#another task complete

[badlydonecrafts]

Ep 2. The case of the missing elastic

I got this jacket that I love so dearly from a thrift store like 6 years ago with the only real problem being that all the elastic in the cuffs and waistband having been crumbled away. An annoying but easy* fix. (*oh you sweet fool)

For now I'm only worried about the cuffs because rolling up the sleeves has become very trying as of late.

I have about 2 feet of 1/2in elastic which i was going to cut to 1/4in but ...

If i want to add it to the inside tunnel, there's some stitching i would have to replace as shown above and bleh, we are about speed and results.

Now fair warning, I was starting to get sleepy when I started this, but not sleepy enough not to change out my thread color (i was going to keep it red lmao) but it gave me time to also oil up this bad boy and clean out the dust. Remember to keep ya machines oiled up lads!

Anyway, I didn't measure but i made the cuffs about a 1/2in wider than my wrist. It's a pretty loose material and they stretch easily so I'm not worried about the tightness if I Push up my sleeve.

The *fun part* of combining the sleeve with the elastic. Basically, I just sectioned off the band/ sleeve in equal amounts and then match up the pins and pray that I don't mess up. This is unfortunately where the fun stopped.

So Ideally, I would have a much thicker elastic to go here, but creative problems require creative solutions. On this side i did the elastic about an inch down from the edge, secured with a zig-zag stitch to allow from stretching. I... ended up hating how the over hang looked but moving on.

The second sleeve I did the elastic as close to the edge as possible. This was a muchhhh better idea. It hangs better and the goes for the sleeve shape I wanted.

the final result~ Not upset with it, I will definitely go back in with a seam ripper and change the left sleeve to match the right but for now it serves it's purpose and I no longer have to fumble with my sleeves being too loose! a win is a win. Or i could get wider elastic but I'm trying to use the tools i already have.

In total this took about 40 mins bc I sat and stared for a while debating on if i wanted to add the elastic internally. I might do that when i go and fix the left side but... hm. I'm not worried if the mending is visible/ no one would see it anyway.

The sleepiness won out an the end and I have crossed this off the list but with an note to come back.

[pairdelune]

as someone who has insisted that v1 is a sentient being that isn't driven by pure bloodlust, i feel very vindicated

but like, at what cost

[kates-dump]

the WORST part of being neurodivergent is that, yes, I have a perfectly logical explanation as to why I didn't do a task, or did it incorrectly, or behaved weirdly; but if I were to explain it I would just sound insane

[venomouslilith]

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[uinferno]

A part of the response to Duskbloods is interesting. Like not even the manner of exclusives—a completely valid gripe—but just how much vitriol held for multi-player games as a concept. It's fine to be disappointed or think that it's not for you, but the way people talk about multi-player as a concept makes it seem like their own perception of multi-player as a platform is exclusively for sweaty tryhards who will send death threats and call you slurs. Constantly fighting against MMR and being branded as a "Guy who's shit" from your lack of skill.

While it's certainly not identical to single player games, it's also not nearly a big of a deal as many make it out to be. Especially for less competitive games. Maybe it's cause my big two main games atm is Warframe and Monster Hunter, but the vibes of both are less actively clashing with others and more working on your own thing in the same room. You and the others have your own goals, but periodically, you'll meet someone else going on their own journey. It's less group project and more sharing public transport. Everyone drops in and out at their own pace but you don't really need to fret about what the others think of you for being there. Or, at least, you shouldn't fret about what others think. There will be assholes on the bus on occasion, but there will also be little moments of serendipity. Charming encounters that will stick with you.

I use both Warframe and Monster Hunter as an example because while they both are exclusively cooperative games, my perception of them is less "Multiplayer" and more "Singleplayer with others." Parallel play, to use more fancy terms.

While Duskbloods certainly is a departure from the other for having an emphasis on PvPvE, distinct from my other examples—as information has been coming out about it, it sounds like "PvP" aspect is... not overblown, but oversimplified. Miyazaki himself mentioned not being a multiplayer guy but wanting to explore things you can't get out of singleplayer. Specifically the briefly mentioned "role" system. Because by the sound of it it's less "competitive" and more "uncooperative."

Unlike similar "Free for all games," players don't share the same goals. You don't go in expecting to kill everyone, but instead are given a task that intersect with other players and their own objectives. Sometimes it involves opposition like having a mark or killing everyone, but other times, it seems that your objective is supportive or even completely detached from the other players. Maybe you have to protect someone, maybe you just need to get in, find a certain non-player enemy, or maybe something irrelevant to life and death entirely. From the sound of it, the game's core concept is finding a way to produce drama and politics and complex webs of relationships between players.

Person A needs to kill person B, but they're being watched over by person C, and person B doesn't need to kill person A back because instead they're needing to track down this boss. Same with person D, but killing B isn't critical and they can even cooperate, but, there's a separate Person E who needs to kill at least 3 others—doesn't matter who, which might lead to them helping Person B fend off A or help A track down B. That's not even mentioning Persons F through H, who may have their own issues. In a sense, it's applying the core of Social Deduction like Mafia or Among Us to more action based games and trying to produce emergent drama and dynamics to tell a story not through writing but gameplay.

And frankly. That's far more interesting than "Battle Royale Soulslike." Its trying to make roleplay truly multiplayer sans-NPCs. It also sounds like the core loop is more Hades-esque where progression isn't locked behind success but instead any outcome leads to developing situations, and you might be able to have some say in what tasks will be given to you.

Even if none of this sounds the slightest bit interesting to, that's fair, but I do think it's a bit reductive to chalk things up to trend chasing or being the new Fortnite. Not even mentioning that if you really want to you probably could trick yourself into believe they're really advanced NPCs.

[yell0w-jacket]

obsessed with how many voice lines starlord has about wanting to get in adam warlock's cocoon. share

[microwavetoaster-selfships]

I think I need that "Wow, I haven't stubbed my toe in five months! I was then shot fifty-seven times." Audio again

[dailydoseoflarryy]

incredible blog. its such a nice treat whenever i happen to see your arts. thank u for ur service

Thank you for your kind words! I aim to bring more appreciation to Larry one post at a time👍👍👍

[wizzard890]

Bastian and Volo - The Antichrist and his Hound

There once was a boy who served in a castle. The noble family who lived there paid him no mind.

One day, like a blow through the heart, that boy saw God.

Something bright. Something terrible. Something holy, greater than every blazing star: Bastian, second issue of the Duke of Burgundy, seething and ambitious and wrathful.

Souls depart the body through the eyes; the boy never looked away.

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Bastian was eighteen when he noticed Volo: the young son of a stablehand who had taught himself to read, to carry, to serve. Desperately ready to file himself into a cold and razored sword for Bastian's hand, if only that hand would close like a collar around his neck.

And so, in time, Bastian seized him.

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It is your turn to see them now, years on, as the storm gathers.

Ecce homo: A Conqueror on a pale horse, his banners flying behind him, with a hunger for heaven on his lips and a burning crown on his head. But that which truly bears his glory runs at his heel.

Ecce canis: A chaste and brutal Galahad, rimed with frost, leading the legions of his Lord to any end, any dictate, as long as he is granted the final honor of slitting his own throat on Bastian's altar.

They are linked by a silver chain. God to slave, king to knight, love to worship. Even death cannot break it.

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There once was a dog who served his master. The dragon who holds his leash will never let it go.

[vesselreborn]

struggling to stop every cell in my body from moving every test muse into one mutil blog

[fandommothfreak]

My favorite part about starting a futuristic sci-fi fantasy book without reading the description first is trying to figure out if it's a dystopia or if the microchip behind the main girl's ear that hijacks her optic nerves into seeing her phone notifications is just a fun world-building detail.

[orangeearlgrey]

Lost my original post of this from the other day but I genuinely don't understand how Black Butler discourse ever shifted into the does Sebastian ~really~ like Ciel or is Ciel just dinner line of conversation that is pervasive as it is because Sebastian is the one that has absorbed his whole existence into Ciel's. Sebastian's face is what Ciel wants Sebastian's whole purpose is doing things for Ciel Sebastian's every hell of a butler yes my lord speech is about how he's Ciel's and Ciel is the one going around saying shit like whatever Sebastian is just my pawn 💅

[writingonthemoon]

Do we think we'll be able to listen to every jrwi:riptide episode by the time the hiatus ends over the course of 6-ish weeks? Because I've been putting off catching up for years and I need to stop thinking about blood in the bayou, but also the tragedy of school/job and audio processing issues...

Alas, we will see

[gifti3]

its been a long time since i found a game that had me excited for whats to come

this is a me thing that im talking about below... usually when i play games, its mainly about it preoccupying my brian with tasks and goals. this is why i gravitate towards sim and management games! to me thats whats enjoyable

i feel like its rare that i just play something just cause its fun to me if that makes sense. and i think infinity nikki is managing to do that like im not progressing through the story super quickly and kind of just letting myself explore, dress up and take pictures at my own pace and im really hoping it stays like this for me for a long time

[bookinit02]

mildly pissed at the world today

[turkeyinnovember]

so ngl chapter 2 to re-creyover really messed me up and sent me into a massive block, i couldn't come up with anything and my old ideas just seemed cringe. i don't know. im planning on rewriting the chapter and sent it off into a different direction, so, sorry in advance if you like the old version better.

as of my older ideas... maybe if i could make them not cringe. we'll see.