the argo trials: argo city
I, unsurprisingly, spent a whole lot of time wondering how tf does argo city is mapped out so here's what I came up with:
Following the headcanon I created in the third chapter about Kryptonians liking circles and since Argo city is basically a big circle, this is the layout:
The main circle is the square, where people buy trinkets from the artisans guild and books from the science guild, among other things.
The second circle are the guilds. One building for each guild. And behind each of the guilds, in the third circle, are the houses of the people belonging to that guild.
Couples go to the "neighborhood" of the person with the highest ranking family name (which is why the Els are always in the science guild sector, even when Alura was living alone in it and she belongs to the lawmakers guild).
Also!!!! I was sooooo annoyed when I realized that Argo City has no mountains and since it's a fucking dome it wouldn't really have natural weather so I was like "where tf did that lake that's in the show comes from?", especially because it's a flying rock on space so it shouldn't have enough space for underground water AND the rocks outside (and by relation the rocks Below) are filled with kryptonite and that would make everyone sick even if there Is water underground. But we're gonna be delulu and smile and nod when I said there's underground water that gets filtered by the science guild :)
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I'm not gonna screenshot it bc 1/it really doesn't matter that much and 2/the person who made the comment is a kid but: a while ago I made a comic that's supposed to be a genuine study and reinterpretation of someone else's sprite comic (made in the spirit of authenticity too - to recreate the vibes of the sprite comics from that era, iirc very specifically because it's funny) and I got a comment on that comic's post that's like "glow up"
which is a compliment obvs. and the commenter probably didn't mean anything by it, it's a common expression. but I've been trying to find a way to gracefully put that comment away ever since it appeared lol
I just very much don't want my art to be taken as trying to one-up someone else's art when that's not the piece's intention. especially when the piece that inspired my art is perceived as "low effort" or "shitpost" or stuff like that. I did mention in the tags of that post that my considering it a study is entirely genuine, and I can legitimately write pages about the cool stuff I find in it other than and inherent in the haha funneys, but that's not for you guys that's for me. I just think that approaching art competition-first like that is a miserable way to do it, and (tipping into overthinking here if the whole tiny-comment-got-stuck-in-my-brain-for-almost-a-month part hasn't given that away yet lol) I really don't want that to be the takeaway from my own art. at least generally. if I actually think the source material is trash and what I'm doing is genuinely categorically better I'd just come out and say it lmao
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Driving to visit your long distance partner and whenever they tell you to, you have to find a place to stop and edge however many times they demand. Pulling over in dirty truck stops and tiny gas stations just to hide in the bathroom and bring yourself to the edge over and over. If there isn't a stop close enough, you might even be forced to pull over on the side of the road and edge right there in your car, with only tinted glass separating you from the dozens of cars zooming by. By the time you actually get to your partner, you're already a dripping and desperate mess, just how they like you <3
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hi river, quick question, do u use hq mod?
no i don't! but i do use gshade, softerhaze's milk thistle world lighting overhaul, northern siberia winds' in-game lighting, simp's graphics overhaul (the ultimate quality one, and i've made some personal changes too i think), and i think i also use amoebae's shadows for days. sometimes i upscale photos with srwe. my graphics settings in the game are also set as high as they can be.
gshade does a lot to make my game look better tho... like here are some before and after pics:
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since kyoani didn't give us a new theme for character birthdays, i chose my own theme to celebrate this year - "Yummy Birthday!" - and here are the goods!
① clear file
② can badge set
③ stationery set with two types of notepads
④ recipe box set that includes a special message card!
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Just came back from BBC and holy shit it was so cool. Both the radio and TV news presenters get given a bulletin of news and actually write the news script themselves and edit it to fit their speech. The TV presenter also has this pedal so she can control the prompt monitor hersel; I really thought the prompt screen was automatic. I also got to see the archives (which I was really excited about) and the food was really good! They had sanpellogrino which was very fancy and ofc, I drank like 4 cans of it lol. There was also this guy whom works for Scott Mills as a producer which was an honour and also met this tv director who had this like a VERY posh voice, a complete polar opposite to the radio people whom were very casual, very un-posh lmao. I even got a bunch of radio/tv tips from the presenters personally which was very helpful :)
A very important question I asked was what happened to Gus Honeybun (he's basically this funky bunny puppet whom reads out people's birthdays, it was from basically all Gen X/boomers' childhoods from the west country), unfortunately, the poor lad was sacked but they keep him in a local archive centre. It was a question my foster mother had requested and of course I couldn't waste an opportunity like this.
They all also really liked the fact that I'm into history and latin so they gave me connections to these archive centres and they're going to see if I can go into Exeter Cathedral's library to see the Exeter Book in person which I'm really joyed about because I fucking love the Exeter Book (and really old books in general but OH MY GODDDDD..... Maybe if I could also see the other medieval books and manuscripts... Perhaps in medicine for my history gcses mweheheh)
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didn't post these sooner, but i really like the warframe playing cards i picked up at tennocon
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