oximeters will always show an error code or 0%. If your Gallifreyan ends up in a human hospital, there is a staggeringly high risk of them being over-oxygenated - devices like a non-rebreather mask could be extremely damaging or fatal.

🏫 So …

Their compensatory mechanisms for respiration work better in low-oxygen environments than in high-oxygen environments. The low is a slow and recognisable decline that can be managed, while the high could be a very quick snap and crash.

Related:

🤔|🫁🎤Can Gallifreyans sing?

🤔|🫁😶‍🌫️Is there a gas Gallifreyans are particularly sensitive to?

💬|🫁🏊Can Gallifreyans drown?: Limitations of the respiratory bypass.

Hope that helped! 😃

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[lunaiz4-misc]

I think it's super weird how few Americans sleep in hammocks. I'm six years and counting into hammock sleeping, and everyone I tell is always just astonished.

The pros:

Cost. A low end hammock suitable for everyday sleeping will run you about $40. Hardware to hang it up will run you another $10. If you don't want to/can't drill holes in your walls, you need an $80 stand. $120, max.

Comfort. Hammocks have zero pressure points. I mean, actually none. You get a better night's sleep with less pain.

Hygiene. Hammocks are super easy to clean - throw them in the wash, then hang them back up to dry.

Space. When you're done sleeping, easily roll or tie your hammock up out of the way.

The cons:

Cold butt syndrome. The hammock alone won't keep you warm, and your body compresses any blankets you put under you. (The solution is to hang the blanket UNDER the hammock, which is called an under quilt.)

It is really hard to share a hammock. If you want to sleep (or engage in other... uh, activities that typically take place in a bed) with another human, a hammock doesn't work so hot. People will try to sell you "double" hammocks - they are liars. Unless you like sleeping with your partner literally on top of you, anyway.

Knee hyperextension. Because of the way that a hammock curves, it is possible for your knees to bend slightly backwards when you're on your back. Knees were not meant to do this, and it's a very unpleasant thing to wake up to. Hammock sleepers solve this by sleeping with knees bent, or with a pillow under their knees.

It is soooo much easier to set up camp with hammocks, too. No tent, no poles, just two trees, two straps, a ridge line, and four stakes (for your rain fly.) That's literally it. We've made camp in less than fifteen minutes before.

The questions:

Won't you fall out? No. Gathered end hammocks (the type you want for sleeping) wrap you like a cocoon. Unless you can roll UP and over the side of your hammock, you will not fall out.

Isn't that bad for your body? Not as far as I can tell. I did quite a bit of research before committing to this, and everything was neutral to positive. Please feel free to do your own research.

I tried it before and it didn't work, what did I do wrong? Probably a bad hang. You need a gathered-end, Mayan, or Brazilian style hammock (the kind WITHOUT a spreader bar), and you should hang it such that it dips about 35 degrees below horizontal when occupied. You should also try to sleep diagonally - head slightly off to one side, legs to the other - for the flattest sleeping surface.

I'm plus sized, will this work for me? Most hammocks and stands are rated for around 350 pounds. (Some of the camping and backpacking ones are a bit less.) It's possible to find ones that go up to about 450. I know they make them for large animals (bears, gorillas, big cats), but short of that I think 450 is about the max.

[cloudwhisper23]

Hello there! So, I'm still settling into my first year of college (oh boy) and I've determined that the time allotted in my schedule is too much for a normal part-time job. That being said, I do have spare time, it's just not in good places for me to get my homework done as well. I want to do well with college, but I also still need an income. So!

I am going to try doing commissions. They'll be written, of course. Fanfiction or fiction, whichever you prefer, but I'll get into more detail below the cut.

What can I request?

I'm a member of a few fandoms here on tumblr, and I've actually written fanfiction for Five Nights at Freddy's (of all options, I have the most experience with this one), Bendy and the Ink Machine, and Hollow Knight. I'd be willing to also try writing for Ace Attorney, Six of Crows, Stardew Valley, and Supernatural, since those are some of the fandoms I'm most familiar with.

I am experienced in writing plenty of regular fiction as well, so don't be shy about asking me to write stuff about OCs or just a general idea you had and wanted to see written out on the page. Just make sure you give me a prompt for what you'd like to see!

I can also do poetry. I don't write it as often (which is why you rarely see it on my blog), but I tend to write in free-verse, which is a fancy word for saying I don't follow poetry rules. I can follow poetry rules, but it'll probably take me longer to complete a poem.

I won't do 18+ content though. Sorry, but if I'm going to test that boundary, it'll be in my own time. Commissions are for the things I'm comfortable writing, and 18+ isn't that. So I will refuse to do any of that.

What about romance? Is that something you're comfortable writing?

I don't have full confidence in my ability to deliver good romantic stories right now. I can do a really slow burn, and I'm decent at romantic tension, but that tends to be more open for readers interpretation. You can request romance, but if it's not up to your standards, I apologize in advance.

What is your writing like?

I feel like this one kind of explains itself, but in case it doesn't, I have pieces of my writing scattered around two blogs and an Ao3 account. The blogs are @cloudwhisper23 and @cloudthenightguard, and the Ao3 account is under CloudWhisper23 as well. On both blogs, my writing tag is #cloud writes, which hopefully will make it easier for you to search for samples of my writing on both.

What about pricing? And expected time of delivery?

I write short stories on a 1,000+ basis, with the minimum being $10 USD, but I won't do more than 10,000, and I'd appreciate if you tipped me more than that (But you don't have to. I get that other people may not have much extra to give)

Poetry is a bit different though, and I'd be more willing to do it at $5 USD, but I'd prefer to write in free verse.

Payment will be done through PayPal, or Ko-Fi but depending on requests, I may be willing to consider other alternatives.

Naturally, the timing of delivery will depend on several factors. Obviously the shorter works are ones I can get to people in shorter periods of time, but depending on what I'm writing, it'll be a bit of experimentation on my part for certain things. I cannot promise an estimate without knowing what I'm meant to be writing. Certain things require further research, or knowledge about characters that I simply don't possess. If it's an OC issue, I'll ask directly, but as for more fandom based characters, I will likely do my own research.

If you have any questions I haven't covered, feel free to DM me or send an anonymous ask!

I am human, and I can't promise that I will think of every question you'll possibly ask. So please, if there's something you're not sure of, let me know so I can try to work through it with you. If you're not sure what you want, but you do know that you want something, we can brainstorm together to figure out what works best for you!

[notasapleasure]

I had this draft for the 8 shows to get to know me meme that no one tagged me in, but then @batri-jopa tagged me for this other meme, so I'm doiing them as a mash-up.

10 comfort shows -

- that tell you more than you wanted to know about me. reasons below the cut, but the tl;dr is:

The Terror

Garrow's Law

Ripper Street

The X Files

Utopia

Interview with the Vampire

(BBC) Ghosts

Futurama

Avatar: the Last Airbender

Detectorists

Honourable mentions: Andor (will probably make the list once season 2 is out, but my trust of Disney Star Wars is *so* thin, I can't commit until then, no matter how excellent season 1 is); The Great (it's so good. The script is still one of the most astonishing works of art I have ever encountered. But comfort TV? hell no.); see also, Bojack Horseman (objectively great. Not comfort TV); Grease Monkeys (I've got to get hold of season 2, but I'm really fond of its coarseness, wish-fulfilment and sureallism).

Tagging 10 people if they wanna join in, but others feel free to say I tagged you! @stripedroseandsketchpads, @notfromcold, @notabuddhist, @donnaimmaculata, @erinaceina, @boogerwookiesugarcookie, @elwenyere, @kheldara, @bellaroles, @jimtheviking

List 10 comfort shows and then tag 10 people

The Terror: Like Ripper Street below, I feel this show deep in my bones and think I must be actually insane when I try to explain to people what I like about it (watching it literally made my husband's depression worse so I'm not allowed to talk about it. Jk. Sort of. About the last bit anyway). The sheer ridiculousness of that era of exploration has been a firm fave for years and I love how the show weaves horror and hubris together, how it's not a straightforward 'natives get vengeance on colonisers' story, but the colonisers ruin it for everyone, poison life for Silna, too (all without any threat of sexual violence towards her CAN YOU BELIEVE IT). I love all the attempts to impose 'civilisation' on the life the men try to live as they come to realise how doomed they are, how key the trappings of their life become - objects as tethers and talismans. I love how utterly futile it all is. How much they all care, and the audience cares despite that. Self-destruction and salvation all jumbled up together. Two full crews go into the ice and die. The end. They do everything they can not to die and it happens anyway, it's the ultimate 'the love was there and it didn't change anything'. And no one learns anything. Perfect TV.

Garrow's Law: Sometimes I do want my historical drama to be wish fulfillment actually, and this is the actual og fave. No, most of the cases weren't actually Garrow's, yes, it's a fluffy liberal take on things that played out in a more complex way, but the cast is so good, and Garrow is such a likeable guy, but then you see his flaws emerge in such a gentle way through the four series, and it really does case-of-the-week with characterisation so well, and it's got that amazing British TV character actor cast where there's always someone in the background you know, and the building romance between Garrow and Sarah, and the real repercussions of it for her are handled so sensitively, augh the culmination of the series with their own personal legal cases is so good.

Ripper Street: in my head this show was so much more than the sum of its parts. Season 1 was on the surface a fun BBC historical romp. Season 2 I had to watch through gritted teeth because Susan's situation quicked me out too much, among other reasons. Season 3 leaned into the more sinister side of the protagonist and came through as something weirder and darker, a vein which ran through Seasons 4 and 5, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I live for my alternative reading of the migration stories and nightmarish flipsides of people that we get running through the background of seasons [3/]4/5, but uh. the show's tumblr fandom is not a place for me. Reid is actually monstrous, and I like him despite/because of that. Oh man, I have so many feelings about this show, and I'd love to do a rewatch and blog about all my crazy theories but I'd probably have to go into witness protection afterwards. But rest assured, it isn't a show about the Ripper, and it's all the better for that. It does class and trauma so well, it also captures all the optimistic curiosity and the utter hypocrisy and hubris of the Victorian era so well.

The X Files: I mean, it's a formative influence, innit. Seasons 1 and 3 are the best, a lot of the 'classic' favourites are episodes I actually really disliked, even though the early seasons are the best a lot of my favourite episodes are from later...the beauty of TXF is that there's so much of it you can hold contradictory opinions about what makes it good, though, and my theory is that it's at its best when it's early and still being allowed to take its course, where even the mytharc hasn't tied itself in knots yet so every episode is of a higher standard, and then later, when the actors have wrested control of their characters from CC enough to play them like they want, but the good episodes are really just MotW ones because the mytharc has vanished up it's own fundament and I've lost track of whose turn it is to have a near-death season arc. Not technically the TV series, but still, Fight the Future is just so much of its time, watching it is like having a warm bubble bath in childhood nostalgia. Even the later series have things to recommend them - I always enjoy Doggett much more than I'm expecting to, and it's about bloody time Scully got a decent female friend in the form of Reyes...I haven't watched seasons 10 onwards though, I don't feel I'm missing much. Five fave episodes: 1.13 Beyond the Sea, 3.4 Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose, 5.4 Detour, 7.17 all things, 6.19 The Unnatural.

Utopia: Tragically incomplete at 2 seasons, but what a pair of seasons they are. Brutal and uncompromising, horrible and compelling, but also frequently hilarious and full of the warmest, most fascinating characters who are all on a journey to Getting Much Worse. It's not something I've been able to watch since the pandemic *weak laugh* but I know when I do go back to it it will remain painfully prescient and uncomfortable. The longing for a 'balancing' and a righting of a historic wrong that drives it, and the desperate failures between people who are really just searching for love and don't know how to give/receive it...ugh so good.

Interview with the Vampire: Just rewatched season 1 and I'm just. No notes, five stars. The way Louis think he's a narrator in control, the way Daniel knows such a thing isn't possible, the way Louis does let himself get drawn on things, the way Armand sees the danger in this but it's not in his control any longer. Memory is a monster. The Odyssey of recollection. Fucking won my heart with those lines alone.

(BBC) Ghosts: Ok, I will say that I think the last season was actually a bit weak. They were in a hurry to finish, and they got away with wringing the feels from the important bits (The Captain's death was perfect and I will say this over and over again), but it felt like it was in a rush to come up with scenarios that would force admissions like The Captain's, whereas the show is at its best meandering around in a buffonish way that suddenly results in a Big Oof moment. Robin's arc in season 4 was a great example of this, as was Mary's. But basically it's still simply perfect comfort TV: silly but not malicious, unfair but kind to its characters. I'm going to miss them all so much, but I'm also going to rewatch so much.

Futurama: bit basic maybe, but I have watched it so often and I can watch any episode (ok, except for Jurassic Bark) again and again and again. I don't think I've binged any TV show so often with so many different people. Not sure how I feel about the immanent revival, but this has always been my favourite Matt Groening product, so fingers crossed.

Avatar: the Last Airbender: without getting into like...fandom discourse, man, this is a really perfect show. No need to say 'ooh it gets good after--!', it's just good from the beginning. A really well fleshed-out world, great characters who grow through the series, enough self awareness that the 'clip-show' episode Ember Island Players actually builds on the characterisation and addresses ambiguities in its own plots. A show that sticks to its principles and doesn't fudge the ending and also consistently looks gorgeous.

Detectorists: I had to put it on because no other show has literally made me fall off my chair laughing. Are the main characters useless? Yes. Is it often perplexing that the women in their lives spend any time with them? Yes. But that's forgiveable, because it's ultimately so kind to its beleagured characters and things work out despite their stupid decisions. Also it just captures rural English eccentricity so well. They're all such freaks (affectionate).

[paragonrobits]

so with interest in Thousand Year door with the recent remaster, I've been playing this game since the Gamecube days (quite recently, actually, I was making a few tries at defeating the final boss on emulator about a month before the remaster came out) and I might give suggestions on leveling up!

Basically, in general you probably want to space out what you level up for the initial part of the game; focusing too much on HP, FP or BP early on can leave you hyper specialized at a point in the game where you actually can't find too much reward for actually doing that. Later in the game, its a different story, as you WILL need high BP for builds in general and to cover various weaknesses or give you more options, and at least one or two points right away into FP is kind of essential because badge moves will become important right away.

A few general rules that I think work well with most builds goes something like this:

HP: not actually that important, and arguably only merits a few levels at most. I find that raising it to 20 is more or less what you need, but if you find your health getting low, it might be worth it to put some more levels into it if you need the buffer zone.

FP: LEVEL THIS UP RIGHT AWAY. Even just one level will make a huge difference; 10 FP is going to be essential for at least the early part of the game, since most of the moves you'll need will use about 1 or 2 FP, and raising it up will make it easier than constantly using FP restoring items. It'll become more important later on, as you'll get more powerful moves that are much more demanding. Sweet Treat is a very important move early on specifically for restoring FP, and you can usually get it pretty much as high as you need in a single use of it, so try to pop it out when you need it early on, but later it becomes less useful once your HP and/or FP gets too high for that move to restore more than a little in most uses.

BP: HAIL TO OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, THE ALL MIGHTY BADGE POINTS. You know it! You love it! YOU NEED AS MUCH OF IT AS POSSIBLE. Badge points are ESSENTIAL; to equip badges (which give you new moves, new statuses, allow you to jump on spiked or flaming enemies without harm, give you buffs, and more), you need BP, and personally once you get a level or two into the game, its a good idea to start focusing on BP raising. As you go through the game you WILL start seeing BP costs start to rise up more and more, and you'll need to get lots of badges to do things like give you more options (multi-attack in a single move, ignoring enemy defense). In particular you'll need these to reliably pull off Pit of 100 Trials runs. You also get 3 BP per level up instead of 5 as with HP or FP, so if you want more options, you'll need to focus on these.

One GameFAQs build I've used extensively is the following one, which should work well for the remaster:

I would suggest not raising up HP past 20 or 25; if you feel confident, keeping it even lower than that may work out for you. I'd recommend focusing on BP instead of HP.

Finally, there is a way to respec so you can feel comfortable about taking risks with your build. There is a character called Chet Rippo whom you can find in Chapter 5, after recruiting the new party member in that chapter; once you've done that, you can go to the underground area below Frankley's house in Rogueport, and you can bust down a cracked wall with a pipe behind it; its about the first thing you'll see in the area. You can access this character through that pipe, and spend 39 coins to reallocate an upgrade to another area; its pricey but its still an option.