#and these are pretty small tables

[victorluvsalice]

-->Fortunately, that was the end of Chore Time, and so we could get onto the meat of the playsession – namely, the Love Day dates! Alice went and asked Victor on the first date while Smiler headed upstairs to play some video games, and, naturally, I sent them to...

The Steampunk Cafe by patnactt3, which I'd set up earlier on the Pebble Burrow lot in Oasis Springs! :D Yeah, my original thought was to send them to South Square Coffee in Windenburg, but while looking through my Library to see if I had any better lots than the original cafe, I spotted the Steampunk Cafe sitting there, realized I'd never actually used said lot despite thinking it looked really cool, and headed over to Oasis Springs to plop it down (since it looked like the original creator built it there as per the preview pictures). It seemed a pretty neat place, to my delight -- with a central cafe, some outdoor activities (mainly chess and the steampunk rocket pad), and a whole hidden underground lab area. It just needed a little tweaking to be perfect – first, by replacing the toilets and the computers downstairs with more Victorian/steampunky versions (specifically, the toilets with the pull-chain ones from Vampires, and the computers with the typewriter ones from Cottage Living), and second, by adding a couple more things to do – like putting a small telescope up on the roof to go with the big observatory there, and sticking in a little splash pad area in the back for when it gets hot. :) I thought it would be ideal for Victor and Alice's date, and indeed, when they first got there, everything seemed to be going well -- I had them change into more appropriate clothes for the weather/situation, started them off with a few flirts, then sent them inside to talk to the barista and order some food – namely, a cannoli for Victor and a cup of mocha coffee for Alice.

-->Which is where I started running into problems. First off, the barista (who wasn’t very good at her job, as you can see by the coffee grounds spraying everywhere) kept acting like she couldn’t get to Victor and Alice for some reason, and put Victor’s plate down randomly on another table, which was already occupied. Second off, when I hopped into build mode to move the plate to a table that Katrina Caliente wasn’t sitting at, I discovered that the decorative woodworks that the creator had placed on the tables were all too big to ALLOW plates on them. Only the dragon table was actually accessible to Sims wanting to, you know, EAT. I tried to find something else to display them on, but the biggest spikiest one didn’t fit on a lot of the various displays, so I ended up just deleting them to make room. I then put the cannoli on another table and sent Victor over there to wait as Alice tried to get her coffee –

Aaaand another wandering townie came over, picked up the plate, and took it for herself. Before Victor could even take a bite. sigh This game, I swear...

-->Well, at least Victor and Alice could more than afford to redo their orders! I had them both order again and sit down at the recently-vacated-by-Katrina table nearest the counter – once again, the barista acted like she couldn’t get to them, but with them being closer, at least she put down the stuff where they were actually SITTING! I had Victor promptly start eating his cannoli this time as the plate was put in front of him, listening to Alice tell him a story and sharing some deep conversations with her, along with a bit of flirting. Alice eventually got her coffee, and the socialization train continued – though not without random townies trying to join in the conversation, as always. *grumble* Including the one who stole Victor’s original order! The nerve... I also saw Alice get blown a kiss at one point, but I wasn’t sure if Victor had done it or one of the other townies...I figured it HAD to be Victor because I was pretty sure I’d disallowed autonomous flirting in my game -- right? O.o

[inchidentally]

the trying and failing to control the smile spreading wide on his face, the bashful looking down and blushing, the so ahhh yeap yeap when he stumbles over his words... definition of who got you smiling like that bro… but it's two people in Oscar's life who both happen to be petite, British, posh, beautiful, who give him a hard time but also make his days infinitely better, and picky eaters who have him in a tug of war where he can't ever eat fish at work but he can only cook fish at home

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[sibyl-of-space]

"I'll stop being stressed about magwest when I'm done with the demo build and then I'll be excited" -> "I'll stop being stressed about magwest after I get down there and do the booth prep the night before then I'll be excited" -> "hopefully I'll stop being stressed about magwest once the convention gets started tomorrow" (you are here)

[miyku]

[puffbirdstudio]

Studio Update

Headed to Joann finally to see what they had. I wasn’t interested in the remaining books, and they were out of the paint and canvases I was looking for, BUT I found a nice floor lamp for my studio, 40% off! This corner is so dark (especially with the wood paneling), and having this lamp will make a huge difference.

[rat-rosemary]

Dsmp poker night au.... I'm having so many ideas....

[quilleth]

Finally getting around to posting about NYC Dollcon, which really is mostly just my haul lol

I went with no solid plan of things to buy beyond "cute, anachronistic, pink things for Vanora, and also shoes" and managed to find some things. A lot of vendors didn't have much 1/3 scale clothing, or what they had didn't feel like the right style. Unfortunately, one of the shirts I bought for her is too small, so I'll have to look into selling or trading it, since I don't know if I'm particularly motivated to take it apart and alter it to fit better. And the pants that I bought for Faolan are too big, so same thing with those (I was thinking of the pants for his formal outfit when I got them, but honestly, I can just make some simple ones for that anyway). I'm still undecided on what want to do about his body, so I'll probably wait for those. But I bought the things below, including the exclusive head from Logan Dolls, which will become Mercutio, aka discount Shakespeare xD! I got another wig for Vanora too, that's a bit closer to what her hair color should be. It will still need to be styled into a partial ponytail though, so I'm still at "well see how this goes" that I am with her other one lol. I might leave one down so she can have somewhat different hair styles, probably the other one, since it's a little shorter.

Bonus of Vanora in the outfits (minus the heels because i can't seem to get her flat feet off to swap them for heeled ones lol) and dollisabeth in the flower crown I bought for her :3

I went to the molding and casting panel on Saturday, which was really interesting. I don't know if I'll ever sculpt anything, but it could be good to know even for making little accessories or something like that. I mostly wandered and shopped Saturday, and we left a little early xD Sunday I went to the Tianba faceup panel, which was really cool! I also went to the zbrush panel, which was interesting for the bit that people weren't interrupting or arguing with the host (some people were seriously SO RUDE! It was made clear at the beginning that the panel was meant for people with no experience and those who'd tried it wouldn't gain anything, but that didn't stop people who'd tried it before from staying and trying to ask more advanced questions or just argue in what was labelled a beginner panel). I have blendr anyway, not zbrush, but seeing some of the basics would still have been cool. And I also went to the one of joint engineering, but that definitely went mostly over my head because I'm nowhere near trying that xD

The VIP tickets were worth the extra expense! They came with so much stuff! I might have to get a project doll at some point just so I can use the eyes from Tianba, because they're lovely, but don't suit anyone I currently have. And the little teeny monster doll from Logan dolls is cute! the heels have little hearts on them! I'm kind of afraid to try anything with her at the moment though because she's so small lol

I still haven't figured out what to put in the commission forms for the faceup I won in the raffle, so I'm working on that slowly xD I am probably overthinking it, like usual. But also, it says to send the eyes for final pictures, so I need to finish those first I feel like. I think I can also ask for them to do the ear "piercings" which also means sorting out one of his earrings, since it's not a typical stud or hoop. I'm still really excited about it! I've never commissioned a faceup before though, so I'm not quite sure what information is helpful to send and what's more relevant for an illustration (and what's just me infodumping about characters tbh lol).

Overall I enjoyed it! I don't know if I'd go every year (it's an expensive trip with travel and hotel costs!) but maybe every few years if they keep doing it. It sounds like it was successful, so I imagine they'll do it at least one other time.

[good-wine-and-cheese]

Some Vaesen doodles. Erich looking very moe + a scene from today's session where I was told point blank by GM that if I wanted to heal Otto (other fella's) conditions we had to be gay about it so I got to do a scene where me and the other player queerbaited everyone with gay healing in a secluded forest

[shatterthefragments]

Ok I got rejected for the art show proposal I cobbled together. Which is totally fair. But I tried. (It’s. A little disappointing because it’s a less formal setting so I’d prefer that. But honestly given all I have going on perhaps it’s for the best anyhow)

[no1cutiepatootie]

my mom's college is sooo nostalgic 😭

[whatzitoyuh]

new toy new toy new toy new toy new toy new toy

[belfrygargoyles]

its all 'i know im legally blind on paper but its not that bad' until you do something you cant wear glasses for and it is that bad

[swagging-back-to]

im actually floored by how well the girls are getting along. they're all running on the wheel together and just napping. they are literally so chill together rn it's insane

[killuaisaprincess]

Possessive

Gon’s grip tightens on the jacket as he pulls it closer to Killua’s small frame.

“A bunch of perverts will look at you!”

Killua blinks.

“That’s the point, Gon!”

Gon growls.

“Well, I don’t like it!”

read on ao3!

[homebrewhaven]

Feeling very loved and appreciated by my players after a very successful first leg of a transatlantic equivalent sea journey for the party!

I've been prepping for this portion of the campaign specifically for about 2 weeks using Jybe-Ho! Using Sailing Vessels in Tabletop RPGs by Steven Woods (I bought it through DrivethruRPG for I think like 5 bucks) and my party, which includes 2 irl marine scientists, really seemed to enjoy the realism it provided!

I will say, with the book itself being 125 pages, using several other resources to create tables for the wind and weather to interact with the sails, and the prerequisite reading for the book itself (it's like 5 chapters of an irl sailfreighting book that while not required is interesting and helpful), there was a ton of reading involved, and not a small amount of independent research about ships on the side. But if anyone is interested in providing their players with a realistic, hands-on approach to sailing the seas, I cannot recommend Jybe-Ho! enough.

[famewolf]

if im being honest and allowing myself to vent a bit about it ... another red flag was when the DM went 'wow i love the detail of your backstory but idk what i can do with it tho ):'