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jambusaur · 1 year

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the new guide to getting free sapphires/memberships on animal jam in 2023!

i love playing animal jam. some say i love playing animal jam too much! but what i don't love is spending money to do something in a game when i can do the exact same thing for free.

in fact, i've made it my personal goal to enjoy both versions of animal jam (classic and play wild) as much as i possibly can without spending a single penny.

some people are unaware of the fact that animal jam play wild memberships apply to both ajpw and aj classic, so i'm gonna walk you through how to get and maintain a free ajpw membership using some easy peasy methods!

click the "read more" thingie if you're interested :)

background information

in ajpw, you can buy a month-long membership for 600 sapphires in the sapphire shop located in jamaa township.

you can also buy a den item called a "my shop" there for 100 sapphires.

a shop lets you sell items for sapphires or gems. keep in mind, however, that if you're a nonmember, there's a fee taken out of any sales you make.

a shop is ideally going to be the first thing you purchase once you get 100 sapphires!

getting the initial 100 sapphires

getting your first 100 sapphires can take some time, but there are a lot of ways to speed that process up!

logging into ajpw every day

on most days, you have 3 possibilities when spinning the wheel: gems, 5 sapphires, or an item.

on wednesdays, the possibilities change to 5 sapphires, 10 sapphires, or 20 sapphires. getting a 20 sapphire spin on a wednesday can really help you out!

the possibilities also change on mondays: gems, 5 sapphires, or a clothing/den item with a rare tag.

in the beginning, it's really important to log in as many days as you can, especially because you can get 10 sapphires every month just by logging in for 15 total days (depending on the number of days in the month).

one more thing to mention about daily logins: a "new day" in ajpw might turn over at a weird time for you, depending on your timezone. i'm honestly not really sure what timezone ajpw is in, but i know that a new day in ajpw turns over at 8:00 PM EST for me.

it can be really helpful to know what time a new ajpw day turns over for you, especially if you're busy throughout the day and need to plan out when you can log in to get your daily reward.

if you don't want to manually figure it out by guessing what time a new ajpw day turns over for you, there's another easy way! you can join the unofficial animal jam community discord server (this isn't an ad i swear LMAO), and once you're verified in that server, you can check the #game-updates channel. that discord server is really good at posting about ingame updates right when they go out, so you can scroll through the #game-updates channel and look at the time stamps of messages to determine when a new day turns over for you. here's a link to the discord server if that's how you want to do it:

(let me know if there's any problems with that invite link, i'm pretty sure i got it to work tho!)

playing minigames

if you open the minigames screen, you'll notice that there's a sapphire icon on the right side of the popup.

clicking that will show you your progress in every minigame.

there are 3 gift boxes of rewards for playing each minigame. the first gift box gives you 5 sapphires, the second gives you 10, and the third gives you 15.

touch tank is definitely the easiest minigame to beat first. after that, it kind of depends upon your own preferences? i personally love overflow, fast foodies, and jamaa derby!

leveling up, gem tree, & dig sites

these three ways of getting sapphires only give you small amounts, so i'm grouping them together!

once you join a pack in ajpw, you have access to the alpha hideout and pack hideout.

every day, going to your pack hideout gives you exp towards leveling up (i don't think going to your alpha hideout gives you exp though, so make sure it's the pack hideout). leveling up can give you rewards, including small amounts of sapphires! it's a good passive way to earn a couple sapphires here and there and, in case you were curious, here's a link to all the level-up rewards!

at your pack hideout, you can also find a gem tree, which looks like this:

gem trees are in different locations based on which hideout your pack has. the image above was taken in the greely pack hideout, but every hideout has a gem tree!

if you click on the gem tree, you can either earn gems or, more uncommonly, small amounts of sapphires. the gem tree replenishes every hour, so try to click it as often as you can!

another way to earn a few sapphires is to click on golden shovel dig sites:

fun fact, there's always at least one golden shovel dig site on the ajpw map at all times. and you can tell if the land you entered has a dig site in it by listening for a sound effect that'll play right when you enter it. i can't really describe the sound effect, but it's like, magical? idk. you'll know it when you hear it! you might want to turn down the music volume in your ingame settings though if you want to hear it better.

the sound effect makes it really easy to find dig sites- you can just go to random areas of the map and listen for it! this is what it'll look like once you find a dig site and click on it:

sapphires are going to show up as a 2 by 2 square on the grid.

sapphire drops

the final way to earn sapphires in ajpw that i'm going to talk about is sapphire drops. sometimes when you're roaming around, you might get a popup like this at the top of your screen:

that means that someone used a super sapphire potion (which can be bought in the phantom dimension for 3500 phantom tokens), and if you walk around a bit, you'll find a big sapphire on the ground like this:

click on it!! you'll get 3 free sapphires!!

(super sapphire potion images are from the ajpw fandom wiki!)

getting the next 600 sapphires

now that you have a shop, you're going to want to sell as much as you can to get the next 600 sapphires. you can sell pretty much anything, but here's some of my favorite things to sell!

before i go into this though, i want to talk about a REALLY important part of selling your items: the shop explorer!

when selling items, even as a nonmember, you have the ability to list your item in the shop explorer.

clicking that toggle will put your item in the shop explorer located in coral canyons.

this means that anybody who wants your item can search for it and see a list of everybody selling that item.

once you list something in the shop explorer, it's there for 3 days. once the 3 days runs out, your item is no longer in the shop explorer, but it's still in your shop in your den. you can relist an item in the shop explorer by relisting it in your shop and clicking the toggle again.

now here's my favorite things to sell!

rare plushies

i sell my rare plushies really cheap so they sell faster, but honestly, they're super easy to get, so selling them for 5 sapphires each really isn't a waste at all!

to get rare plushies, you're going to need "the superclaw" which can be bought in the sapphire shop for 100 sapphires...BUT DON'T BUY IT.

the great thing about the superclaw is that, if you know someone who has one in their den, you can go to their den and use theirs! my den is always open with a superclaw for anyone to use :) my username is jambusaur and the superclaw is directly left of where you spawn in.

the superclaw is very simple to play, but it can get boring pretty quickly. that's why i made an autoclicker script that i can run overnight using autohotkey! if you're interested in using something like that for yourself, dm me and i'll walk you through making one :) fair warning though, you're going to need to download two things (autohotkey and a specific mouse coordinates finder), but i've been using those two things for years and they haven't given me any trouble or viruses or whatever!

after you've played the superclaw for a while, you might've gotten lucky and found a rare phantom plushie!

these guys sell for a bit more than a normal rare plushie! i usually sell them for 22 sapphires, but you're probably going to want to check the shop explorer in coral canyons before you list them, just to make sure that you're selling them for a reasonable price.

treasure chest items

after doing some golden shovel dig sites, you've probably gotten a couple treasure chests. placing them in your den and clicking on them will give you an item.

these items are usually not really worth much, but some of them can be sold for decent amounts of sapphires. the best way to check if you should sell a treasure chest item is by checking the shop explorer in coral canyons!

after doing these things for a while, you should eventually get 600 sapphires to buy a membership! WOOOO! with that membership, you'll now get daily rewards of 5 sapphires, you'll be able to open pack chest rewards, you'll be able to send pets on expeditions, and much more.

pet expeditions are a big topic on their own, so i'm not going to explain them here, but i'll update this post if i ever end up making a pet expedition guide!

now that you have a membership, you might be wondering, how can you earn enough sapphires monthly to keep that membership?

it's pretty much the same process as getting the first 600 sapphires! selling items in your shop will be easier though because you won't get the "nonmember tax" taken out.

that's all that i have for now! if you have any other questions or if you think i missed something important, feel free to dm me or send an ask in. thank you so much for reading through this post, and thank you even more for waiting for this post to come out!

#jamblr #wild works #animal jam #animal jam play wild #ajpw #aj

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zenosanalytic · 1 year

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I dont think tumblr is actl difficult to use; I think that tumblr is built around communities of interest and we don't really have any hyperactive ones going right now.

Like: when I came to tumblr back in the hoary days of 2012, I came here specifically to interact with Homestuck blogs because I'd just got into it, and this seemed to be the place when the fandom was centered(and also I was trying to be more social and less of a lurker, like I had been in every other fandom I'd ever been in), and I had NO TROUBLE AT ALL finding blogs to follow. I had a few artists and theorists whose work I already liked and I followed them, then I used the stuff they reblogged to find OTHER people whose stuff I really liked, and followed them too. I posted my own stuff as well and, over time, through these posts and comments I'd made to the posts of others, some of the people I'd followed started following me and I had Mutuals ^v^ So, for me and because Homestuck was an absolute FIREHOUSE of art and thought and interactions back then, tumblr was always Super-Easy and self-evident to use. I suspect other once-vibrant fandoms, like SuperWhoLock and MCU, made it similarly easy.

I think the problem NOW is that the current communities on here are just more sedate. What people are ID'ing as "difficult" about tumblr is the chiller vibe and slower pace of interactions, the difficulty finding stuff you're interested in, and the slow-pace of building a following/finding mutuals.

One other thing that I think is a real problem is how the changes to Activity over the last few years have made it super-difficult to interact with anyone outside of reblogs. Like: if someone leaves a comment you 1)can't read the whole thing, 2)can't click through to it, and 3)can't respond to it just by clicking on it or on an options-popup next to it. TBF responding has ALWAYS been an issue -back in the day one of the most popular XKit mods was one which allowed you to easily respond to comments in the form of posts(if you look through my archives you'll eventually start seeing LOTS of stuff tagged 'reply-replies' and that's what these were; it was a simple one-click thing)- but at least back then comments showed up on your dash and you could read them in their entirety. I don't actually mind pushing all that into the Activities tag, I think it makes them less intrusive and the old in-dash activity made tumblr impossible to use for popular blogs(that's why you'll see ppl on here complain about posts getting popular? It's more a cultural thing now, but back in the day it made your dash unreadable), but it DOES reduce interactions.

#tumblr #blogmeta #zA Thinks #tumbl Functions #The Activities Tab

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now-we-say-c0ral · 1 year

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April 15, 2023

Set an alarm today at 5:15am but woke up at 6am because I slept at around 1am. I literally didn't sleep well because of the Pokemon Convention happening in Excel today. Went to Eddie's and arrived at 8am.

On my way off Prince Regent Station, I saw some fans queuing with their Pokemon Lanyards and I saw a Galarian Ponyta mural exiting the station and I literally shed tears. I've been a fan for as long as I can remember and this is my first time attending a convention and it's very near Eddie's place. I'm literally so happy today.

Went to Starbucks for a quick breakfast and went to queue in the line. I saw a lot of fans waiting to get in the popup Pokemon Centre! I'm literally in tears. I was trying to find a kind-of-big plush of Gardevoir but couldn't find one but Eddie managed to find a small Gardevoir plush which I bought along with the Pyukumuku, Snom, and Pincurchin pins, and a Dragapult shirt. Good thing that it only amounted to 50GBP otherwise I wouldn't have controlled myself very well, to be honest. I actually forgot to bring my Snorlax plush with me as I was planning to give it away to some random trainer but I was rushing to catch the bus this morning. I'm just so happy being there but was kind of bummed that they didn't let anyone else go and spectate the tournament and that tickets were actually sold out last month. Well, I only knew it like two weeks ago. I'll try my luck next time. Regardless, I am so happy today because I got to be where I would want to REALLY be... for a change.

Went to eat in Canary Wharf. It's a bit awkward not being able to talk about anything with Ed. The silence is weird... In a way, we're not like this when it's just the two of us. I'm not paying it much mind but it's kind of, I don't know, just weird, I guess.

Talked over the phone with Poks as she had some problems that not many of our friends know. Our relationship is the kind that only the two of us could understand. I consoled her and offered some of my thoughts. I hope she gets through it quickly. I mean, I know she would, because she's Emz Siose but I wouldn't want that to bother her that much. We're planning to see each other next year back in the Philippines. The goal is to have that hot girl summer that everyone will get jealous of.

Planning to see JC tomorrow and I'm kind of stressing what to wear. He's going to be the first Zamboangeno friend that I'll be meeting here in the UK and I don't want to judge myself for looking... I don't know, ugly? Well, I'll make it work. I always do.

Capping the night off with a late night dinner with Eddie.

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stonedstr8 · 22 days

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TOKE 'N STROKE

"Ads are getting so damn invasive." Lucas thought to himself, clicking skip on yet another pointless car commercial interrupting the video essay he was watching. "You think the algorithm would know its audience by now, I'm too gay to drive!"

He laughed a little bit at the joke, running a hand through his soft, bleached blonde hair. He was the epitome of a high-maintenance twink, with his smooth, hairless body and perfect sense of style. He was smart too and liked to boast about it, with a scholarship for his English Lit degree and being made President of his university's LGBT Chapter, which he was hoping to use as a stepping stone to become Student Body President next year.

Leaning back again in his chair he reached for his cellphone, seeing a text from his boyfriend Alex.

Alex: "Hey cutie, still busy with finals this weekend, but have time for a dinner date Sunday night?"

He smiled to himself, giving an eager text back to set it up, and to wish him well on his upcoming exams. "Ugh, I need to start studying too, Monday's going to be one hell of a final... I'll focus on it and head to the library after this video and-"

Just like that, his train of thought was interrupted again by a stupid ad, this time some obnoxious psychedelic visuals and a bad electric guitar riff blared out of his monitor. It startled him so badly that he seized up for a second, accidentally clicking the ad and being brought to their store page. "Broski's Bud's, one stop ship and shop for weed strains to fix your brain..." He rolled his eyes at the cringe marketing, getting ready to close the tab when a pop-up opened trying to tell him all about a deal he 'wouldn't want to miss out on'. "No thanks, stupid site, you can keep your Bro Buds or whatever to yourself." but every time he hit X on the popup another would open, being more and more insistent each time about new deals, until finally a desperate '90% OFF AND SPECIAL STARTER KIT AS A BONUS WITH YOUR FIRST PURCHASE' filled his screen. "FINE," he scoffed at his computer, "I'll take a look at the stupid site. My therapist suggested I try out weed to help lessen my anxiety anyways, so might as well get a good deal on it..."

Clicking the pop-up added the 'starter kit' to his cart, it was a pack of pre-rolled blunts and some sort of mystery box, but the description didn't help him understand it much either. "Get ready to step into the zone and open ur mind with this one bros, Broski's Buds bestselling strain, Toke 'n Stroke, is sure to change your life by stimulating a high never felt before! This isn't your sissy uncle's strain, this shit puts hair on your chest like a real man!"

"God this is so cringe, I bet they get all kinds of business marketing to the dumb jocks in town, no wonder their brains are mush. Still, it's just weed and for $20 I might as well give it a try, I probably won't find it cheaper anywhere else..." sitting in thought about it for a few seconds, Lucas finally filled in his payment info and placed his order, getting a free upgrade to same-day delivery since they seem to have a storefront a few miles from his apartment.

"Well, there goes my library plans I guess, I'll have to wait around for delivery since my package will probably get swiped otherwise..." Lucas sighed, turning off his computer and plopping down onto the couch, picking up his Switch to play Animal Crossing and kill time.

A few hours passed and the sky got dark before finally a long buzz came from his intercom. "Took them long enough, it's nearly 9pm!" he complained, putting his jacket on to head downstairs. When he got down there the delivery guy had already gotten into his car again, driving away and leaving Lucas to carry the package back upstairs all on his own. It was bigger than he expected, taking both hands to lift it and keep it stable. "Jesus, this thing must weight like 40 pounds! What did they put in here?"

After a bit of struggling and the occasional break to catch his breath, Lucas pushed his package into the living room, collapsing on the floor next to it for a while. "After that workout I'm surprised I don't look like the douchebags around campus." he laughed to himself, bouncing up to get a box cutter and pry his package open. After taking the carton of pre-rolled blunts out, he started into the box with a bit of confusion and disgust, pulling things out one after the other.

"A sleeveless tank top that says 'Toke 'n Stroke Bro'... A pair of douchey sunglasses... Some red gym shorts, socks and slides... Ew, a snapback saying 'Who ate all the pussy?', why the fuck would anyone wear this!... And 2 dumbbells, no wonder this thing was so heavy! All of this is useless shit that's gonna end up in a donation bin now, I'll have to drop this trashy stuff off tomorrow on my way to the library... But hey, at least the weed seems fine, smells... potent." He said, tossing everything back into the box and taking a whiff of one of the blunts.

Kicking back on the couch again, he played with the blunt in his hand for a while before finally having the courage to light it up, taking a hit. Immediately he started coughing, not used to the sensation, but it did make his brain start to feel... fuzzy. "Damn, okay I need to push past it and get used to it." he said, lighting up for another hit of the blunt, this time barely a cough escaping his throat, feeling suspiciously more used to it. Then another, and another, until finally the whole blunt was gone. Sitting in his daze for a while, he enjoyed the sensation of his mind drifting around experiencing the high, his anxiety melting away as if he didn't have a care in the world. Eventually he decided to try and get up, but his body slumped over off the couch and hitting the floor, the room fading to black...

...

When Lucas finally came to again, the first thing that hit him was the strong smell of weed floating around in the air. "Damn bro, did I smoke the whole set or what..." he laughed groggily, getting ready to stretch out and get back to laying on the couch before he was startled by the sound of moaning blasting from his TV, eyes shooting open in confusion. On the screen, two busty lesbians were making out, them taking turns groping each others boobs and fingering each other. "What the fuck bro, how long has this been on?" he cursed, nervous that the neighbors nextdoor might have heard it playing as he started desperately looking for the remote.

When he couldn't find it in the cushions, he got up from the couch only to be met with his feet kicking a bunch of empty beer cans. "Dude, there's gotta be 2 dozen thrown all over the floor, did I have a party or something? I don't even know anyone who drinks beer..." he mumbled, going to scratch his head in confusion, but was even more confused when instead of his hair he felt a hat on top of his head. "Huh?" he thought, as he looked down at the floor again, noticing that instead of his skinny jeans and converse he was now wearing the socks and slides from the box, along with the sleeveless tank top and the shorts too. He stumbled his way to the bathroom door still baked out of his mind, mouth dropping open at his reflection in the full-length mirror in front of him.

"Broooo, am I dreaming or what the fuckkkk is going on" he said in disbelief. No more was the cute, pale twink he used to be staring back at him. Instead, a douchey bro he didn't recognize was standing face to face with him. Tanned skin, pillowy muscles, his once blonde hair turned into a brown buzz cut and with that stupid "Who ate all the pussy?" hat slapped over it. He touched his face, feeling along his chin where his once smooth skin now had a rougher texture, and a trashy chinstrap sprouted from his jawline. He slapped his face a few times in his daze, trying to wake up from the dream and growing more confused each time nothing changed.

Turning around and staggering back to his living room to try and make sense of what's going on, it hit him that he barely recognizes the room anymore. His apartment used to be perfectly maintained and well-decorated, now there was beer cans all over the floor, along with dirty socks and cummed-in underwear, greasy pizza boxes and chip bags all over the table and counter, the decorations on his walls had been torn down and replaced with posters of chicks in bikinis and sports teams, his Switch replaced with an X-Box and a stack of COD games next to it, DVD cases of trashy bro-comedies were thrown around near the TV too... Then the smell hit him, it STUNK in here, like a sickening mixture of weed, cheap body spray, and sour BO wafting in a heat around the room. "Bro, it fucking reeks in here... Or wait..." he mumbled as he gave himself a whiff, "I fucking reek!"

After a bit of stunned silence he finally started to process things in his brain again. How the fuck did he get like this, was any of this even real, and how does he get back to normal? He plopped back onto the couch, picking up his phone to see he had a handful of missed texts and calls from his boyfriend before noticing the time... 2:00pm. On Sunday. He had somehow been blacked out for 2 whole nights, with no memory of anything that had happened. While getting ready to call his boyfriend back, Lucas felt his insides rumbling and at first he thought it was from the munchies because of all the weed, but then he realized "Oh bro, all that double-cheese pizza is really gonna fucking..."

*PHRRRBBBTTT!*

His body instinctively lifted its leg as it pushed out the loudest and most obnoxious fart he'd ever ripped in his life, as his body seemed to react on its own, letting out an immature laugh and wafting the air before muttering "Fuck yeah bro, smells like victory!" He leaned back into the couch, remembering he needed to call Alex, but the loud moaning on the TV caught him off guard again. This time he locked eyes with the screen, the cock in his shorts immediately bulging and straining at the sight of the lesbian porn before him. "I really need to turn this shit off and get whatever's going on sorted out..." he thought, but he realized he couldn't move his hand to reach for his phone, instead it reacted on its own, reaching down his waistband to pull out his cock and start stroking for the busty babes on TV.

"All I do is Toke 'n Stroke, bro..." a voice in his head seemed to say, except it didn't come from within, he spoke it directly out of his own mouth.

"Wait, I didn't say that bro, it's-" he tried to talk, realizing that his thoughts echoed around stuck in his own head, not even leaving the lips of his own body. He was just stuck there, watching in a dazed horror as he went on autopilot.

"Toke 'n Stroke bro, I'm such a loyal customer Broski's Buds will HAVE to take me as a hype boy this time haha!" his voice spoke again, continuing to stroke for the porn on TV, Lucas's eyes stuck fixed on the screen. Suddenly though, he was interrupted by his phone vibrating, a text from his boyfriend coming through.

Alex: "Hey cutie, I hope everything is alright? You haven't answered my calls or texts in a couple days, I know it's busy with all your studying but we do still have dinner planned for tonight. Still on for me to pick you up at 5?"

"Oh thank God," Lucas thought, reading the message, "I can tell him what's going on and have him come over to help me fix this shit!" Unlocking his phone, Lucas let out a sigh of relief as he got ready to reply, only for his body to still be taken over by whatever douchey daze it was stuck in.

Lucas: "dont u ever come around me u faggy creep, if me or my bros ever catch u within 100 feet of us we'll give u the beating of a lifetime! fuck around n find out if u dare to show ur face here."

Lucas screamed internally as the message was typed out and sent in front of his very eyes, before his hand moved to block his boyfriend's number and turn his phone off. "Something is seriously fucking wrong with me bro, I need to-"

*PHHRRRRBBBTTTTTT*

Another obnoxious and sickening fart blasted out of his ass, filling the room and breaking Lucas's thoughts down into a daze again, as he felt around under the couch for something before pulling a sweaty, well-used fuck toy of a girls ass and pussy up from the mess.

As Lucas once again locked eyes with the TV, he took another hit from his dwindling blunt stash, finishing up the last one. After throwing what was left onto the floor, he prepared the fuck toy and slid it right down onto his cock, starting to bounce the toy up and down as he edged himself closer to finishing.

"If I can't figure out a way to snap out of this, I'm so fucked..." he thought, as his voice spoke again. "Toke 'n Stroke bro, this chick is soooo getting fucked!" He moaned, as he shot his thick load into the toy, feeling some of his braincells permanently shoot out with it, sloppily wiping the mess on the cushion next to him as he laid back, feeling his insides start to bubble again.

Lucas had a lot of Bro Time to catch up on, but luckily his new favorite weed strain was making sure that he was a captive audience until he was fully converted and assimilated into just another Bro.

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scottdavenportphoto · 3 months

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How To Convert A LUT To A Lightroom Camera Profile

LUTs can subtly or dramatically change the look of your photo. I’ve used LUTs for years in my processing to evoke a particular mood or feed. Historically, I’ve used LUTs in plug-in programs like Luminar or ON1 Effects. However, I like using LUTs early in my workflow.

Well… did you know… you can convert a LUT into a Lightroom camera profile? Yes! I’ve been converting some of my favorite LUTs into camera profiles so I have ready access to them right in Lightroom. It’s easy to do and in this article I’ll explain how you convert a LUT into a Lightroom or Camera Raw camera file.

What You Need

Here’s what you need to convert a LUT into a Lightroom or Camera Raw camera profile.

A LUT file in the CUBE format. You might get your LUTs from a photo or video "looks” pack or as bonuses from photo software companies. Your favorite photo editors might even have a few hidden away within the app itself.

Photoshop. You’ve probably got this, since Lightroom or Camera Raw is your target.

Lightroom or Lightroom Classic. Of course! You wouldn’t be here to learn how to convert a LUT into a Lightroom profile if you didn’t have Lightroom :)

Convert The LUT To A Camera Profile In Photoshop

The first step is to convert the LUT into a camera profile. Photoshop offers a way to do this, although it’s not the most obvious thing in the world. Here is what you do:

Open any image in Photoshop. It doesn’t matter what one because you’re not going to do any edits to it.

Choose Filter > Camera Raw Filter from the menu.

Press and hold the Option (macOS) or the Alt key (Windows)

Click the triple-dot icon on the far right edge of Camera Raw and choose Create Proifle.

In the popup window, click the Color Lookup Table option at the bottom.

Choose your LUT file in the CUBE format

Add a Name for the camera profile. The name of the LUT is a good choice.

Choose a Group for the camera profile. You can use an existing group or create a new one.

Click OK

You’re done! The LUT is converted into an XMP camera profile that Lightroom, Lightroom Classic and Camera Raw can recognize. Photoshop automatically stores the camera profile in a standard Camera Raw settings folder on your computer. Where? You’ll only care if you are using Lightroom. Lightroom Classic already knows where to look. Read on!

Lightroom Classic - Restart To Use The Camera Profile

If you are a Lightroom Classic user, you need to restart the application for the new camera profiles to be seen. Lightroom Classic already knows where the Camera Raw settings folder is. When the application starts, it will read in the camera profiles from that folder

To access your newly converted LUT:

In Develop, open the Basic panel

Click the Profile browser grid icon.

Find the Group used when you converted the LUT and you’ll find the camera profile there.

Lightroom - Import The Camera Profile

For Lightroom, you have to expressly import the converted camera profile. So you need to know where on your computer that Camera Raw settings folder is located.

On macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CameraRaw/Settings

On Windows: C:\Users\%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CameraRaw\Settings

Alternate Windows location: C:\ProgramData\Adobe\CameraRaw\Settings

With that folder in mind, fire up Lightroom and import your camera profiles as follows:

Go into the Edit mode.

Click the Profile browser grid icon.

From the triple-dot menu in the Profiles area, choose Import Profiles.

Navigate to the Camera Raw Settings profile using the appropriate path above.

Select the XMP file with the name you used when you converted the LUT

The profile appears in the Profile browser in the Group you set when you converted the LUT to a camera profile.

Conclusion

So there you go! Simplify your workflow and get your favorite LUTs at your fingertips in Lightroom. You can convert a bunch of LUTs at once in Photoshop. Keep that Camera Raw filter open and repeat the Create Profile cycle to convert your LUTs.

#Tutorial

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jimmyblog · 10 months

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Production Project.

James Griffin

Cinema

12/9/23

Dr. Malone

Production Product

This project was a technical breakdown video. Meaning I had to breakdown a scene from a movie and talk about shots, angles, movements, etc. I instantly knew to pick “Wolf of Wall Street” because of the shots and angles of Jordan Beltfort’s success. One of the goals I had for this project was to analyze how the shots and angles affected the viewers experience during the film. The significance of this project was to enhance my understanding of how scenes can be analyzed to a great extent.

I selected this particular project because I knew in my mind that this movie would fit perfectly in this project. During class when we had discussions about certain shots, angles, or evene if it was just talking about movies, it motivated me to actually see these things in movies and understand what they are. So now when I watch movies, I don’t only watch it for the plot, but I also watch it for how well the director produced the movie. Such as how well the lighting is and the types of shots that are being produced. Personally this way of watching more movies is more intriguing rather than just watching it to watch it. Some may say that it’s too much to think about when watching a movie, although when you have the knowledge about film like I got from this class, it’s hard to miss when the directors create a masterpiece of film. During the project, It was a little bit hard to navigate popups on the screen, the commentary was a breeze, since I have seen this movie before and know backgrounds. One of the biggest challenges I faced during this project was to specify a one certain scene that popped out. This movie is very well produced, hence why it was very difficult for me to narrow down a particular scene to break down from the movie. Some skills I learned by deep diving into this project were analyzing a scene, and editing videos. These skills are very important to have for future projects and assessments. A certain lesson that I learned that stood out to me was that when analyzing a scene, you can’t just state the facts because anyone could see the facts. Instead what is necessary to have a good production project is to explain why it matters to the audience or the narrative. Adding thesee pieces really gets the reader to understand what is going on and why it means something more. This project reminds me of another project I did in high school, which I think helped me in the process of this project. We had to analyze a book and the pictures in it and explain what the colors of the picture meant. This relation helped a great deal when I was working on my project. This project made me come a long way and defintely helped me learn a few things. My appreciation for this genre of cinema is greatly enhanced. Watching movies on my own now is such a new and exciting experience, hence everything this class has taught me. My knowledge for this will be put to good use, as watching movies is a hobby of mine. Having this knowledge about cinema is critical because when watching movies I can point out to others what type of shots and angles are being produced in the movie. And even if they don’t appreciate it or don’t understand it, I will and will always appreciate the fact that I know more to the movies than just sitting there and watching the film just solely for the plot. The project really changed how I feel about the cinema world. It showed me why everything is so important in the cinema world.

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youhaveyourfits · 10 months

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I got reminded recently that the olde internet also used to be full of ads, in a way that was in some ways more annoying, cos they'd often be porny and take over the screen or they'd be popups, which kinda changed my mind abt ads being bad on websites rn. I'd prefer that to only having like 7 popular websites w little customisation that act less like sites of communication interest and creativity and more like exponentially subtly elaborately compelling rat mazes of the mind

#then again sometimes i wonder if reminiscing abt the first decades of the internet is pointless entirely #bc its such a new n unprecedented phenomena that change is inevitable and like ofc that would only ever last for the first period of time it #existed for #and there couldve been a world where things werent as they r now but ig also inevitably the internet would change to reflect the world it #was created in #its so many times more populated than 15-20 yrs ago #and maybe some of its changes r just due to that #and you still can be creative and weird w it #im not gonna deny that maybe its not as easy to facilitate populate or find those kinda places tho #just by nature of navigating a small village vs a sprawling metropolis partly

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hydrus · 1 year

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Version 547

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I had a good week mostly fixing bugs.

full changelog

highlights

Most importantly, I banged my head against a persistent knot of mpv crashiness this week, and I actually got somewhere. A variety of situations where mpv could fail to load a weird file, which would then lead to hydrus program instability, are now much much better, usually no crash worries at all. Also, there's a little more error handling, stuff like a placeholder image to show instead of the broken file, and an error popup to tell you what happened. I cannot promise that this improves mpv on any system that already had trouble just getting it working (e.g. macOS, some Linux), but I think that heart-skipping moment of 'will it crash?' lag when an mpv load fails should be solved. Let me know how you get on!

Thanks to a user, we have support for 'djvu' files, which are basically an open source pdf format.

If you have a client with hundreds of search pages open, please let me know if your session is any less laggy, particularly if you get bumps of lag every five minutes or so. I rewrote some ugly code and think I eliminated some background CPU overhead for your situation.

There's a handful of smaller fixes and tweaks too, nothing super important, but check the changelog if you are interested.

next week

I'm sorry to say my past couple of months have been pretty low productivity overall. Just life stuff cutting at my time and energy, mostly. I'm going to keep my head down and not change anything drastic, but it has been on my mind, and I regret not being able to push on larger projects. We'll see how the new year goes, I think. Anyway, I expect I'll clear out some more jobs like this next week. I've also been dabbling with the idea of a new 'hash sort' to preserve the sort of a 'system:hash' or downloader highlight in various situations, so I might explore that.

#release #Youtube

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mahotoai · 2 years

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-- OOC

Okay so I still have quite a bit to do but I think i’ve cleared up most of everything I wanted to do. Expect tags to be skimmed through one by one as I clean and retag certain things. I’ve done a lot of tagging already but there still is a lot to be redone.

Anyway, let’s get onto things; What has changed?

1. I’ve removed some muses and added some NPCs as main characters. New tags and some things have been tweaked in my muse’s portrayal. The muses in question are Miyabi and the Desert Clan which had Kebechet and Wepwawet. I have my reasons but if you’re curious you’re free to DM me about it.

2. I’ve updated my rules with something VERY big that I will be hammering in going forward.

3. I want to restart my threads with the knowledge that everything that has happened is not being erased... I just need a fresh start thread-wise. Any and all ships remain the same as they were as well up to this point too. Nothing has changed!

4. Genshin Impact AU is gone. I have major burnout with the series and have contacted respective muns to discuss interactions elsewhere. As such there are only two verses right now; Main Verse and Sengoku Era AU with yugenronin.

5. I will be using Amalthea as my FC from now on since... Jolteon doesn’t fit anymore.

6. This blog will be on low activity and I will get to replies when I get to them. I’ve got a lot of things going on so if you’re ever curious about how i’m feeling, check my pinned post as I tend to update it when it needs to be. My DMs are also always open as well.

7. I have softblocked a lot of people that are inactive/I don’t know for my own comfort. If I softblocked you and you refollow then you’re free to do so, but please keep in mind i’m looking for active partners to write with, not just for ppl to read my stuff.

8. Expect random popups of headcanons and stuff as I fill things out from now on because i’m essentially reworking my lore... and speaking of which, i’ve made a shift in main verse: It’s now a more open forest to humans and witches etc so people can come and go freely but there is still a vicious aura about it of protection because half the people are traumatized and its a refuge for the lost and weary.

There’s probably more but uh... yeah I think that covers everything? If some other things are changed that I miss, feel free to DM me about that too.

Anyway time to make a few more posts. :’)

#the raptor speaks ;; ooc

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destinyresources · 2 years

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Uh oh, Exo crushes!

Good for romantic ships, unrequited love, or maybe even platonic ships with someone who makes them happy. Exos can be hard to read, but once you learn, the signs are pretty obvious. A lot of these are going off headcanons.

Spoken to the Exo:

“Are you okay? It’s not even that warm and your fans are going crazy.”

“I didn’t know your lights could change colour! That’s so cool!”

“...Are those hearts in your optics?”

“Your plating is so warm. Almost comfy, if it wasn’t metal.”

“I know you don’t need to eat, but wanna go get some ramen?”

“You look nice today-- did your antennae just wiggle when I said that?”

“...Are you purring?”

Spoken by the Exo:

“...” The Exo stands there unmoving, quite literally looking like their mind has encountered an error popup.

“We can go out, I’ll be fine, I’m a robot! I can hold my liquor. Just...ignore any stupid things I might say.”

“Sorry about the noise of my fans. I uh-- really don’t know what’s wrong with me.”

“I-I-- u-uhm-- m--” They can’t seem to get the words out, their voice skipping a beat and falling into static.

“I hope I didn’t accidentally crush you with that hug, I got a little overexcited.”

#destiny rp memes #ask memes #sentence starters #destiny rp

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asksnowton · 3 years

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What’s that photo you got there, Popup?

". . . It's... a family photo..." he says, his gaze directed to the floor "...Usually it's up on my wall, but..."

. . .

"...Today was his birthday, y'know...?" he asks, his voice somber and quiet, stripped of his usual energy.

. . .

"...I was- I was actually on my way to visit his memorial when the storm started... But... the wind started to pick up, and... I ducked into my office for cover... I... tried workin' to get my mind off it... but..." he pauses, trying to think of a way to change the subject, but ultimately failing...

Perhaps- deep down, he doesn't want to change the subject.

"You know- Me 'n Bans were pretty young when we lost him... he would've been sixty today. S i x t y."

"...I used to think he was so old... I remember our last time celebrating his birthday like it was yesterday..." he smiled faintly in remembrance "I thought I was so funny, mumblin' 'Old man' after every 'happy birthday to you', singin' to him..."

". . . He was 36..."

"And now I'm 42..."

"...But he's still 36...."

#hehehe #this has gotta be one of my favorite Poppy posts to write so far #-Arrow #Poppy answers #Poppy #The Addisons #ask #story

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yellowocaballero · 4 years

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Human Relations Snippet: Tim teaches Jon the internet and odious goats are sacrificed to the cult of Bezos

There’s no reason for this to exist. I was rereading a bit of HR and I saw a throwaway joke about Jon wanting to buy Martin a Portal Gun. I started wondering about how that would even work. The answer is, obviously, a 200 year old man squinting at a computer screen wondering why there’s so many horny singles in his area. I get possessed by demons easily, so I took three hours out of writing my daemon au and wrote this instead. Bon Appetit.

(Edit, quick clarification: I think that Jon would refuse to use the name for the Beholding that Smirke made up, and although all of this exists in my head and you guys don’t know this, there was a lot of tension between Jon and Jonah’s ‘circle’. So Jon hated Smirke and thought he was a hack. He uses Smirke’s terms to others sometimes for ease of understanding or in deference to Jonah (:/) but I think that mentally he mainly calls the Beholding his own name, The Witness. It rings of that personal and intimate connection Jon and the Beholding has. Anyway, onto the story.)

After one hour in anguished uncertainty, fifty popups that advised Jon of very many ‘hot singles in his area’, six separate sites that Jon’s God had to inform him were covers for thieves that stole money from you, and a very confusing retreat to Jon’s favorite internet page ‘Wikipedia’ as to what an Amazon was, Jon had given up.

Normally this was where he asked one of his personal assistants for help. Normally, he wouldn’t even be trying, and he would have just told one of them to do it. This was how Jon had cunningly mostly avoided using computers for the past twenty years. Some endeavors were unavoidable, and Jon was proud to say that he mastered email in 2010. Or was it 2008? He liked to think it was 2006, but it was possible...never mind. If it was important, the Witness would tell him.

Peter Lukas was right on almost nothing, Jon thought disgruntledly as he slammed his laptop shut - including in his taste of men, company, philosophies, men, patron deities, professions, and men - but he was right in his proclamation that the internet was the degradation of society. Not that he hadn’t sacrificed his morality and sold out, feeding his patron through something called “incel forums” and “Reddit”. Between him, Jonah’s “Excel spreadsheets” and “TurboTax”, and Annabelle Cane’s ridiculous “MMO guilds”, the Society was filling with computer geeks. Jon could always read the wind: he had to keep up, and quickly.

Besides, Martin had kindly educated him on how it was almost unheard of for a young man like Jon to not understand how to work that Goggle thing. Giggle? Martin was very streetwise and was one of the most insightful people Jon had ever known, he was definitely right.

Which is why he had to buy him this “Portal Gun” that he wanted. He had even shown Jon the website! And if Jon was in desperate times trying to navigate these confusing webpages entirely with URLs he memorized, then he would take desperate measures!

“I’m going down to the Archives,” Jon said, slithering off the couch and clutching his laptop to chest. Jonah had bought it for him. He appeared surprised that Jon was using it. “I may not be back for a while. I need...a book.”

Jonah didn’t look away from his own infernal machine. It seemed he was on that ‘Excel’ program again. Was it one of those ‘video games’ he kept hearing about? “Do I want to know what you were doing on that laptop.”

“Reading Wikipedia,” Jon said immediately, and somewhat defensively. Jon had discovered Wikipedia in 2001 before promptly funding it and throwing his weight behind its development. He had spent a solid five years convinced a computer was a kind of electronic screen that let you read digital Encyclopedia pages, like in Star Trek. He’d seen Star Trek. Georgie made him. “Did you know that -”

“Yes, yes, have fun. Haven’t you read that entire site already?”

“Not even,” Jon said defensively. “I can’t just sit and read through entire Encyclopedias anymore, Jonah. We know more things now.”

“What a way to describe the last two hundred years,” Jonah said, not even looking away from his computer. “We know more things. Never change, Jon.”

“You’re the one who never changes,” Jon grumbled. But it was a weak comeback, and considering his brand new delightfully short stature somewhat untrue, so Jon breezed out of Jonah’s office with full knowledge that he’d think of a better comeback halfway down the steps to the Archives.

In fact, it wasn’t until he was at the door, and by then he felt stupid for losing a point against Jonah anyway. He easily opened the door, stepping inside and quickly bee-lining for Sasha’s office. Her burgeoning powers were wonderfully flowing in the shape of access to and understanding of technology. He had never seen such gratuitous breeches of privacy as she casually committed. Every day Jon was validated in his decision to save her from the Stranger. A balance, an equal yet opposite Archivist from Jon, would be invaluable. Not that Jonah and Jon weren’t their own yin and yang, but Jonah’s powers were paltry and out-of-date. Mind reading and spying through iconography was so 1960. They needed fresh blood.

Sasha had been a wonderful choice, and Jon didn’t regret choosing her to act as saviour. Most of the time. Some of the time she -

“She’s not in.”

Jon’s fist halted in front of the door, about to sharply rap on her office door. He turned around to actually look through the bullpen, only to see that Timothy was sitting in his chair chewing a sandwich. Somehow angrily. Definitely suspiciously.

“Are you sure?” Jon asked dubiously. “Because you’ve lied about this before.”

“Because you should stop coming down here and bothering her.” Timothy balled the saran wrap in his hand and dunked it in the trash can, somehow undoubtedly giving the impression that he wished it was Jon’s head. “Just bugger off.”

Someone was in a snit. Normally Timothy wasn’t this hostile. Jon had thought that learning his name might make him less mean, but it did little to help. But when Jon looked around he didn’t see Martin, and a quick check assured him that both Sasha and Martin were having lunch at their favorite deli and engaging in that plotting hobby they both enjoyed. Timothy had elected to stay behind, stewing in his own angry and paranoid juices.

He would have to do this with Martin out of the Archives...and he really wanted to take care of this now so Martin would get it before the weekend...and it wasn’t as if Jon was scared of this boy he was one hundred and seventy years older than…

“Uh,” Jon said intelligently, “can you help me with...something…”

Timothy’s face twisted in a novel combination of surprise and disgust. “What,” he sneered, “your evil fear god or whatever can’t figure it out for you?”

“I don’t need others to think for me,” Jon said stiffly. It was something he’d had to say far too many times. “The Witness is less helpful with...troubleshooting...look, do you know how to work a computer?”

Timothy stared at him blankly. “Like, at all?”

“I’m trying to buy Martin this toy he desires,” Jon said desperately. Fuck it all, he walked over and sat down in the chair next to Tim’s desk. He pulled a little bit closer, placing his laptop on Tim’s desk, and ignored the way the other man leaned away. “But whenever I try I keep on seeing alerts about hot singles. I’m not interested in young women, I just need to buy a ‘Portal Gun’. Do you know what a Portal Gun is?”

Timothy continued staring at him, eyebrows raised. Clearly involuntarily, so quick that he may not even have noticed, one corner of his lips was ticking upwards into a smile.

“How many credit card scams have you fallen for?”

“Absolutely none,” Jon said, very quickly. He pulled out his credit card, placing it on the table. He knew a credit card was involved, although he didn’t know how. “What do I do? Do I swipe it? Is there a port?” He picked up the laptop and squinted at its sides, looking for a port. “I wanted to ask Sasha for help, since she’s the expert in hacking, but surely you know the basics?”

“I mean...I can’t, like, code, but yeah, I can work Amazon.” Timothy carefully opened the laptop, watching the display light up. He effortlessly navigated to an icon on the screen, clicking it open.

“That’s not right,” Jon said urgently. “You’re supposed to press the E.”

“I do not want to know how many toolbars you have,” Timothy said bluntly. “We’re using Chrome. That’s another way to look at the Internet.” He rubbed his hands together. “Yeah, I got a grandmother, we can do this.”

Jon perked up. “So you’ll help?”

Went unsaid: even though you hate me?

“Whatever,” Timothy grumbled. Jon decided not to press his luck.

Jon decided that he liked the Chrome better than the Internet Explorer, because it was simpler and Google was on the first page. Tim rapidly typed on ‘Amazon.com’ into the search bar and easily scrolled through the very busy and picture filled page that immediately popped up. Why was everything so fast? Maybe this was why the young people had no attention span: these pages just came up immediately. No flipping for indices for finding anything in phone books.

“Right. What was it, a Portal Gun? Like from the game?”

“A board game?”

“Video game.”

“Like on a VHS…?”

“Right.” Tim pinched the bridge of his nose. “You know, Sasha said that you’re one of the most famous sociologists and anthropologists in British history.”

“I am extremely intelligent, Timothy, and I won’t abide any insinuation otherwise,” Jon said curtly. “I cannot be expected to keep constant track every time there’s another - iPhone or whatever. You have teenagers in your family, correct? Do you always know what they’re talking about? That’s, what, a twenty year age gap? Multiply that by ten.”

That shut him up. Timothy sighed again, much more aggressively, but he clicked the white bar and typed in ‘portal gun’ anyway. “Right. Not fucking apologizing, but right. I still don’t fucking know what ‘Twitch’ is.”

“It’s a brief spasmodic contraction of the muscle fibers,” Jon said helpfully. “Fascinatingly, this phenomenon was first observed in frog’s legs before I was even born in 1780, by Luigi Galvani. Erudite man, by the way, but he couldn’t hold his liquor. It was the birth of the study of bioelectricity, although the exact mechanism of muscle contraction eluded scientists for years.”

“Never mind.” Timothy sighed again, the perfect mix of aggravated and long-suffering. It seemed to be the man’s two favorite emotions. “My grandmother has a PhD and she still can’t figure out her cell, either. We had to get her a Jitterbug.”

Amazon, as Timothy explained, was a kind of shopping mall, except you could pick out what you wanted by its picture and have the shopping mall pack it up and send it to you. Jon didn’t quite understand why people preferred this to just going to a shop yourself, seeing as you could get it immediately instead of with a three or four day turnaround, but Tim explained that Amazon was cheaper, had a wider selection, and didn’t make you get off the couch.

“Oh,” Jon said, finally getting it, “this follows the economic model of large scale businesses underpricing their products to undercut smaller businesses in the area, driving them out of business until they hold monopoly over the market and can raise their prices without worrying about staying competitive.”

Timothy stared at him.

“I mean,” he said, “I guess?”

“This explains why my Alexa project was successful so quickly,” Jon mused. “With a lack of competition or alternatives, consumers are more likely to accept the dramatic invasions of privacy as normal. Normalizing intrusions into privacy took ages, but my early efforts paid off very well. The Ring doorbell was even better, along with the line of security and home protection systems. We’re now working on live streamed 24/7 surveillance to social media platforms.”

Timothy stared at him further.

Finally, he said, “Alexa was...you?”

“Of course,” Jon said, baffled. Who else would it be? “I gave Jeff the idea and convinced him it would be profitable. I didn’t understand the whole mechanics of it, but once I gave Jeff a vision from the Witness he was eager to implement the divinely inspired spyware.”

Timothy continued to stare.

“The evil fear god controls Jeff Bezos.”

“He thinks I’m a prophet, actually,” Jon said helpfully. “I let him become Cardinal of the imaginary cult in exchange for funding some of my more esoteric programs. Had him sacrifice a goat and everything, it was great.” At Timothy’s alarmed look, Jon was quick to elaborate, “It was the most evil goat you’ve met in your life. Morally odious.”

“...for my sanity I’m going to pretend that you said none of that.”

In retrospect, although Timothy had worked at the Institute for a few years, it did take quite a bit of time to acclimate to the fact that the Avatars permanently shaped the shape of human existence in order to better feed their gods. Jon knew better than anyone: when humanity made gods, and gods made man, and man made gods...the feedback loop could self-perpetuate for years. Eternity, if needed.

But they had no luck on ‘Amazon’. With Jon’s eidetic memory he was able to easily pick out the one that looked most similar to the one that Martin had showed him, but all of the little toy guns were for someone named ‘Rick’. Then Timothy took twenty laborious minutes explaining the entire plot of ‘Rick & Morty’ to him, which Jon patiently sat through.

“I think young people today deeply enjoy explaining media,” Jon said, once Timothy finished telling him the funny jokes. “I’m very interested in your interests, Timothy.”

“You are so fucking condescending. And please call me Tim, you’re sounding even more like my grandmother.” When Jon brightened, Tim - Tim! - quickly said, “This does not mean we are friends.”

Granted, Jon had never once in his life gave a shit about making friends, but he felt as if he should be making more of an effort with Tim. He was a sort of supernatural brother in law, wasn’t he? Although Sasha perhaps Sasha was more of a favored niece. At least, he would be, if today’s generation found some morality and stopped living in sin.

Good lord. Now he was sounding like Jonah. Georgie used to joke that he was born in the wrong generation - he should have been born a 17th century Puritan instead. Jon found it a very funny joke. Jonah did not.

“Are there any other shopping websites?” Jon asked finally, after Amazon failed them. He’d have to call up Jeff later and complain. “Or is this the only one?”

Tim sighed. “Let’s check Google.”

Quickly and efficiently, yet with many lightning fast detours, Tim found another site called ‘eBay’ - pronounced ‘e-Bay’, not ‘ehbay’ - that listed off exactly what they needed. They weren’t under the toy section, instead listed as something called ‘cosplay’, but Tim seemed highly resistant to explaining that one, so he dropped it.

They picked a likely looking white toy gun that looked the most similar to the one that Martin had liked and Tim talked Jon through punching in the numbers on his card into the website and sorting through the billing and shipping information. Tim helpfully took down the numbers on his card to file later.

“And...done!” Tim said, pressing a button and leaning back. “That wasn’t so bad, was it?”

“It was ten times as complicated as I thought it would be,” Jon assured him, “but also much more fun. What else can you buy online?”

“Oh, god. What can’t you buy.”

Jon brightened. “Can you buy books?”

“Old Gertrude used to buy Leitners on eBay,” Tim said dully, “so yeah, sure, why not.”

Jon stared at his computer. He carefully navigated the mouse to the big red x and clicked out of the internet browser. “That’s enough of eBay, then, I think.”

Guess he would have to stick to buying Leitners in person. It was no good buying fucked up books from sketchy sources. Always stick to people you trusted, or at least trusted to be themselves. Mikaele was Jon’s favorite supplier since the kid Leitner disappeared, and they had a pleasant working relationship. Mikaele shared his grandfather’s stories about the history and culture of the Maori, and Jon told him which of his haunted artifacts would be the most helpful in the imminent apocalypse.

“Well,” Tim said finally, gently pushing Jon’s laptop away, “that was...something, great bonding session with my local supervillain, please run back to Elias and bother him instead.”

“You were very helpful, Mr. Stoker,” Jon said, as professionally yet paternally as possible. Tim was six years older than his body, so he’s not sure how it came off, but the touch of grey at his temples helped with the dignified air. “And as soon as you start acting like a man and propose to my Archivist, you’ll make an excellent brother in law -”

“Uh, excuse me?”

Jon spun around in his chair to see Sasha and Martin standing at the door, holding doggy bags and looking somewhat flummoxed. Probably confused at the sight of him and Tim having a civil conversation, which admittedly had never happened before. Possibly also confused at how completely mortified Tim looked.

“Who said anything about proposing?” Sasha asked incredulously. “Tim, are you -”

“No! No, god no!” Tim stood up quickly, holding his hands out as if he was placating a raging bull. “Nobody’s been saying anything - I would never do that to you -”

“Oh,” Sasha said frostily, crossing her arms and letting the bags swing, “would you.”

That was a domestic Jon should stay out of, even though he definitely caused it. He and Martin sidled away in tandem, huddling near the back of the Archives as Tim frantically pled for his life.

Sneakily, Jon glanced at Martin out of the corner of his eye. He looked happy. Happy, and just as stressed as he always looked - Jon had never known Martin when he wasn’t constantly stressed out, and he was more than aware that it was his fault.

He looked good, too. Really nice, broad jawline that gave his face a friendly round shape. Just friendly and round in general, it was really handsome. His hair was as nicely short and ruffles as ever. The big glasses were super stylish, and really framed his face well. Really big, broad hands. Jon, who had always been so poky and tall and thin and gaunt, like some kind of haunted scarecrow that lurked through the corners of time, was envious. He wanted some of that softness and gentleness. Really, he wanted some of Martin’s -

“So what were you and Tim doing?” Martin asked. “I didn’t know you knew he existed.”

“You told me his name,” Jon said anxiously. “I don’t forget the things you tell me, you know.”

Martin smiled shyly and him, and Jon found himself smiling back. “It’s pretty good for my ego to hear that I have something to teach the immortal genius.”

“I don’t know,” Jon said, as Sasha yelled in the background, “I’ve been learning a lot lately.”

“Really?” Martin teased. “Anything interesting?”

“Oh,” Jon said, watching the yellow fluorescent light cast Martin’s dim smile in soft relief, “I can think of a few things.”

#my writing #jonathan sims #tim stoker #archivist!sasha #martin blackwood #sasha james #mild homosexual activity and massive old man activity inbound #tma #the magnus archives #tma fanfic #the magnus archives fanfic #im posting this at an awkward time so prep for a lot of self rbs

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