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[vt-scribbles]

So, pretty rough news.

32 years of never breaking a bone has been, well, broken. Fell while out in the dark last night and sprained AND broke my right ankle last night. I'll be bedridden for the next 2ish months. It hurts like a BITCH when pain meds aren't in effect, and I have yet to find out if it needs surgery. Left knee got fucked up to, so I'm trying to function with BOTH legs busted up.

Just thought I'd update y'all.

I've got a wonderful girlfriend and some friends taking care of me, so I'll be okay, but man. What a mortifying ordeal to experience for the first time. Can't even put my pants on without a 3-minute long quick time event.

If you guys can spare anything, my wallet is gonna take a hit from the medical equipment I need to heal, and the more frequent food I'm gonna have to order. I'm the main cook in the house. My ko-fi is here, but don't feel pressured to give anything.

https://ko-fi.com/starstruckstudios/tiers

[gt-scribbles]

How frustrating would it be to be a size shifter that has to hide their powers from the public/people?

Like imagine something being 1 foot out of reach and it would be SO STUPIDLY EASY to shift up and grab it but there are tons of people around.

I would not have that self control, I would risk getting spotted all the time.

[parab0mb]

Hey actually what would Vena being friendly with Lea even look like (if possible)

Mmm, something like this, I'd imagine ;D

I think I was pretty on the nose in assuming Vena wouldn't be all that keen on trusting a "fake" being like Lea (even more so now that I actually understand the lore of Psychopomp better) but after her metamorphosis and being able to "see through the lies" and all that, perhaps she'd finally be able to recognize Lea as a kindred spirit that was placed in a similar situation to her (plopped into a fake world and lied to).

I don't know if she'd be interested in pursuing a long-standing friendship, but I can see her at least taking the time to treat Lea to an evening of bashing Sidwell's head in with a hammer (see above).

Lea is still thoroughly put off by this lady but I suppose she would at least appreciate Vena attempting to be nice (I think her complicated relationship with Sidwell would mean she isn't exactly gung-ho about the whole brutal hammer murder thing though).

[lunadreamscaper]

surprisingly i dont think i posted something like this yet, but talkingn to fellow taleblr fandomers made me think about this a lot/gen/pos

disclaimer i am a system, so no one freak out on me xD

to all the singlets in the VenturianTale fandom who worry about this sometimes (and to the singlets who think they know better than us/lh)

that its okay to like and/or headcanon Johnny Ghost/Jimmy Casket (and Gregory?) as a system/plural/DID.

like yes, how it was done in the original source WAS bad! Jordan demonized the hell out mental illness in general.

but that doesn't mean that we can't reclaim and make it better!!!!!!!!!

systems and system-friends alike!

and i know a lot of people get nervous about it, mainly singlets (people who are not plural/systems) and i understand so don't worry. this isnt a post saying you should headcanon it. it's a post saying that system/plural/did headcanon is OKAY and we need to loosen up on it a little bc we acting like we can't make a better or improved version of the source.

booing singlets who think they are god's fucking gift to the plural/system/did & osdd community by saying jimmy casket and johnny ghost is always gonna be bad representation and treat those who headcanon it weirdly lmao

we already change and separate the source to our liking to begin with.

I also know its common for singlets to be worried about misrepresenting systems when using that headcanon and would rather not touch it to be safe which is fair. because being a system isn't a quirky character trait, you can't just give to a character will nilly, not without handling it without genuine love and care for both the character(s) and the community they represent!

but also shout out from the depths of my soul to those, systems and singlets alike, who do take on the headcanon while doing proper research and talking to systems about it!!

also yes some systems do not like the original take of jimmy casket and johnny ghost as it is in fact bad system/did representation. We (my headmates and I) also dont like how it was done originally. but i personally see it as an opportunity to turn it into something better and meaningful.

also semi related but Jimmy should still be allowed to kill people.

he shouldn't obviously be the "evil murder alter." bc that's stereotyping obviously.

but in a world where a lot of the characters casually murder each other all the time, it would be unfair to leave Jimmy (or Ghost) out just because he's an alter/headmate. if that makes sense???

personally ive been giving him more depth behind the times he has killed, given a reason, something thats bigger than him and out of his control. also while steppign away from the stupid serial killer thing. lmao.

[evilmagician430]

sally acachalla ref for my 2020s timeskip au <3

[yutamayo]

[ca-dmv-bot]

Customer: ONE CORVETTE AT THE BEACH DMV: ONE BITCHIN VET Verdict: DENIED

[plushmon]

am i enough for you now? AM I!?

[official-vermont-fr]

Official Post of Massachusetts

Confuse a Gimmick Blog for 10s (1/1)

[vt-scribbles]

It sucks that us humans were blessed with entire universes inside of us, but cursed with the world's tiniest spigot to leak that universe though

and you can never expel enough of it.

Just gotta come to peace with the strands of universe I do get to weave.

[gt-scribbles]

Would a Steven Quartz Universe as a Giant Human Gem AU be possible in the future since I love him in the Series. Your G/T Steven Universe Stories and Art are amazing as always thanks.

I'm glad you enjoy me and my GF's story!

Unfortunately, I have no interest in canonical SU g/t anymore- and I tend not to make underaged characters into giants nowadays since people can get the wrong idea. The only time I played with it was in a couple doodles with a borrower AU with Connie, and then with my micro gem, celestite, but those doodles are from 8 years ago haha

So- apologies, but I won't be making that sort of content in the future ^^'

[prismatic-skies]

I’m going to start selling digital artwork and graphics on my blog.

[survivetoread]

I'm a big fan of extensive reading apps for language learning, and even collaborated on such an app some 10 years ago. It eventually had to be shut down, sadly enough.

Right now, the biggest one in the market is the paywalled LingQ, which is pretty good, but well, requires money.

There's also the OG programs, LWT (Learning With Texts) and FLTR (Foreign Language Text Reader), which are so cumbersome to set up and use that I'm not going to bother with them.

I presently use Vocab Tracker as my daily driver, but I took a spin around GitHub to see what fresh new stuff is being developed. Here's an overview of what I found, as well as VT itself.

(There were a few more, like Aprelendo and TextLingo, which did not have end-user-friendly installations, so I'm not counting them).

Vocab Tracker

++ Available on web ++ 1-5 word-marking hotkeys and instant meanings makes using it a breeze ++ Supports websites

-- Default meaning/translation is not always reliable -- No custom languages -- Ugliest interface by far -- Does not always recognise user-selected phrases -- Virtually unusable on mobile -- Most likely no longer maintained/developed

Lute

++ Supports virtually all languages (custom language support), including Hindi and Sanskrit ++ Per-language, customisable dictionary settings ++ Excellent, customisable hotkey support

-- No instant meaning look-up makes it cumbersome to use, as you have to load an external dictionary for each word -- Docker installation

LinguaCafe

++ Instant meanings thanks to pre-loaded dictionaries ++ Supports ebooks, YouTube, subtitles, and websites ++ Customisable fonts ++ Best interface of the bunch

== Has 7 word learning levels, which may be too many for some

-- Hotkeys are not customisable (yet) and existing ones are a bit cumbersome (0 for known, for eg.) -- No online dictionary look-up other than DeepL, which requires an API key (not an intuitive process) -- No custom languages -- Supports a maximum of 15,000 characters per "chapter", making organising longer texts cumbersome -- Docker installation

Dzelda

++ Supports pdf and epub ++ Available on web

-- Requires confirming meaning for each word to mark that word, making it less efficient to read through -- No custom languages, supports only some Latin-script languages -- No user-customisable dictionaries (has a Google Form to suggest more dictionaries)

[warpstarrie]

.....

okay so you so you

instead of everyone popping out of void termina all at once, you save one mage after each phase

when it's just zan and hyness left there's a cutscene of him tossing her out himself (moment of clarity?? SOBBING)

and this ofc makes zan so...so... 🥺AND THE WAY SHE STARES BACK AT HIM

AND THEN THATSE IT, HYNESS NEVER COMES OUT...

he's fine as u later see in postgame, but the cliffhanger...,

i like how the thing that made me ill about the mages wasnt even star allies itself, but the freaking calamity mod soundtrack

[demilypyro]

Hey, what hardware/software setup do you use for face tracking/effects/rigging?

(Ignore this if it's already answered somewhere else and I overlooked it)

I have a cannibalized iphone on a small tripod that feeds its camera input to a program called vbridger. I use an iphone because it has the best face tracking available on the consumer market. That program interprets it as data for steering a vtuber and sends that to another program called vtube studio which houses the model. That program then sends the vtuber model to a third program called OBS, which is where I stream from. I also have a program running called nyarupad which reads inputs from my controller through USB and applies it to the model as a vtube studio plugin, which is how my model's fingers match mine when using a controller. Finally there's a fifth program called vts-pog which handles text-to-speech redeems and acts as another plugin telling vtube studio when to make Morgan talk.

[overanalyzingtaleblr]

TALEVEMBER 2024

Last year there was a Talevember, and now there's one this year!

I wanted to make this more about characters just so each day we could focus on someone new! And maybe spread some new ideas about them.

These prompts don't need to be drawings, they can be anything you want! Including art, fanfic, memes, headcanons, or just normal text posts.

I also made a general prompts list

This one would be used for more traditional art months, though feel free to use the prompts for anything you want. These prompts don't have to line up with the character prompts, and vise versa.

I hope everyone has fun with these! I look forward to seeing what people do with them.

I will also be participating as much as I can and will be posting videos and wiki pages to catch up on characters.

Below is a more in-depth look at what each character prompt includes, in case anyone needs clarification

Jimmy Casket - just him and any surrounding ideas

P.I.E - Paranormal Investigators Extraordinaire. Just the group as a whole. Anything about them, but mostly like as a connected group. Johnny Ghost, Johnny Toast, Fred Spooker, and Colon Ghostie, and the organization they're a part of.

Billion Year War - The arc in which

Billy Acachalla - just him and any surrounding ideas

Ghost’s Family - refers to Johnny Ghost and anyone in his family. This includes Gregory Casket, his mother, his father (any of them), Ernie Ghost, as well as anyone stated to be related to him. May also refer to his family as a unit.

Gertrude - Gertrude Acachalla and any surrounding ideas

Acachalla Gang - The Acachalla Gang refers to the gang Papa Acachalla used to be a part of. It contained Papa Acachalla, Maxwell Acachalla, Jose Jose Jose Jose, Princeton Quagmire, and possibly Jeremy Acachalla and Kermit the Claw.

Unicorns - refers to Starduat Sprinkleshine, Sparkly Puddlebuns, any other unicorn, and the Floating Gun of the Aztecs in which people transform into Unicorns.

Spencer - Spencer Acachalla and any surrounding ideas

Maddie Friend - just her and any surrounding ideas

Police Officers - refers to any Police Officers in the VT universe, main one being Officer Maloney, or Jenny Toast (sister). There are plenty of other police officers to take from as well.

Fred Spooker - Fred "Spooker" Soup and any surrounding ideas

Enemies of PIE - refers to any enemy of PIE. Examples include: Maxwell Acachalla, Toilet Toucher, Darth Calculus, Housekeeper, and Prince Fang.

Johnny Toast - just him and any surrounding ideas

D.o.I.E - Destroyers of Inveatigators Extraordinaire is a group consisting of Johnny Cranky, Meow Pebble, and Jimmy (presumably Jimmy Casket). This prompt may also be used to talk about Deadly Investigators Extraordinaire which includes Darth Calculus, Billy Acachalla, and possibly Gertrude. These two groups are sometimes combined by the fandom

Uncommons - any characters who are a bit more obscure or that people in the fandom don't talk about much. This prompt is very vague and thus can be used to talk about pretty much anyone, specifically if they don't already have a prompt. Characters that come to mind are Light Zeron, Josh, K-78-C, and HigglyDigglyHougan.

Papa Acachalla - just him and any surrounding ideas

Sue Acachalla - just her and any surrounding ideas

Soup Family - refers to everyone included in the Soup family, including Chalalata Soup, Apupu Soup, Fred Soup, Darth Calculus, Barnacle Soup, as well as anyone else either related to them, or brought up in conversations around their family (like Goober or Sally Betty Jessica)

Johnny Ghost - just him and any surrounding ideas

Paranormal Entities - refers to any paranormal entity in the VT universe, or discussion around paranormal entities as a group. Characters who come to mind are Woah, Cardboard Friend, Aimee, the lvl25 cat demon, among many others

Creepypasta Highschool - refers to both the Creepypasta Highschool, as well as students and teachers there. Main students there are Slenderman, The Rake, and Jeff the Killer. The main teacher being Mr. Sviggles

Gavin Toast - just him and any surrounding ideas

A Tale Series - refers to any tale series on the channel. Main ones being A Minecraft Tale, A Skyrim Tale, A Fallout Tale, and An Oblivion Tale. Unfortunately these all had to be crammed into one prompt.

Colon Ghostie - Chris "Colon" Ghostie and any surrounding ideas

Acachalla Family - refers to anyone in the Acachalla Family, both as a household, and any extended family they may have. The Acachalla Family tree is extensive.

Taleblr OCs - refers to any original character, either from the fandom, or that you made up! Get creative, or discover someone else's OC!

Sally Acachalla - just her and any surrounding ideas

Jenny and Jenny - Jenny Ghost and Jenny Toast, both as a team and individually.

Early PIE - refers to the early years of P.I.E. It includes the creation of the team, as well as early characters like Katrina, Mary Toast, Dark Pit, Johnny Boast, and Johnny Roast. Could also refer to Gregory Casket.

Thank you for taking an interest in my Talevember list! I hope it brings everyone some fun and allowed the fandom to spread ideas to each other.