#breaking stuff

[sixofclovers]

hecate

[ladyswartzrot]

I am not a particularly faithful person but one time I dreamed vividly of breaking a glass while washing it and that day I broke a glass plate while putting it away. Are gods so mischievous to warn you of inevitable danger to watch your crumble of hope form into a river of despair?

[in4newz]

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[wishfulsketching]

This is what the dynamic was like

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

"consuming media" is such an overstatement. at best I'm sipping it

[hinamie]

*about any given drawing* cranking the saturation slider will fix this

[sticksandsharks]

Dualayim & Tolpan from my comic Sacred Bodies!

[probsdontrememberme]

I absolutely adore this game

[theartofjdb]

Breaking the ship, Fortnite gameplay highlights.

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#Fortnite #FortniteGameplay #JDB #TheArtOfJDB #TheGamingOfJDB #FortniteClips #FortniteChapter5 #JDBClips #FortniteDriving #FortniteCars #FortniteFallout #DamageControl #FortniteCursedSails

[kenchann]

some lil bits of aces dream that i like

[enigmaris]

Another DPXDC for ya fellas!

Pandora, the ghost, was an Amazon from Themyscira in life, losing her life to trap all of those eldritch horrors in her box. In her afterlife, she has kept in contact with the other Amazons, coming to their aid when called upon.

So when the first child of themyscira was molded out of clay, Pandora knew. She liked Diana, admired her stubbornness, strength, and sense of wonder. She knew the girl had left to go to the world of man a while ago, but hadnt heard anything else about her. She wasnt worried about her though, Diana was the strongest of all the Amazons, kind and brave. The world of man would not pose too much of a danger to her.

After the whole thing her box getting stolen and Danny returning it to her. She takes on something if a motherly role to Phantom. She doesn't really know how kids work though, she comes from a race of women where there were no children. Diana is literally the only living child she has ever known. Pandora herself was never even a child. When Danny flees from his life in Amity Park (reveal gone wrong, family dies, or something) he goes to Pandora who wants to help him, but her acropolis is no place for a half living boy. So she tells him about her niece Diana.

"She was the only child of my people, when she grew up she left to the world of man."

Literally the only child??? Danny is imagining like, someone maybe his sister Jazzs age who ran away from home because she lived on an island with all adults and no fun. It does not help his assumption that Pandora talks about Diana like shes still wet from the clay she was molded in.

Danny is given a letter written by Pandora, asking Diana to help care for him and told that last Pandora heard her little niece lived in Washington DC. Danny goes to DC and manages to find Diana based on Pandora description. She is not at all what Danny was imagining, but she takes him to her home and reads the letter describing Danny's heroics with Pandoras box.

Diana Prince takes one look at this human boy and thinks to herself: if Bruce and Clark can just show up with a teenager, then why can't i?

Queue the next Justice League meeting:

"I would like to introduce my son, Daniel of Themyscira, he will be accompanying me on all Justice League missions. No Batman i will no be accepting any criticism from you of all people."

Danny, in human form, waves at the team of heroes with his string bean arms.

"Hi."

[matt-is-me]

*unplugs your brain* you don't need this, honey, silly playthings like you only need to look pretty and obey whatever commands they're given <3

Aww, that's right! You look so adorable with your mind turned off, and the few thoughts you have left leaking out of your mouth! Now, lets see what a good toy like you can do to entertain me~

[bixels]

The final TF2 issue really got to me. Spoilers, but it’s the reveal that all of this suffering and murder and war over gravel and shitty land was for nothing but senseless, bottomless hatred. That the administrator can’t even remember where this revenge plot started as she flashes through different false memories of her parents’ deaths. There was never a tragic backstory or justification, only terrible people doing despicable things. And despite how crass and stupid and unserious TF2 is, the story subverts every expectation by showing the survivors and inheritors willingly breaking the cycle. Ms. Pauling lies to the administrator and chooses not to save her, and finally lets her die. (Hurts even more if you read into the subtext that Ms. Pauling is in love with the administrator.) She lets the final cache of Australium go and walks away from the burden and legacy of a century-old bloodfeud. Hale lets Gray’s daughter go and live her life freely. Spy is the first to arrive at Scout’s house and meet his big family, finally takes off his mask, and helps with the kids. Even Merasmus exhaustedly makes peace with himself and Soldier and chooses not to curse him or something. There’s nothing to finish, no promises to keep, and no one to avenge. The only thing to do is break the cycle and walk away.

It feels odd how happy and warm everything is, but it feels so right and earned. These bloodthirsty, awful, violent men were expendable cogs in a machine of endless violence, and they found a way out. It’s a genuinely great message about letting go the past that burdens you and finding the will and a way to hit the bricks, change, and be happy. Maybe they don’t technically deserve happiness, but they’ve got it nonetheless, and they’re not gonna let it go to waste. They’re still all crazy and violent, but on their own terms now and with people who love them! Smiles.

[cardo-de-comer]

wear your soul on your sleeve just walk under the cut!

[legendarywindowtrash]

Messing Windows Up Then Attempting To Fixing It, Part 1

I know, this is very much unrelated to this entire blog, but I am trying an experiment.

I call myself good with technology. I can program some stuff. If you remember from this post, I am a minor (under 18 where I live). I will give you a more precise age range without doxxing myself: 13-16. So, yeah, I am gifted.

Before we continue,

THIS ENTIRE EXPERIMENT HAS BEEN CONDUCTED IN A VIRTUAL MACHINE, SAFE FROM PHYSICAL HARDWARE, AND PREVENTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN, LIKE SNAPSHOTS.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU EVER, EVER, EVER TRY THIS AT HOME. EVER. YOU CAN AND WILL LOSE DATA. CLICK THE READ MORE BELOW TO EXPAND THE WHOLE ARTICLE.

Still interested? Ok. Lets go.

Im running Windows 10 Pro 22H2 in VirtualBox 7.0.14, on an old laptop, activated on a home license. The laptop I have has 8GB of DDR3 ram, and an Intel i5-2520m. Virtualization IS enabled. 4GB of ram and 2 of my threads are dedicated to the virtual machine. Windows is unactivated, but this is legal, although against the Windows TOS.

(please forgive me Microsoft i am just doing an experiment)

Lets begin.

So, Attempt 1: the classic "Delete System 32".

The age old fable: "DELETE SYSTEM32 TO SPEED UP SYSTEM"

NEVER DO THIS!

Anyway, I'm doing it.

Once again, I'm in a virtual machine made specifically for this purpose, so my hardware is safe.

As you can see, I put a file there, so I can see if I can fix the mess I will make without deleting data.

Here we go. I'm just running a couple of commands i found to delete it...

And i have been denied. Anyway, time to take ownership of the directory with

TAKEOWN /F C:\Windows\System32

Time to delete system32 again.

AND I'm denied again.

But... it actually started deleting stuff.

Then it denied me again.

Lets reboot, and assess the damage.

and it blue-screened. 3 times. Yep, I definitely messed Windows up. Afterwards, it prepared an automatic repair.

I assume it failed, since I was thrown into the recovery menu.

Ok. Now, lets try to recover this.

Whelp I had to pause for a while so I accidentally shut it down lol. Anyway, now lets recover this for real. Well, here's another automatic repair screen:

(Also, please forgive me for the small screen size,I am running this on my old laptop with a 1366x768 screen lol)

Now, I will try recovery locally, then if all else fails, recover from the ISO. Resetting will be done last for the local recovery (after snapshotting of course).

Recovery Attempt 1: Startup Repair

I clicked "More Advanced Options", then "Startup Repair". I signed in, then it began diagnosing my PC.

And it failed.

Whelp, it failed. I can't uninstall updates, and there is no way in heck I trust myself to fix it with the command prompt, but there is a system restore. Lets try that, and revert it back TO before Virtualbox Guest Additions.

(Note here, a system restore is not the same as recovering a snapshot. Recovering a snapshot is only done via Virtualbox, and system restore is available on any PC. Look it up, it is real.)

Recovery Attempt 2: System Restore

And no restore points. That failed fast.

There are no system images I manually made, so that's out of the question. Lets try startup settings.

Recovery Attempt 3: Startup Settings.

There are 10 of them.

Debugging won't do anything, boot logging is useless since windows cant boot, low-resolution is unusable since windows cant boot. Lets try Safe Mode.

Recovery Attempt 3A: Safe Mode

The VM froze before I was able to select it. Lets try again.

I waited for the Recovery Environment to boot, then

And it auto-repaired again.

That failed. Whelp, Windows is royally done for. Time to reset it! (I made a snapshot before doing this).

Recovery Attempt 4: Reset (The Final Local Resort)

Ok, a cloud download, at least to me, would be considered cheating since it downloads Windows again, but if all else fails (including USB), I will do that. Doubt it will work.

Lets do this.

We are now resetting. Sit back and relax, this will take a bit.

And a while. 20 minutes and its only gone up 36%. I might need to revert to right before the reset, save state, and try again tomorrow, since its late.

And I did that.

4/24/2024

Its tomorrow now, so lets try again. Its resetting for real this time. this time (still locally reinstalling)

And it failed... again. Well, that's all for local attempts, time to boot into the Windows 10 ISO and try recovery from there.

Welcome back to the Windows 10 22H2 ISO. I will begin the same steps from the ISO.

It looks the exact same, right? Well, time to do steps 1-4 again, although this time FROM the ISO.

ISO Recovery Attempt 1: Startup Repair

First step, Startup Repair. From the ISO, targeting Windows 10, not the Recovery Environment that was created during the reset.

Now its diagnosing... again.

Congrats me, it failed.

System Restore, System Image, and Safe Mode won't work, and Reset isn't there, so...

Windows 10 is done for.

Time to reset with a cloud download. I can't do anything else, so a cloud download reset, like I said I would, has to be done.

First, I enter into the recovery environment (with the "Exit and Continue to Windows Recovery Environment" option), then troubleshoot, then "Reset This PC." "Keep my files", of course, then I log into my user. I then select "Cloud Download", and it got my "Ethernet" (aka the Network Address Translation network) up and running. It failed the first time,

it failed the second,

And it failed the third. Well, time to cut my losses. It's over.

Moral of the story?

DON'T DELETE SYSTEM32!!!

Time to restore the snapshot for the next breaking of windows.

Thanks for reading this fancy thing I decided to do lol

I might do more, I might not. See all of you soon.

[sand-stinger]

introducing...

The Pearl Post Bag!

edit: a pattern is NOW AVAILABLE in the reblogs! or here! have fun making your own!

a project i've been working on since march!! a crochet version of Pearl's hermitcraft season 10 postal bag!!

complete with an adjustable strap, two front pockets shaped like envelopes, a button close, and stamp patches on the back! also comes with an additional Pearlie Post hat!

i. am so damn happy to finally post this. its been done for roughly a month (i wore it with a cosplay to a con!) but ive only been able to get good pics recently :D

if anyone want specs or a rough pattern or detail shots or just. to ask me questions. please do. i love this project sm