god i wish i wouldn't have to explain the intricacies of the neopets economy to you guys to give the full context for this but. the new neopets team that took over from jumpstart pledged that they were going to curb the inflation of rare items, which is great because a lot of rare items are worth literally hundreds of millions of neopoints, they are unbuyable unless you've been playing actively for 20 years. they did this earlier with a site festival that included random loot boxes, some of which had Unbelievably Fucking Rare And Precious items worth 200 million neopoints apiece.
well.
today they have gone a step further. by releasing this year's trick-or-treat bags. and having the trick-or-treat bags be stuffed to the brim with unbelievably fucking rare stamps, weapons, paint brushes, defense magic, and other unbuyables. (all prohibitively expensive and in-high-demand types of items.)
jellyneo, the premier neopets website, has recorded prices of some items plummeting from 2,000,000 neopoints to 4,000 neopoints IN THE LAST THREE HOURS. this is when most people haven't even heard about the event or OPENED THEIR BAGS YET.
and of course. cherry on top. 20-year-old account holders are crytyping on the site events neoboard about how mean and cruel it is to make rare stamps part of the prize pool, because their entire identity hinges on being part of the neopian bourgeoisie, and they are having MELTDOWNS over their assets being devalued until they're part of the lowly proletariat.
this is a children's game for children btw.
none of the money is real.
i'm having such a good time.
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The Marauders and friends at a theme park.
Sirius: YOU LOST JAMES?!? HOW— HOW DO YOU LOSE A WHOLE ASS MAN-
Regulus: In my defence, I looked away for 1.8 seconds. And then he was just gone!
Regulus, sighing: You know what, I can handle this.
Sirius: How are you going to do that.
Regulus, deeply inhaling: REGULUS BLACK IS SO FUCKING UGLY HE SHOULD—
James, materialising out of nowhere: WHO THE FUCK SAID THAT
Regulus: Found him.
Not James and Regulus already wearing matching shirts that each says; “If lost please return to Regulus Black.” And “I am Regulus Black. I don’t want him back. (Jokes aside, please do return him.)”
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The laishuros and the labrus had a delightful episode today.
Not only did Laios and Shuro have an adorable reunion, full of ~informal~ and affectionate language (to his household’s dismay), but also gentle and affectionate touch, encouraging Shuro to take care of himself.
Then Kabru shamelessly inserts himself into the conversation, bats his eyes at Laios, and tries to “introduce himself,” when the man clearly has no idea who he is.
Kabru then sees Laios leading Shuro away for perfectly normal reasons and goes “I’ll join!!” with as many ulterior motives as possible.
These three have a hilarious dynamic, I want as many scenes with them together as possible.
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Thank you for all the lovely comments on this little project!! Here’s some more pictures of them
They went on a little garden excursion hunting trip 🌿
Even in this universe Arthur has a chamber Merlin has to take care of (rip)
“My friend manservant asked for no pickles!”
They’re holding their little paws…….
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This scene is forever stuck in my head he looks so Soft so Huggable
Baby boy
I love drawing him in blankets :3
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