#dani replies

[reedroad]

tumblr user reedroad i need you to know i re-read the spiral is unspooling once a month and i am not exaggerating. i love that fic soooooooo much

I'M GLAD YOU ENJOY IT THAT MUCH OMG!! i'm really proud of it, honestly.

[erubadhriell]

i adore your vincent so much! do you have a list/top mods you use for him?

Hi, Anon! Oh, thank you so much! I'm glad you think so. :) And you mean mods for his appearance or also clothes/accessories and stuff? Here are the mods I use for his appearance, but let me know if you also would like for his clothes/accessories and such:

Freckled babe skin by Kala

Liam Neck and Body Tatoo by Kala

New Eyes by Kala

Vessnelle's Hair Collection by Vessnelle (Hair 40, the one I'm currently using)

Better Natural Colors by Shaudi452

Kerry Neck Cyberwear by AnruiMurasaki

And I'm not sure if this mod is working or not (as I don't remember the vanilla eyebrows), but it's in my mod folder, so I'll leave it here as well, just in case: Koralina's New Eyebrows Edits by CoralineKoralina

(I'm not sure if it's eyebrow nº 1 edit 2, n°2 edit 2 or nº 5 edit 2 as they all have the same name and I've download these three. Sorry, it's been a while.)

I hope it helps you. And let me know if you need anything else. :)

[danicoro]

trick or treat :)c

happy hall of weenies babe! :) some bounty for u

[stealingyourbones]

Short DPXDC Prompts #776

Tim frowns at the summoning circle that he and his family are trapped in. “They have the runes all wrong.” Taking a deep breath and ignoring the many questions being thrown at him, he starts chanting in a language that none of the batfam have ever heard before. A being rises from the circle, hair wispy and white and eyes bright toxic green.

[chinzhilla]

cha yeo woon: exists

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[nectar-cellar]

amir just wants to remind everyone that he's tall, jacked & handsome btw

[earthstellar]

what are some other nice moments from Rescue bots?

This show is loaded with them!!! :)

Here we go, some nice moments in Rescue Bots!!

I'm going to write this with the assumption that some people reading this may not have ever seen Rescue Bots or might only be somewhat familiar, as I realise the target audience skews much younger than most Transformers media does, so I'm not 100% sure how popular it was outside of that demographic in total.

Off the top of my head:

-There is an in-universe VR game called Element Quest that has a couple really good episodes, the design is cute and there are tons of meme references. Blades, at one point, goes "I used to like video games. Then I took an arrow to the knee." LOL

-I think it's cool how they actually do tie in their continuity with TFP's continuity. For example, "What Rises Above" (RB) canonically comes before "Nemesis Prime" (TFP), and this is directly referenced in the dialogue in TFP when Optimus says that he is late arriving to the base as he was exploring an underground energon deposit-- This is the deposit he explores with the Rescue Bots.

-THERE IS A MUSICAL EPISODE. IT IS EXTREMELY GOOD

-Woodrow Burns, the Chief's brother, is kind of an idiot asshole, although he's not actively malicious. But he is great with the kids and for whatever reason the only thing I can ever remember about this character is when he goes up to Cody after it's been a long time since he saw him last and says "You've grown a whole foot since the last time I saw you-- Now you'll need three socks!" IDK I just think that's a real cute dad joke thing to say to a little kid lol :')

-There is an episode where they explore the local folklore of Griffin Rock, and TL;DR the local lore is that their island is where literal griffins used to nest seasonally. So throughout the episode, there's this kind of vibe of "OK are these electrical magnetic pulses or whatever like a science problem or a magic problem" and it's actually a very cute and fun vibe, especially since Cody is talking about the lore in the first place as part of his work towards a Scouts badge and Blades is very cute in this episode, the bots are all like "okay magic isn't real but uhhh what if magic's real?" for a minute and it's great :')

-Doc Greene/Green creates a ton of fun science devices throughout the show, but the names of some are just so doofy and fun. I love the "Torna-Don't", which is a thing designed to dispel tornados. Of course. lmao

-All the weird small town local events are also very silly and cute, and weirdly realistic for those of us who are familiar with this kind of local event thing, lmao. One of my favourite concepts is one of what seems to be several crawdad-related festivals, in which there is apparently a televised crawdad race. It's a bunch of shrimps put on a tiny racetrack, like Olympic runners. LOL

-At one point, Blurr shows up, and when the Rescue Bots are trying to acclimate him to working with humans, Chase is like "Humans seem to have two genders, which are defined by how many cooties they have." This implies that as far as the Rescue Bots are aware, 1) cooties are real and 2) human gender is defined solely by how many cooties a person has, and not by anything else, thus leaving their understanding of human gender fairly open (and it is also clear they have solely learned about gender from young kids in a small town which is likely why they state there are two genders but then make it clear that gender is a cooties thing and not an inherently physical thing, which makes sense in context and is kind of great because it gives more leeway for gender diversity than I expected) and I love this a lot. What is human gender? Cooties. That's all. So someone with a particularly high number of cooties could be another gender altogether, because why not?

-There is a body swap episode, which treats us to Blades in Dani's body trying on dresses in her room. He picks an orange and white one, which matches his paint job. I also love this a lot.

-Heatwave is gruff as hell especially at the start of the series and constantly starts shit or perpetuates shit with Kade, which is super funny. Just this centuries old Cybertronian fucking with this doofus boy who keeps leaving donuts in his cab. God dammit Kade, lmao.

-There is an episode where Cody is aged up via Science Device, and we get to see an older Cody, who more closely resembles his father than his older brother does. It's cute that he'll look like his dad when he's older. :')

During this episode, he assists in a rescue, and the girl his brother has a crush on tries to hit on him, but he clearly doesn't get what's happening and thinks it's icky because of course he does, he's a kid. I just think this scene is handled well and it's cute that his reaction to being hit on is still "ewww girls" but his brother is still absolutely pissed off about it anyway LMAO like jesus Kade, relax

-Kade's mostly an asshole but he's shown to be a really good rescuer who genuinely cares about people, and he has moments where he really comes through for his family and realises on his own that he should shut up and back down on his bullshit, thus making him a better developed and more realistic asshole brother character than 99% of asshole brother characters in most shows. I think this is pretty solid because it does lead to effective character development here and there, and it makes his positive moments with his family and the bots that much nicer. :)

-Cody is such a good kid. He is often willing to give people or ideas a chance when nobody else will, and even though he's too young to actively participate in most missions, he stays involved by helping at their dispatch centre. He's a smart little dude, who has a lot of heart and a ton of potential. One of the few child characters in anything that I actually like, because I think they write him extremely well: He is young, but he is not stupid. He is not treated like an accessory or like the property of his family, he's his own person with a distinct personality within his family, with a reasonable amount of autonomy. And he's a person who is still learning and has valuable contributions while also needing guidance or support at times. 10/10

-Dani gradually gets better at helping Blades deal with his flight anxiety (and sticks up for him when the others might mock him a little for it), and this is not only inherently very nice and cute, but it also makes a lot of sense as she is a first responder/medic and we see her offer the same reassurances towards the people she helps to rescue.

-The writing for the Burns Family in general is some of the best family group character writing in anything tbh, they handle the family dynamic so well in this show, and it's extra cute as the Rescue Bots all learn a lot from observing how the family takes care of one another and the townspeople they rescue. :')

-Blades has anxiety. I also have anxiety, so I am biased and clearly love this dude, lmao. He's so fucking relatable and even though sometimes the others rip on him, it is clear that they're also very proud of him for trying his best to deal with a situation which for him is particularly difficult (he was forced to take a flight capable alt-mode when this is something he is explicitly not comfortable with) and his team mates do support him, even though Heatwave is a douche sometimes (although it is clear this is usually due to stress or something else and that the actual problem isn't Blades). Over the course of the series, Blades does develop a little more confidence, and it's very cute and nice to see him puffing himself up a little more. :)

-The overall attitudes the bots have towards humans in this show is sweet. It's clear they don't really understand humanity or humans as a whole, but it also doesn't really matter because they are so specifically oriented to their local population on the island and their focus is a relatively small community of humans. They take their duties seriously and will protect this population, even if they don't really understand the people outright. They gradually start to respect the locals (and the Burns Family) more and more as they work with them, and get acclimated to Earth. They love their dumbass weird little humans :')

This leads to a lot of fun shenanigans with the bots not understanding things, or only understanding things as they have been explained by the children, which is hilarious.

-There is an episode where local thieves steal Chase, and inspired by Cody's school drama project, he decides to go undercover after watching a bunch of old detective movies. This includes him narrating things to himself, which he is called on when Dani enters the garage and asks him "Why are the lights off? Are you talking to yourself?" lmao

-Although it isn't explicitly canonical, it's easy to interpret both Chase and Blades as being neurodivergent. Both of them display various behaviours and traits which can potentially be understood in this way, and I'm just glad that there's a show for kids where two of the main characters, who are rescue workers, are shown to be competent and skilled at their jobs and accepted by the community for who they are while also being neurodivergent. <3 It's such a good vibe when the other characters support or defend these two in particular, especially when Chase or Blades might be confused or upset about something. Chief Burns is especially great working with Chase.

-Any episode where Optimus shows up in Rescue Bots usually has some gems of cuteness/silliness. The Elvis line still takes me out, LMAO. "You're bigger than Elvis!" "I have not met this Elvis, and I am unaware of his size." 10/10 writing, I fucking love Rescue Bots

-The bots constantly call out a bunch of details that are entirely appropriate for robots from space to notice and recognise as somewhat weird, whereas a lot of the human characters are so used to 1) being human and 2) living on this incredibly weird little technologically advanced island that nothing really phases them anymore. So we can actually identify more with the bots at time, despite the fact that they are also providing an outsider point of view, which is really clever! :)

-The theme song is a fucking banger. It's so good. I love this song so much. I wish we got a full version of it, but this is the best extended version of it that I've been able to find. Enjoy!!!

-There's a lot of fairly adult stuff in the show, more than I think people realise! The tone can never get too dark outright as it is intended for young kids as the primary demographic, but there's a lot of situations, conversations, etc. that are genuinely engaging and interesting from an adult perspective, which is a large part of what makes it a great watch for all ages.

Some situational examples include scenarios where children are imperilled in natural disasters, accidents, even kidnapping at one point.

Non-kid related situations include risks and threat to civilians from AI development and the dangers that uncontrolled or poorly thought out technology can cause or exacerbate, which is significant in context and also interesting to think about given our current relationship IRL with rapid tech development and concerns around how that technology is being made and applied, either in reality or in theory.

Some dialogue examples include scenes where the bots mention their grief over being unable to save Cybertron, a sense of guilt that they were in stasis for so long even though this was beyond their control, awareness that they may be the last Rescue Bots team in operation on Earth or anywhere else in the universe (a sense of loneliness and a responsibility as the last upholders of their specific creed), struggles with their sense of duty and concerns around their ability to fulfil their expectations for themselves and meet the expectations of others while rising to the demands of their unique situation, and so on.

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this is already pretty long lmao, there's a ton of stuff I really like about Rescue Bots, but I hope this might encourage others to check out the show if you haven't before, it's well worth a watch! :)

[synkverv]

daenerys // paul

based on this post

[bastardofharrenhal]

maybe this is a me thing bc i grew up in a country which has been occupied for roughly 300 years but like. i sincerely hope that by the end of the story the 7 kingdoms dont stay united yk? like the north and the riverlands too have been fighting an open rebellion for the entire series for their freedom and against the mistreatment they faced from the crown, house targaryen, then house baratheon/lannister whilst also fighting a war against the iron islands too (which r also fighting for independence. btw.) and to end the series with all that bloodshed fighting and hopes useless and meaningless with all of them united again under one banner is just... idk man its just a hopeless ending

[reedroad]

A sketch brought me here, would love to read your fic. Can you post a link?

assuming you're talking about the spiral is unspooling! yes here you go <3

[erubadhriell]

Hello sorry to bother you I'm just curious... how did you make your baldurs gate 3 sooo pretty?? Do you use reshades? If so, can you tell us which one? Or show us your graphics settings, I dunno, I swear to god my bg3 is on ultra but it still looks ugly and too sharp

Hi! :D

Oh, no problem, you can always ask. :) And yes, I do use reshade and that's probably the effect you're seeing in the pics, because my settings are also on ultra, so I don't believe that's them by themselves. And I'm not that good at editing images either, so it's probably the reshade. The one I use the most is the Serene Whispers by snippis. I really like this one, as the game looks like a painting and has a more "dreamy" atmosphere to it. Just turn down the gamma to not look too bright. I also recommend the BG3 Reshades Galore by Alahria, I use them sometimes as well.

I hope that's what you were looking for and that it helps you! :)

[glorianiii]

when I'm in a making shit up competition and my opponent is an asoiaf fan

anyway, this is misogynistic (attempting to defend a female character while bashing feminists and other female character fans) and never happened, except by grown men who hate women. I'll clap if you can give me evidence of feminist women who have this take. (you can't, because that's an inherently misogynistic take.)

[deadstock-au-ask-kc]

Hiya Ken! What's it like working with Tucker? :)

“Now that I think about it, his pats on the back are pretty strong .andishouldstopptypinngggg”

[elizabeth-mitchells]

TEN EPISODES LATER IT WAS SO WORTH IT

[danieyells]

A MILLION BILLION MONTHS LATER: ALL OF THE HOME SCREEN VOICELINES ARE UPDATED WITH ALL OF THEIR REQUIREMENTS. Jiro specifically was also missing like seven of them, so i'd recommend giving his a reread too(that link goes to the masterlist!) I'M SO SORRY IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO DO THIS I HAVE PROBLEMS.

Next 'project' will be the text for all of the character stories! Somebody asked me for Jin and Tohma's months ago and I'm sure they've gotten all of them by now(they only go up to 10 atm) but. I'll still upload the text.

After that I'll do all of the base expressions for each character, maybe? Idk.

Eventually i'll also do the million asks i've gotten lol. . . . . .hey if you suspect you have adhd or any other mental health problem and it's interfering with your life and activities, consider trying to get some treatment. |D if i were medicated in some substantial capacity nothing would be as delayed as it is.

[endlesscolddreams]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. spread the self-love ❤

Damn, this is hard... I like my short stories better than the long ones, to be honest.

1943 FRUK/UKFR- It's probably one of the few I really think came out as I wanted it to. I wrote it quickly and it came so naturally but didn't suck so I am proud of it. It's just a dramatic story with a good end. We need good ends, and it doesn't feel way out of character, which is a good bonus.

The flying woman FRUK/UKFR- I am editing the second part of the circus AU, and it was fun, and I am proud of it. I really like how the first chapter came out, and I do hope people will enjoy the second when I post it.

The Russia omega series RUSAME/AMERUS- My OTP, so of course I had to mention it. I wrote it way before bottom Russia was a thing, so of course I like the series.

Of love and faith FRUK/UKFR - I have to say this one because it was a huge project that I loved writing. I haven't finished yet because I have more than 40 pages to edit, and I've been dreading it for some reason. (I hate endings, and since I lost someone while I was editing the last chapters, I am a little reluctant about grabbing it once again.).

Secret Deal RUSAME/AMERUS was my only big story in the old fanfiction days so I have to mention it right? I reposted it so it’s there among the others I took off anonymously. I remember having fun writing it.

Since I only posted one chapter and only have 3 written, I will only mention Apart. I truly think this will be one of my best ones, not only because it’s a personal one but because people are really into it which surprises since it’s another dramatic one and I am not sure how it will end.

The mood dictated the choices so take it as you will.

Thank you for asking.