#Krixwell

[krixwell]

To win this game, you must choose the move that beats the majority choice.

So for example, if Paper has the most votes when the poll closes, everyone who voted Scissors wins. If Scissors voters are the majority, Rock voters win. And of course, if everyone loves Rock, Paper voters win.

Good luck!

UPDATE:

Congratulations to everyone who chose ROCK!

[krixwell]

I distinctly remember the day, around age 9, when my parents and I were told I was diagnosed with ADHD. I didn't even fully know what it was yet, but just knowing there was something made me so happy I could cry, right then and there.

There was a reason. There was an actual reason. I wasn't just struggling with things out of nowhere, or out of a personal flaw I could just fix if I chose to, there was something making me struggle.

Of course it made me feel a bit different, but I already did. Knowing there was something behind it meant I wasn't different because I was bad, stupid or lazy.

That meant the world to me.

Not telling your kid they have a learning disability, chronic illness, mental illness etc. so they can “feel normal” actually does the opposite. They will not feel normal if they do not have the context to understand that their normal will be different from that of their peers.

[krixwell]

Hello Krixwell! Not trying to be annoying by bringing up Worm on your main blog, but I was reminded of your wormy liveblog recently and was wondering if you ever intended to slither back to it? (not pressuring you, just asking for clarification if you're willing (feel free to throw this in the mental trash if you wish (have I made this ask incoherent via these parentheses?)))

At the very least, I'm not admitting it's over yet. I still want to get back to it.

It might take a while, though. Work has been crazy busy for the last year or two and is only recently showing signs of calming down a bit, after we got a little less understaffed. That's the biggest reason this happened; my days filled up with work and mindless pastimes to rest up before the next shift at work, leaving little time when I was both available and rested enough to liveblog.

I also just... don't have a great track record when it comes to breaking out of these sorts of extended hiati on my projects.

I am a being of inertia. Truth is, even with all the work, there have been times I'd've been able to blog, but the inertia of the hiatus kept me looking to other activities to pass my time, just as the inertia of the blogging itself kept me going while it was active. The first step of coming back is convincing my brain that I can come back, that I can start moving again without something pushing me.

Speaking of daunting things, even when (when) I do take the plunge on returning, I'm definitely going to need to reread a bit first. At least a couple arcs, maybe all of Worm so far, but ideally at least from arc 10 onwards. Since I faded away during what seemed to structurally be the climax of that entire section of the story, I'd like the buildup to be significantly fresher in my mind than it was even while I was active. To not do this would be a disservice to everyone involved.

But yeah. The blog is not dead, just comatose. Just needs a bit of fire to the face to wake it up. That girl with the bloody scalpel over there also looks like she might be able to help. I'll see what I can do.

[krixwell]

George...

George, please. Why are you always like this?

GEORGE.

[krixwell]

Not every Tumblr bot is quite as well coded, it seems.

[krixwell]

This post will be reblogged on April 1st with that one meme image about Apollo's gift of prophecy... whether it came true or not.

It's gonna be such a funny mess when Donald Trump dies of a stroke on April 1st, 2024.

Naturally everybody will think it's fake because of the date only to lose their minds (both positively and negatively based on their opinion of trump) when realizing it's real

There will be massive celebrations in the streets and on social media and lots of predictable "don't speak ill of the dead" discourse about those celebrations

Weird evangelicals will pull some weird number trick talking about how Jesus was conceived on April 1st and that makes Trump a sort of messiah and people will make fun of that

The Republicans (after they're done with the faux-sadness and faux-outrage) will stomp over each other to be his successor but none of them will succeed. They'll tear each other apart and have no single nominee for the November elections.

There will be discourse about if Biden and the living former presidents should go to his funeral (they won't, he was a traitor insurrectionist)

The Ukraine-Russia War immediately goes in favor of Ukraine as morale in the Kremlin is reduced. China similarly backs off from its threats on Taiwan.

Ten thousand new memes are made, some sticking around for years to come.

Not a month later a bunch of unofficial biographies of Trump hit the bookshelves, many with new details about just how awful he was.

[thewertsearch]

@krixwell asked: Jack might not know from the start what the Quest Bed is, or the mechanics of God Tiers, but the last time he killed a kid on one, Skaia made a crazy light show and then, at most a few hours later, he encountered the same kid alive and well (until Jack fixed that). Then he found another kid who'd just hopped off one, and killed him – no light show this time, but once again he ran into the same damn kid later, alive and well (until Jack fixed that). So even not knowing the mechanics, he has reason to see a correlation between the beds and resurrection, and it's the best hope he has. @ipunchvampires asked: Jack tucked Jade into bed just like Bec used to. @dissonancies asked: Jack may or may not know about quest beds- whether it's because he's a game construct or a first guardian, he definitely knew more than he let on. But Bec knows how to take care of his girl. Once again, Jade has spontaneously "fallen asleep" outside…and like always (p 982-3) her guardian safely tucks her into bed :') Anonymous asked: As for why Jack put Jade on the quest bed when none of the exiles seem to fully understand what the purpose is, I would like to remind you of a couple of things. In earlier pages, Jade suddenly falls asleep and what does her best friend and good dog do? Bring her to her bed of course! Her bed… with four posts with flashing orbs……… How often do you think Beq put her to bed like that? A whole childhood of dog and girl, where the girl randomly collapses in sleep often enough that all her internet friends know about it…….. I imagine… it became quite the familiar routine… almost reflexive… just the sort of thing a dog who loves their owner does when given the power to do so. And I believe the Jade's actual bed is mia, so what's the next best option of something that looks similar?

You can't fucking do this to me!

[supehsoph]

This ask is not a pipe.

its true, when i entered the ask it did not warp me anywhere, i simply hit the bottom. theres some kind of powder here? i dont know what-- hey whats that noise? it sounds like a fuse or s

[krixwell]

Funny thing about the word "nondescript" in fiction is that most writers who use it can't resist elaborating on it with a description.

He was as tall as he was tall, and his eyes were the color they were. To describe his hair one would say that he had some. His face had all the features you'd expect, and none of the ones you wouldn't. "There he is," people would often say of him, but only when he was there. And they were right.

[krixwell]

I decided it had been far too long (years) since I did any pixel art and animation, so I threw this together.

[neuxue]

This somehow feels like an appropriate ad to get while looking at your blog immediately after putting on an audiobook.

To answer the question for myself, I just finished Words of Radiance last night, and then started listening to Guards! Guards!. How about you?

brb changing my blog title to just 'longreads'

Anyway I've been mostly reading Chinese webnovels lately; the last one I finished was 《全球高考》/'Global Examination' which was highly enjoyable and which I would recommend if you like death/survival games, and I'm now finally reading 《魔道祖师》/MDZS

[loreweaver-universe]

[newstuck-liveblog]

An anon on another blog pointed out that Rose had seeded false intel to Jane that he and the kids were in his house. John knew this. So not only did Jane just destroy his home – which has been along for the journey every step of the way – and everything he had left from before the game, but he's also being faced with the fact that his mom undeniably just tried to kill the kids. Given the way he's been overjoyed to be back into the action and trivializing the whole war thing, that's a bit of a harsh wake-up call.

HOLY SHIT CLOWNFUCKER WHAT THE FUCK???

[thewertsearch]

@krixwell asked: I think it's general theory summary o'clock. Broadly, what are your expectations for the rest of Act 5 and its ending?

I'm a little late answering this one - but hey, better late than never!

I can't predict the rest of the Act anymore, but I can try and predict the ending. Here are my predictions for what'll happen in Cascade, organized by character.

Rose & Dave

The Derse twins, who have dispatched DD together, meet Aradia at the Green Sun. The Tumor detonates as planned, but Aradia is able to save them somehow, possibly by spiriting them away with time travel...

...or, by telling them how she cheated death.

Aradia was able to resurrect herself without a backup body, from a pedestal hidden within the moon of Derse; the very moon the kids are currently piloting. Doc Scratch has already hinted that Rose might ascend on 'another quest bed somewhere', and I think this is how she - and Dave - could do it.

If Rose and Dave died destroying the Sun, it would almost certainly count as Heroic – but that doesn't actually matter. If the twins die on Quest Slabs, they won't die as God Tiers - they'll die as mortals, and resurrect as God Tiers. They should reincarnate safely, as the Sun collapses for good.

The Meteor Crew

To be honest, I don't think the trolls will have much of a role to play in the endgame. All the action is happening in the kids' session, and now that the Scratch has started, they can't even contact that session.

In any case, these kids are planning to follow the Green Sun's explosion to a predetermined rendezvous point. I'm not sure how they're going to get there - but Kanaya is a wielder of the Space Aspect, so maybe it's her time to shine.

...I mean, shine even more brightly than she already does.

Jack

After he absolutely kills CD, Jack is destined to travel to the troll session, but I still have no idea how. Perhaps the dimensional instability created by the Scratch will start to rip holes into other sessions, and he’ll be lured into one? Who knows.

I'm as stumped as I ever was. Only one way to find out, I guess!

John

Once he's triggered the Scratch, this kid's going to need an out. He'll need to make himself scarce in order to avoid being erased...

...or, perhaps he won’t. Perhaps, as the Heir of Breath, he’ll be able to use the Breeze to conceal himself from whatever force is destroying the session, the same way he hid his scent from Jack.

Either way, he'll probably be fine, while the same cannot be said for...

Jade

The greatest of Fs for our girl. Jade's been killed in an extremely tense situation, without leaving much hope for her resurrection before the Scratch.

The Sprites are still around, but I don’t know how they’d revive her- like, sure, Nanna has a healing beam, but I don’t think she can heal death. Plus, Jade made a Choice with Echidna to locate her Final Frog - and it seems that accepting a Choice will inevitably lead you to sacrifice your life. If Jade's death was immediately undone, would it really count as a sacrifice?

I don't want to call it too early, but... it isn't out of the question that Jade is gone for good. Especially when she's already got a replacement, waiting in the wings.

Jadesprite

I think it's genuinely possible that Jadesprite could take over Jade's role as one of the 'main' four kids.

She's about to lose her First Guardian powers, but she should still have time to fulfil Echidna's request in her realself's stead, simply by shrinking the entire session, and teleporting it to the Furthest Ring, where her allies can captchalogue it. Hell, this would be easy for her.

I really, really don't want Jade to be dead. But, well... she made a Choice.

The Endgame

Finally, we see the consequences of the Green Sun’s destruction, which I’m sure are as cataclysmic as they are unexpected. Rose realizes how badly she was played, as Scratch's full hand is finally revealed. All of Paradox Space shakes from the impact. Scratch and Snowman die, and English consumes the troll universe.

Everyone meets up on the exiled Lands, and they resolve to travel to the reset session, once it’s spawned.

Act 6?

After we're done, I’m hoping for the Guardians-as-Players to get the Hivebent treatment – by which I mean, I’m hoping Act 6 gives us the full story of the Scratched session, right from kid Nanna standing in her bedroom. It’s also possible, though, that we’ll join their session in medias res, as our protagonists' teenage parents face hitherto unknown challenges in a new Medium. I'll talk more about my specific predictions for the Guardian session in their own post, once Act 5 has fully concluded.

The adventure continues, as the kids slowly realize that English, and the Paradox Space twisted to suit his ends, is the true enemy, and they begin to make plans to confront him directly.

[krixwell]

I was going to be like "#this is me #except I'm alright at the waking up part" in the tags, but then I remembered I just woke up with the help of five alarms, all using a tune I personally composed to be as hard for me to sleep through as possible. And it took me almost an hour.

basically a lot of my problems boil down to me being really bad at waking up. and also really bad at going to sleep

[macklives]

yeah ik, parents chose it :/ 

names been kept from me for ages. sometimes gets around but only sometimes. haven’t heard it in so long. people have shortened it to “mackenzie” now?? not really sure why. even “mack”. which is weird. sometimes i tell them “hey why couldn’t you have gone with nub or something” but nah, its like richard/dick. nobody understand it but its a thing. so same thing with nrub’yiglith, shamebeast king of grotesquery, writhe-lord of the moist beyondhood and mackenzie im guessing.

it just be like that sometimes.