#false is so cat coded

[eyelessfog]

yes exactly

🗡️ or 🐅 (fighting habits/character habits) about false

she used to be best with a spear but as of recent she’s gotten best with a sword since that’s what she uses most now. she prefers keeping her distance but if she gets close she’s fucking barreling in. like she’s hitting you until you have to start walking backwards to avoid her

character habits,,, she is a woman who will sprawl over a large surface area if she can. she Will just lie down on your table if its in the direct line of the sun. ren’s tripped over her on the floor before.

[uzumaki-rebellion]

"Choose One" Sinners Fic Teaser

Choose One by Uzumaki Rebellion

Characters: Elijah "Smoke" Moore and Elias "Stack" Moore' (aka Smoke and Stack in the Michael B. Jordan movie "Sinners") Lena Blackwell (OC).

Warning(s): Mentions of Hoodoo, Explicit Sex, Supernatural Elements, Romance, Some Violence, Polyamory, and Angst. Pre-Sinners movie.

Summary: Lena Blackwell works in an illegal after-hours Black & Tan club in Bronzeville where she seduces twin brothers Smoke and Stack. Each brother has qualities she likes and she embarks on an illicit affair with both. All is well until one of the twins starts catching feelings.

Author's Note:

The rest of this will go up late Sunday night. It is Pre-Sinners movie so nothing is spoiled. (I haven't seen the movie yet anyway!)

"Empty his pockets (see-line)

And wreck his days (see-line)

Make him love her (see-line)

And she'll fly away (see-line)"

Nina Simone – "See-Line Woman"

She fucked them both.

Smoke and Stack.

Seducing the twin brothers was easy, but confusing at the start.

She met Stack first. The gold in his teeth gleamed in the light of the Sunset Café, one of the most popular Black and Tan clubs in the Bronzeville section of Chicago. Lena Blackwell worked behind the bar instead of the floor, where jam packed circular tables faced an at- capacity dance floor moving to the sounds of the latest jazz band snazzed up in tuxedos.

Although the Sunset Café advertised itself as a supper club and a popular music venue, people along the stroll knew it was a higher class speakeasy. Unlike other clandestine establishments with secret code words whispered to get in and concealed entrances to deceive law enforcement and politicians, the Sunset owners paid off low-salaried policeman to look away. Their mob ties kept money in the right pockets to warn of raids and shakedowns from other gangsters. People wanted liquor and any other spirits they could get their hands on in a city that was supposed to be as dry as the Sahara.

Stack slithered over to the far end of the long polished mahogany table with a toothpick wedged between his gums. For over twenty minutes, he rapped to her while she tried to keep the prohibited drinks flowing.

"You should come work for me," he said, sizing her up with blatant lust in his bold brown eyes.

"I'm not a whore for you to put on the stroll, mister. Order another drink or leave me be."

He gave her a crooked grin with his sexy lips, then admired her perfectly coiffed hairdo styled with pin curls and slathered in Sweet Honey Brown pomade. Lena cut him to the quick.

"I know a pimp when I see one," she snapped, mixing drinks for one of the female servers.

"I ain't mean it like that baby. This is a legit business proposition. I'ma go back home and open a juke. I need a talented drink mixer such as yoself."

His delta accent was raspy and thick like overcooked grits. He was one of them sorry souls who migrated from the dirty south. She wondered if his feelings got hurt when he discovered the north was no different than the low down red necks he ran away from.

"Mmm hmm," she said, rolling her eyes.

"I'm serious. Think about it. Lemme have some cold water," he said.

Lena reached down into a false shelf and poured Stack some high grade illegal moonshine. She slid the glass to him and he guzzled it down.

"Stack!"

Lena tilted her head to see the caller.

Well, damn.

The head of the Bronzeville syndicate gestured toward Stack. Ernie Miller, the Black godfather of the south side, was wide in the gut and built low to the ground like a bulldog. A dangerous cat, who carried a switchblade known to cut throats on a whim.

Stack slid a fat wad of cash out of his pocket and laid a crisp twenty on the counter.

"Keep the change for your tip," he said, winking at her.

The change from his tab would cover her rent for two months.

He stuffed the rest of his money in his pocket where a shiny set of brass knuckles dangled and left the bar to join Ernie. For the first time, Lena took notice of Stack's finely tailored brown suit and the sharp creases in his pants. He had syndicate connections. A gangster. And a good tipper. She watched him enter a secret door in the back and never saw him again that night.

Two days later, as she started work at the bar, she spotted Stack nursing a drink at the far end, listening to an older barfly chat away to him. He drained the last of what was in his glass and Lena offered him some cold water.

Stack looked at her in confusion and shook his head in the negative.

She worked her shift, expecting Stack to hit on her at the bar again, like most men did.

He didn't.

"Cat got your tongue tonight, mister?" she teased, wiping down a spill near his arm from another patron.

He stared at her and then turned away to watch chorus girls tear up the Black Bottom dance in short dresses. Maybe she'd been too curt for him last time, and he took the hint. Ironically, that made her take a sudden interest.

He was tall, fine-looking, and a sharp dresser. She wondered if he smelled as good as he looked. Her eyes stayed on him until he wandered off to take an empty seat next to Ernie in a far left corner with some other broad-shouldered men.

"What was he drinking?" she asked another bartender.

Max, a reed-thin high yella man with a nasally voice, glanced at her.

"A South Side and the last glass was some Smoke."

"Eww, he likes that Smoke shit? That could kill him," she said, crinkling her nose.

"Them ex soldiers like that cloudy fuel alcohol."

"How you know he's an ex soldier?"

Max held out his hand and wiggled it.

"His hands. They shake a little bit. Lotta them war boys came back messed up."

Lena couldn't imagine the jovial man she met the other night acting shell-shocked. She reached under the bar and grabbed some gin. Adding some lime, sugar, and a bit of mint, she made a fresh glass of South Side.

"I'll be right back," she said.

Her heels click-clacked on the floor and she passed several raucous tables enjoying the floor show. Ernie had stepped away to talk to some people two tables over. She placed the South Side in front of the ex soldier.

"Thought you might enjoy this better than that rot gut you were drinking earlier," she said.

He glanced down at the drink and a slow smile raised the corners of his lips. No gold on his teeth. She studied his features, his hair, and the large build of his body. This had to be the same man.

"What they call you around here?" she asked.

"Smoke."

"Not Stack?"

He showed more teeth and some dimples.

"No. Just Smoke."

He had a twinkle in his eye and he chuckled softly.

"Where you from?" she asked.

"Mississippi."

"You really opening a juke down there?"

He squinted at her, but before he could answer, Ernie returned.

"Let's go," Ernie said, grabbing his coat.

The soldier stood and brushed against her. She looked up into his eyes and shivered. He reached down for the drink she prepared for him and sipped it down in front of her.

"Thank you," he said, handing the glass back to her.

She clasped it with both hands, feeling woozy by the scent of his cologne. He grabbed his suit coat, and she glimpsed the gun in a holster strapped to him.

"Excuse me," he said, his voice soft like cotton.

Lena stepped aside and touched her forehead. The man had her breaking out in a sweat.

Two more men caught up to them near the bar and that's when she gasped, seeing double. The man who called himself Smoke greeted his twin brother Stack. Lena returned to her post and Stack peeled back his lips, showing her gold in his mouth. She ended up grinning, and he leaned an elbow on the bar.

"You look even more beautiful when you smile," Stack said.

Staring at them both, she could tell they were physically identical, but the personalities, their auras…so opposite.

One thing was for sure, seeing them together…she was smitten.

And she wanted them both.

Author's Extra Note:

Masterlist HERE.

Please support the writers in this new "Sinners" fandom. Reblog, Comment, Like, all that good shit. Black content often gets overlooked and there are too many good writers creating amazing work out here. Thank you for reading and get ready for the rest!

[mind-intheclouds342]

Do it for them - Co-captain reader x Curly

Part 4 - Part 5

You heard footsteps approaching, which made you wake up immediately, but when you felt hands on your shoulders, that's when you opened your eyes.

When you saw Jimmy sitting on your bed with his hands on your shoulders, you were surprised, although he also looked surprised to see you awake.

Jimmy: "Captain... I need to tell you something."

"...Is it so important that you had to wake me up in the middle of the nigth?..."

You sat down and turned on the light to see his face clearly, you didn't feel comfortable at all in this situation.

Jimmy: "I was thinking if we open the cargo, maybe we can find something useful there or gain access to some part of the ship that could help us-"

"Couldn't that really wait until morning? Did you have to come into my room?"

He opened his mouth to say something, but no words came out, he just took your hands and bowed his head, avoiding your gaze.

Jimmy: "I want to be helpful..."

You pulled your hands away from his and patted his head a couple of times.

"Alright, but let's wait until tomorrow, go get some rest, it's not good for you to be awake at this hours."

He nodded with his head still down and got up to leave your room, but you stopped him at the door.

"How... Is Curly doing?"

Jimmy: "Haven't you asked Anya?"

"She always tells me the same thing... I need to know his condition, I don't want to cling to false hope."

Jimmy: "Of course, she's going to tell you it's fine... Do you want the truth?"

You nodded at his question, preparing for the worst.

Jimmy: "I don't think he can hold on much longer, he's agonizing in the state he's in, his body is useless, he can't move, he can't speak, he can't even open his mouth on his own and can barely swallow. It's a dying dog waiting to be euthanized."

You covered your mouth upon hearing that, the harsh reality your husband was suffering.

You jumped out of bed and grabbed him by his uniform.

"You know the code, you can go see him. Take me there now!"

Jimmy: "I can't, the captain hasn't authorized it yet."

"He can't speak! Can't move! With that logic, I'll never be able to see him! It's an order!"

The man looked at you in silence and with seriousness, soon you let go of his uniform and ran your hands through your hair.

Jimmy: "Just imagine that he's already dead, maybe that way you can work with a cool head, captain."

Those were his last words before leaving your room.

You looked at your empty bed for a few seconds before sitting on it.

"He... is dead... like the cat of Schrödinger..."

You sighed and turned off the lights, trying to go back to sleep, too tired to keep thinking or to notice the unbuttoned buttons on your shirt.

Swansea: "No way, they told us to stay away from the cargo, it's completely forbidden."

"Do those rules really matter right now? Maybe we'll find something there."

Anya: "Maybe there are meds... We are running low..."

Daisuke: "It's not going to kill us to take a look!"

"Here we go"

You sighed as you headed to the cargo hold, the entire crew following you. You entered the code to open the door, and it slowly opened, revealing its contents.

You ventured into it, ignoring the boxes scattered around, more interested in finding something useful to bring you back to Earth while the others checked the cargo.

A light caught your attention, and you could see that there was a screen showing the ship's trajectory; there was a warning alert because they were moving away from the delivery zone. 

You looked closely and tried to figure out where they were going, your face lit up for a moment when you realized they were heading to one of the Pony Express stations.

You did the calculations to figure out how much they would reach.

That place was like a service station, where they could stop if they had any issues with the crew or the ship, but normally it was much faster to make the delivery than to go to one of these, which were too far from the delivery points.

"Maybe the asteroid changed our route and brought us closer to the station before the delivery point... Making the autopilot take us directly there... three months! In three months, we'll be there!"

You gave a small jump, excited about what you had discovered, soon going to the others to be able to inform them.

But just as you were about to reach them, there was a collapse of boxes in the aisle you were passing through.

You could hear their screams and how they called you, you felt a great weight on your body and it was extremely painful, your chest was crushed and you couldn't breathe.

You knew very well that those boxes were strategically placed to avoid damage, so you were sure that someone intervened to make them fall that way.

You let out a sigh, immediately spitting blood, trying to pull your hand out from between the boxes and the mouthwashes on you.

Until you were left with your hand raised and your eyes closed.

.

.

.

.

.

You jumped up with your breath quickened and clutched your stomach as you felt a sharp pain.

"I'm going to kill him"

You didn't take another second to get out of bed, clutching your stomach feeling the pain, but your anger was bigger.

When you were about to leave the nurseary, you heard a groan.

You slowly turned to see that man, or what was left of him, lying on that table.

[vespidclan]

Um hi I’m gonna talk about 404 and the works 🚶‍♀️ this ended up longer than I expected oops

What is she?

If we’re going to talk about how 404 can do the things she can do, we need to first talk about WHAT she is. 404 is… not just a moth? She clearly is, but she is also the ‘player’! When she got corrupted by the game, she was also given every ounce of power from the game. This left the game pretty much ‘dead’ and her in control, which is why Clangen.exe and the Vespidclan file is still running despite being broken. Basically, her having 100% of power meant that her and the system have ‘merged into one’, but since the system was corrupting and breaking apart as Moththorn went against her programing… That same corruption took over her. Then came the metamorphosis ‘rebirth’ symbolism yada yada yada aaaaaand that’s how 404 was born! 🎉🎉

And being the player, she can do ANYTHING in the game! Aside from creating, but ANYTHING! This means she can skip moons and go back to previous moons (time travel… inevitably caused Heartflicker’s injury), give cats injuries and conditions (basically giving Snakevalley recurring shock and whatever goes on in OOB), playing around with death settings (“dead”: false while letting their “dead_moons” go on and on, keeping the them dead but with conscious still intact so they can feel paralyzing agony *cough* what she does to cats like Spark), and let me tell you this is just scratching the surface.

Why does 404 appear different sometimes?

Shapeshifting? Form-changing? Neither of those! What it really is that she’s splitting her conscious around into different vessels/copies of herself that she can manipulate at will. It sounds complex, but trust me it won’t be after I explain it like this—She’s pretty much just multiplying herself so she can easily communicate with the cats in-game. Think of it like copying and pasting but without it being an exact replica.

To do that she needs some kind of source in the game that lacks much organism code-wise but still able to move around, so there’s room to fit a bit of her code in it. Whether it’s some kind of animal or a manifestation she made herself. Vinepaw probably explains it better than me.

So these guys that have shown up in the comics are her, or maybe 80% of her. She can control them and they have her same thoughts, so it’s basically her with a different identity. One big difference is that her shadow copies can only appear as a ‘hallucination’ and directly in the mind, but mini moth 4 is a real physical vessel that any cat can see, it’s just her text box that’s hidden from a few cats. She grabbed a poor little moth, stuffed her code into it, and now it’s a free new body to possess. The only reason she’s doing this is because Vinepaw’s mind is a little tricky than others, which we’ll discuss later on.

“Can’t 404 just appear normally like herself?” In-game? Nah, she exists in the Out Of Bounds area of the game, which is restricted zone no cat in-game can enter unless they go far enough to bypass it. 404 can barely get out of it herself.

But there’s times where she, her actual self, HAS appeared to cats like Stonepaw or Snakevalley, but only as a hallucination-that-feels-super-realistic-and-real. This would be whenever I draw her in her red and black colors or it’s just straight up her in all of her massive towering glory.

“Why can’t she just do this all the time instead of making copies?” A lady like her is too busy managing OOB and terrorizing the cats there! She’d only show herself if it was a top priority to her, like pressuring Snakie or finding Vinny.

How can she lurk into the mind?

She can’t go to the cats in-game. We all know that. The solution? Enter the mind! The best way I can explain it is she’s ‘hacking’ into the mindscape with all the knowledge she has so that they can see/envision her presence. Sometimes they aren’t too severe like just seeing vague glitches or her text boxes, or they’re very severe where she’s literally in front of you. Sounds easy for an evil moth goddess right?

Well rummaging in the mind isn’t… It’s most easiest when the cat is asleep, has already seen visions of ‘the fourth wall’ prior, or when the cat is most vulnerable. Other times, she needs to really intensely seep into the cat’s mind with, breaking through the barriers intense. Every psyche is different!

Some really good examples come from Stone and Vine! Stone saw 404 while she was just a small lil kit. After that, she’d constantly have nightmares and scary visions of 404. 404 quickly caught on and decided to keep Stone ‘in line’ via stalking so she can have ‘use’ to her plans later, but we all know that that didn’t work out. Vine meanwhile is able to ‘block’ 404 from his dreams, because all he thinks about 24/7 is cupcakes and rainbows. 404 actually managed to get to him later on, but she needed to actually be there than to use a silly copy, because it wouldn’t be very effective.

If she can’t interact with the cats in-game, how is she dragging deceased cats into OOB?

That’s because she isn’t… physically anyways. What she IS doing is coding them out of Starclan and into Out Of Bounds the very moment they die. It isn’t that scary, unless you see it happening yourself. Another trick of the mind that can unfortunately happen if you stand by her radius… but that’s very rare! ;)

How does coding work?

It’s like this

Okay but really… Coding is just what you and I could do on the computer—changing up stuff! Editing, fixing, modding, she can do it all! (apart from… yk…) It’s actually super self explanatory so there won’t be much to go over.

She uses her dexterous claws on these! These are the files, the source of every cats life and blood… The cats in OOB call them ‘The Towers’, cuz these things are taaaaaaallll. They do have their own special area in OOB, which is farther away from the actual place and are set in a ‘black void’, but she can spawn them in when she needs to make a quick ‘fix���.

404 can also take apart the files and rearrange them however she wants. And she can ‘spawn’ pieces of the files to her hand so she can edit them portably without having to climb or bring the whole tower with her.

Usually when she gets her hands on a file it will slowly (or quickly depending on the damage done) start chipping away. It isn’t all that bad, but once it’s taken full effect and broke so much of it, then the cat is also now ‘broken’. Take Heartie for example—She changed her trait from bloodthirsty to loyal, except 404 hadn’t changed it quite perfectly, so now she has a trait that ‘doesn’t exist’ within the code.

Plus like, you can take a look at the Moththorn file and see it’s completely demolished. Wonder why.

That’s pretty much it all for now. Hope you learned something new about how 404 works and I definitely hope this clears some stuff up 🩶

[thaltro]

i repeatedly bang on the screen

master post about night watch when… each of the skeleguys asap please pleas

Haha sure I can give some lore for guy. Lore that isn’t super spoiler for the story.

Dr blue:

Doctor blue is a Swap Sans variant, specifically a handplates swap. He is 37 years old, lives in the omega timeline connected farmtale region. He escaped his timeline at a young age and was found by dream and ink, then placed into the new home foundation (essentially a orphanage) in the connected farmtale. Because he grew up in farm tale he picked up a southern accent. Blues special interest is robotics, his favourite robot being Wheatley from portal. He works in the bio mechanic unit in the hospital, their job is to work on robots and prosthetics for amputees. Dr blue is an amputee, his arm he designed himself! The blue line represents him and the orange is symbolic of his brother. Dr blue must eat all food in panini form, he will refuse to eat anything not panini. He is autistic and has Cptsd from his childhood. Dr blue has a odd relationship with dream, they are very close but have very fundamental disagreements. Dr blue takes care of Dreams child palette a lot. Dr blue sometimes works for mettaton entertainers as he does the stage tech. Hes a huge Mettaton fanboy and is apart of a super fan club that consists mostly of papyrus’s, he being the only sans.

Scell:

Scell is a fell variant, after escaping his timeline he was entered into the omega timeline database and ranked as a class 2 citizen. Scell is a chemist and makes all kinds of hazards for fun in his garage. He also loves cars, he is a huge car nerd and owns a car business with dr blue. Cars are a huge demand within fell culture because of the magic restriction laws for class 2 citizens, it’s an alternative to magic transportation. Scell has multiple golden teeth won by taking other fells teeth. The name “scell” is just Science Fell mashed into one, he was given to it by his peers when he worked as a chemist for the mafia fell faction. Scell is partially blind and should be using a cane but he claims his car is his mobility aid. He is also a nurse as it’s apart of his SAAR program. Most the time he’s delegated to work on stigmatized patients (corrupteds mostly) the main patient he interacts is Geno. He lives with Memory and they both have custody over their adopted kid Punk.

Memory:

Memory is an ex amalgamation recovered by Psychs reversion experiment. His origin is unknown but he seems to be a sans. Memory is physically disabled, most the time needing crutches, a walker, and sometimes a wheelchair. The save star on his face is their soul. Memory has the ability to save and load files of people. He also can upload people’s memories and view them herself. She is transfem and uses all pronouns, his housemate scell makes them not so legal estrogen in their garage. Memory has amnesia and can’t remember her own past. Memory is coded to have a human equivalent of Ehlers–Danlos syndrome and other Chronic pain conditions. Memory is a Class 1 citizen so most jobs don’t hire him, she could only find a job at a morally questionable clown themed pizza place owned by fresh sans. Memory’s SAAR program is working as an semi-Anchorite at the Creationist Church, he qualifies because of his medically proved “false Angel syndrome” status (which essentially means she experienced passive corruption) . Culturally that’s held as a sacred experience so memory is ideal for that position. Memory has a flat affect and likes cats. She loves her son punk and with aid of her finger splints makes him ugly sweaters.

Psych:

Psych is an sentient experiment done by the MedRune corporation. Psych produces medicine that can reverse any type of corruption. And with extreme cases of corruption it is trained to perform magical surgery. It’s not a sans, instead a biological mass found in the atomization void and was moved to the omega timeline. because of the people surrounding him in the lab, he took the form of a skeleton esc form. Psych lives in the storage room of the hospital. Psych is no longer friends with scell, blue, or memory. Psych is designed to have very fragile skin, if it’s slightly scratched or pressure is pushed it will bleed. Psych only has one outfit. Psych showers himself with rubbing alcohol, he drinks it too. Psych doesn’t eat even though he should. Psych is hooked up to a blood drawing machine for 6 hours of each day to produce anti corruption vials for the hospital. He’s gay,, I think. Mostly for guns.

Feels free to ask me more questions.. I really like,, getting nightwatch questions

[probablygayattorneys]

So, I only started keeping track about a third of the way through Diabolical Box so I'm missing any wisdom from the beginning of that game/Curious Village, but according to Professor Layton and Luke, a true gentleman...

Pays attention to his manners in every setting

Does not pry deeply into other's affairs

Always remembers to treat a lady with kindness and respect

Never takes off his hat

Never forces a lady to say more than she wants to

Always helps a lady in trouble (Get ready, they say this one in like fifty different ways)

Helps those in need

Helps a cat in need

Shouldn't glare at people as if he wants to hit them in the face

Should not go around threatening people with knives

Should not take what does not belong to him

Never, ever makes a lady cry

Admits his mistake rather than trying to cover it up with an unconvincing excuse

Always fights for the truth

Always remains kind when conversing with a lady

Can't walk around with his head bare

If your future self has become obsessed with completing a time machine and has been kidnapping scientists from the past, then stopping your future self is your duty as a true gentleman

Keeps his promises and solves the problem

Always express gratitude for the. hospitality of others

Never plays his ace in the hole until absolutely necessary

Again, if your future self has turned evil, you must meet that challenge and stop him

Keeps his secrets

Has his hobbies

(As an aside, the violin is a very gentlemanly pursuit)

Cannot allow another to follow you into a dangerous situation

Keeps calm and carries on, even under duress

Never rushes a lady

Breaks into a house if he believes a young girl could be in danger

Always keeps his promises

Has good penmanship

Always keeps his word

Rarely resorts to punchlines

Is patient

Shows gratitude to one's teachers

When crafting a solution, always prefers the elegant one

Never refuses a request to help an old friend

Never abandons someone in need

Never neglects those in need

Finds peaceful solutions to potentially violent situations

Isn't suited for rides like a carousel

Never wipes dirty hands on his clothes

Must not jump over fences

Always obeys the highway code

Would never give a false statement to a police officer

Admires a fine collection of gloves

Always remains positive

Does not act arrogantly in the face of tradition

Treats his guests with the utmost hospitality

Always invests in a time piece

Conversely, a lady...

Never keeps a gentleman waiting

Always demonstrates good humor

Solves puzzles

[luluy33art]

WARNING HUGE KPOP DEMON HUNTERS SPOILERS

Just watched the kpop demon hunters film and GODDDDD I NEED MOREEEEE

I STILL HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS LIKE WDYM RUMI'S FATHER WAS A DEMON??? HELLO??

I NEED THE STORY OF RUMI'S PARENTS

I lowkey was theorizing that Rumi's dad was Gwi ma x'D but now I think that was just a crazy theory, but if it turned out to be true, that would turn Rumi into kinda a princess of demons right?

I lowkey was looking forward to the demonic form of Rumi, I'm sure it would be so HOT I would have had a gay panick for sure

Aghhhh I really was hoping for Rumi crashing out and be consumed for her demonic instincts and then sing a super badass hot and evil song

And omg the end??? The demon cat and crow can still go to the human world??? Does that means the demons can still go in???

I need a sequel so bad

Controversial take but I'm glad Rumi and Jun- whatever-he's-called didn't got together, I didn't like at all the cliche forced heterosexual romance between them so that's a good ending for me yay

When we got to the part of the cliché sad backstory of the antagonist I was totally like 🙄 yeah whatever

And he totally didn't tell the girls about Rumi's marks bc he wanted to manipulate Rumi later on (I know that afterwards he redeemed but but just so you know that he did it originally to create a false sense of security for Rumi)

And Celine?? Wow she was so so wrong, I'm headcanoning she was in love with Rumi's mother and hated Rumi's demon father ofc (SU pearl coded I know)

I still love very much Chloe so I'm proyecting her in Mira yay like all the rebeliuos temperamental black sheep in her family?? Yeah that's totally her

Speaking of the girls I LOVE HER FRIENDSHIP SO MUCH 😭😭 AND GODDDD I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HER BACKSTORIES CMON AHHHHHHHH

I wish we had more scenes with the girls instead of the tedious romance

Mira and her families issues and Zoey with her double heritage (I feel that)

In conclusion: I need a sequel

[preheville]

hi everyone and welcome to installment #3 of GOOD VIDEOS FROM ME TO U where i give you good videos i've watched recently and you maybe rec me some back? as always my favs are in blue!

The Cat Piano

Short Film for LEFFEST (2018), David Lynch

Longlegs & QAnon | Legacy of the Satanic Panic

On the Heights of Despair

Self-Compassion: An Antidote to Shame

How to recover from depression

I Betrayed My True Self In A Way That Hurt Me So Bad I Could Not Forgive Myself For Twenty-Two Years

THE SLAY TO END ALL SLAYS (The Devil Wears Prada)

My favourite mafia movie

Dock Boggs: Country Blues (1966)

The Enduring Mystery Of Room 1046

STENDEC - The World’s Most Mysterious Morse Code

Doechii: Tiny Desk Concert

Fear of Dark

Doggerland: Europe’s Atlantis

The Enduring Mystery of Jack the Ripper

The Druids

When Lighthouse Keepers Disappear…

The History of MKUltra

King Arthur: What Everybody Gets Wrong

Life and Debt <- essential viewing EDIT: the doc got taken off youtube but i highly recommend it it's definitely worth tracking down

postcards from san francisco

farallon islands refuge

keeper's log

How many died in the Mongol conquests?

Violence in Nature

How Three Criminals Escaped Alcatraz, and were Never Caught.

Matilda Djerf, Djerf Avenue, & the false promise of influencer brands

The Age of VAMPIRES

How to Eat a Human Being

Pursuit

The time I caught a ghost

I WANNA EAT YOUR GUTS - The Punkcracker (Original Short)

It's Bigger than Diddy

I'M SICK!

MYLAR

The Mystery Of The Toynbee Tiles

Cannibalism in Early Modern English Drama: a Brief Overview

Bro, Michelangelo Was Actually Insane

The Unthinkable

Dizzy Gillespie - A Night In Tunisia Live 81

Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want to be a Magical Girl

GIRASOL

Yoko and The Beatles

ace attorney breakdowns

The Horn of Geddon

angels

[yayasvalveplay]

Okay before we focus TOO much on the Earth Arc because I wanna try to put stuff from before BECAUSE I GOTTA A LOT— starting from when Tronus was born/created by the Matrix including some scenes and some WIPS like this

IM WORKING ON IT I SWEAR IM JUST THIS CAT

I want to focus on cyberton first and the relationships Tronus has and what happens rn, especially with Megatron when he gets imprisoned; and the part with Primus's core; as much as I love the idea of Ghost Orion haunting Megatron to time and space. I don't think he should exist- at least not with limits

No no noooo ☝️I want this mech to have consequences to his actions; sure he shot Orion accidentally — but he still let go of Orion, Megatron gave up on him and basically killed him. In canon he wasn't even happy/focused on the fact he killed him or that Orion/Optimus came back

The only reason he even falters in going foward with his plans from destruction to killing the new Prime someone else crawling out of the well instead of Orion right there is because of the sire coding,.

Orion doesn't come back; instead it's Tronus Prime, had the sire coding not activated right there and the body horror of watching the Matrix materialize a frame around him, had the uncanny cries of a sparkling not fill everyone's audials. Maybe a naive part of him that was still D-16 hoped Orion would come back; because its his Amica, his Conjux, Orion Pax who always gets into trouble yet came out of it.

Not this time.

After he gets dog-piled, instead of execution. Megatron gets a little trial and imprisoned past level 50. A fair trial–Something Orion wanted to give Sentinel.

Megatron wouldn't be Megatron if he simply accepted being imprisoned, that Orion wasn't coming back, that the newest Prime, the thought fills his helm with disgust now and makes him want to tear the Prime apart. He can't accept that the thing is his child.

He D-16 can't accept that Orion is actually gone, because that would be like the suns missing their moons or gravity not working. It just can't.

It hurts more when Tronus comes down for the first time; with a grieving Elita and B-127. Elita who glares at him and B-127 who's quiet and refuses to look at Megatron, refusing to look at Tronus.

Megatron would never be trusted to be alone with Tronus, let alone see him. That means he's always alone down there, minus the gaurds who watch him and provide the basics for prisoners.

Isolation that made B-127 create false people out of desperation.

Megatron is not immune, no matter how hard he tries, no matter how hard he tries to ignore the feeling of realization.

Orion isn't coming back. His rage killed him.

Anyways have a rare happy Tronus doodle he is my bunny son ❤️

No wait, wait. Mion, you are so right about all of this. I just got a little crazy for the earth arc, and let stuff fly, we are toning it down. We are letting Megatron suffer for the crimes he had committed.

He is not immune to isolation. And Perhaps Orion is a manifestation, for a long time. It's HIS Orion, the one who'd chat his audio off, or lean on him when they are too tired from work. It's the Orion he didn't kill.

But sometimes he will get Cogged Orion, the Orion that looks upon him with sadness, hurt, asking why he had let go, they could of rebuilt the world together, These Orions Megatron is more violent, calling Orion out for stepping infront of him, how dare he stepped infront of him. They could of remade the world together, him and Orion.

But he had to go and play hero. get himself killed.

But why did he drop him, why did he let him go, was he that angry with Pax, he'd let him fall to his death, not knowing if he ever saw him again?

But he wanted to see him again, he wanted to see Orion fixed, and better crawling out of that pits with his world view, and allowed to kill, allowed to destroy.

But what he got was a parasite, something overtaking and trying to be a mech, who says that they are his child. who had his sire protocol activate. He is not falling for a false prime again. He told Orion that much before, He should understand how he feels, and yet he is being berated, yelled/ cried at.

He can't, take the voices any more.

ANYWAYS Thank you for the art as always AHHH I can not wait to see more of it!!!

[no-psi-nan]

Saiki K ships with the most canon evidence, RANKED:

#5) Teruhashi x Saiki

#4) Yumehara x Kaido [NEW]

#3) Toritsuka x Saiki

#2) Aiura x Saiki

#1 ) Nendo x Saiki

Reasoning in Brief:

#1) Nendo x Saiki

Nendo is the longest running character in the series after Saiki himself and immediately starts calling Saiki "aibou"/partner after Saiki saves him from a false accusation and he "saves" Saiki from bullies. Saiki uses his powers pretty freely in front of Nendo and Nendo always protects him, most notably at the end of the series when Saiki "loses" his powers. Saiki's bond with Nendo is so strong that even Nendo's father immediately gets attached to him in the past, and Nendo Sr.'s ghost is the only one he can see without Toritsuka's help. The second light novel states that without Nendo, Saiki would never have made friends with any other characters.

#2) Aiura x Saiki

Aiura's predictions are 100% correct according to canon and this is never contradicted. Saiki works with Aiura flawlessly in saving Yumehara's life multiple times in a row. Aiura's help was pivotal in stopping the volcano and she even helps in the cat tank arc despite not being physically involved. Aiura disagrees with Saiki's official stance of not helping others (though he's a liar who helps anyways) and they both grow as characters through the disagreement. By the end of the series, Saiki willingly accepts all of her invitations to go out for dessert alone together while knowing that she considers it a date and that she wants to have his babies.

"What if Aiura meant platonic soulmates?" <- every single one of Aiura's compatibility ratings and the other soulmate prediction given were explicitly romantic, unlike Saiki's favorability meter which seems to work with both platonic, romantic, and even parasocial relationships.

#3) Toritsuka x Saiki

#5) Teruhashi x Saiki

Toritsuka is allowed to physically hug Saiki at school in public even though everyone knows Toritsuka as The Germ and it could screw Saiki's reputation big-time. The cat tank arc literally has them saving each other's lives. Incredible amount of homoeroticism, particularly in the 3-days fasting chapter.

#4) Yumehara x Kaido

@mikosaishipper made a convincing argument here!

While they have the most explicitly romance-coded screentime of every pairing by far, Saiki never willingly goes out with Teruhashi and never considers telling her the truth about his powers. Teruhashi also never gets to find out about Saiki's real personality and struggles to compliment him even towards the end of the series. Teruhashi also doxxes Saiki to her simps in the invisible milkshake-stealing chapter even though she thinks giving Saiki any Valentine's chocolates in public would lead to both his death and WWIII.

#6) Kuboyasu x Saiko

Why didn't X ship make it to the top 5?

> Kuboyasu x Kaido

[UPDATE] Got knocked down by new arguments for Yumehara x Kaido, see the discussion above.

Homoerotic rivalry practically drips from every single interaction they have. Nuff said tbh.

Way more bro-coded than romantic. Kaido turns red at the thought of hand-holding, if there was canon gayness then it would be obvious.

> Akechi x Saiki

Akechi only got approximately 3.5 seconds of screentime 😔

> Nendo x Hairo

That was a joke bonus panel. Also, as much as Hairo considers Nendo to be his rival (even though he freaking cheats against him...), Nendo never seems to reciprocate, rip...

> Kuniharu x Kurumi

First chapter of the serialized Saiki manga is domestic violence between them over one (1) supermarket coffee jelly.

[saprophilous]

just letting you know that that ask you rb'd about glaze being a scam seems to be false/dubious. I think they're just misinterpreting "not as useful as we had hoped" and interpreted it maliciously, based on the replies?

not positive but yeah!

Ah yeah, I see people fairly expressing that being “debunked” as in, not a scam; I wasn’t personally particularly aligned to whether or not its “dubious origins” are true or not… so sorry about that.

From what I’ve read, I was more focused upon the consensus that it doesn’t work, and therefore isn’t worth the effort. So having a positive takeaway on glaze outside of its “scam or not status”, as potentially saving us from ai learning doesn’t seem useful to pass around.

Correct me if there’s better information out there but this from an old Reddit post a year back is why I didn’t continue looking into it as it made sense to my layman’s brain:

“lets briefly go over the idea behind GLAZE

computer vision doesn't work the same way as in the brain. They way we do this in computer vision is that we hook a bunch of matrix multiplications together to transform the input into some kind of output (very simplified). One of the consequences of this approach is that small changes over the entire input image can lead to large changes to the output.

It's this effect that GLAZE aims to use as an attack vector / defense mechanism. More specifically, GLAZE sets some kind of budget on how much it is allowed to change the input, and within that budget it then tries to find a change such that the embeddings created by the VAE that sits in front of the diffusion model look like embeddings of an image that come from a different style.

Okay, but how do we know what to change to make it look like a different style? for that they take the original image and use the img2img capabilities of SD itself to transform that image into something of another style. then we can compare the embeddings of both versions and try and alter the original image such that it's embeddings start looking like that of the style transferred version.

So what's wrong with it?

In order for GLAZE to be successful the perturbation it finds (the funny looking swirly pattern) has to be reasonably resistant against transformations. What the authors of GLAZE have tested against is jpeg compression, and adding Gaussian noise, and they found that jpeg compression was largely ineffective and adding Gaussian noise would degrade the artwork quicker than it would degrade the transfer effect of GLAZE. But that's a very limited set of attacks you can test against. It is not scale invariant, something that people making lora's usually do. e.g. they don't train on the 4K version of the image, at most on something that's around 720x720 or something. As per authors admission it might also not be crop invariant. There also seem to be denoising approaches that sufficiently destroy the pattern (the 16 lines of code).

As you've already noticed, GLAZING something can results in rather noticeable swirly patterns. This pattern becomes especially visible when you look at works that consist of a lot of flat shading or smooth gradients. This is not just a problem for the artist/viewer, this is also a fundamental problem for glaze. How the original image is supposed to look like is rather obvious in these cases, so you can fairly aggressively denoise without much loss of quality (might even end up looking better without all the patterns).

Some additional problems that GLAZE might run into: it very specifically targets the original VAE that comes with SD. The authors claim that their approach transfers well enough between some of the different VAEs you can find out in the wild, and that at least they were unsuccessful in training a good VAE that could resist their attack. But their reporting on these findings isn't very rigorous and lacks quite a bit of detail.

will it get better with updates?

Some artists belief that this is essentially a cat and mouse game and that GLAZE will simply need updates to make it better. This is a very optimistic and uninformed opinion made by people that lack the knowledge to make such claims. Some of the shortcomings outlined above aren't due to implementation details, but are much more intimately related with the techniques/math used to achieve these results. Even if this indeed was a cat and mouse game, you'll run into the issue that the artist is always the one that has to make the first move, and the adversary can save past attempt of the artists now broken work.

GLAZE is an interesting academic paper, but it's not going to be a part of the solution artists are looking for.”

[source]

[homestuckreplay]

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Jack Noir

(page 1923-1933; ‘[S] John: Reunite with your loving wife and daughter.’)

Picking up in AR?’s meteor lab (separate from John’s), he hides as the Draconian Dignitary appears with Rose’s journals and Dave’s discs in tow. AR knows that DD is dangerous, but still suspects him of frog crimes. AR is kind of like the characters in cop shows who are trying to root out corruption at the very top of the police force – there is absolutely no way he can personally solve this problem, but the good intent is better than excusing it? Maybe the reason he gets exiled is because he tries to speak out against Jack Noir when he realizes Jack has broken plenty of laws himself.

Dave’s beta discs end up in the capsule by accident, and Complacency of the Learned lands on the floor. When Jade arrives in the ruins 413 million years in the future that journal is gone, so, I guess a pretty big window of time for something to happen to it. But the only people I know of who might go into those ruins are Bec and Grandpa Harley, and neither of them strike me as big readers. Bec could teleport it somewhere if he knew it was important, so that’s my guess. Possibly it ends up in Rose’s dream bedroom to inspire her creative work while awake, similar to how Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff works for Dave.

The MEOW journals, filled with genetic code, are what DD is really looking for as he moves to slimeclone Halley from the monitor. So as well as paradox clones and mutant clones, DD is creating a third type – genetically modified clones, where the DNA is purposefully edited to give a clone space warping and lightning powers (I presume). Halley and Bec are dogs, but a dog’s powers can only be leveled up with cat themed DNA, because Homestuck isn’t afraid to admit that cats are better forever.

I think it’s really interesting how the final arc of Act 4 is taking place in these two labs, and is so focused on technology. It’s similar to the final arc of Act 2, which took place in WV’s Sburb bunker, and saw him explore the command terminal and appearifier – but that differed from the rest of Act 2 because it focused on WV, where before we’d only focused on the kids. Act 4 has mostly been about broadening the story into loose fantasy concepts, exploring entire planets and setting up long term quests. Then suddenly, at the end, we drill back down into a very precise science with strict rules, more similar to the captchalogue systems of early acts. And, like every end of act so far, there’s a countdown timer. It’s only been mentioned by CG and hasn’t actually been shown on screen, but I have a good idea of how many minutes and seconds there might be until the Reckoning.

So in a way, it feels like Act 4 has been giving readers a false sense of security – making it feel like there’s a lot of time to play in the space and figure out the middlegame of Sburb, when in fact the ending has been sneaking up fast. So I’m experiencing the same thing that John is, where we both feel completely unprepared for the game to end so soon, still without much idea of what we’re trying to achieve here.

EB: ok, well you keep saying how doomed we are and how all this bad stuff happens sooner, but you never say why! EB: what happens in our game that's different from yours that makes things go so badly? CG: JACK NOIR. (p.1929)

This is clearly an important reveal from CG because it comes right before a page break, and most troll chatlogs don’t get page breaks! The thing is that Jack’s ascension definitely explains why everything gets fucked up in the kids’ session, but doesn’t even come close to explaining how the trolls are affected. In fact, CG explains at length how their versions of Jack Noir are completely different and don’t affect each other.

CG: YOUR RECKONING STARTS MUCH SOONER CG: BECAUSE OF SOME DUMB THINGS YOU'VE DONE [...] CG: IT'S WHAT YOU DO LATER THAT CAUSES SO MUCH MORE TROUBLE THAN THAT CG: AND NOW WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT TOO. (p.1667)

So, the ‘dumb things’ the beta kids have done are letting the green package fall into Jack’s hands, giving him the power to kill the queen, ascend, and begin the Reckoning sooner. And their response to the Reckoning happening too early, throwing them into the lategame before they’re prepared for it and causing them to take some wild swings, are what affects the trolls too.

CG: [JACK] SETTLED A GRUDGE AGAINST THE QUEEN BY HELPING US DETHRONE AND EXILE HER. CG: AND THEN HE WOUND UP EXILED HIMSELF, AND SORT OF KEPT HELPING US THROUGH A COMMAND TERMINAL ON OUR OLD PLANET. CG: HE'S KIND OF A HUGE ASSHOLE THOUGH. (p.1930)

For CG to call someone a huge asshole, they must be pretty bad, right? Anyway, to win a game of chess, it’s 100% necessary to checkmate the king (in Sburb’s case, kill the king). Capturing (killing) the opponent’s queen is highly desirable as she’s the most powerful piece, but it’s not necessary. In Sburb’s case, she just needs to be neutralized as a threat. This is great backstory for Spades Slick and Snowman, so I wonder if the Intermission will become relevant again soon. If somehow, Jack in the kids’ session is going to do something that affects all versions of himself in all previous sessions, affecting Slick sometime after the point the Intermission left off, and causing him to stop being an ally and instead take revenge on the trolls? The idea of multiple unrelated instances of a game session somehow collapsing into one is cool to think about in terms of games I’ve played. It would explain why CG is taking so much time to stress how the sessions are usually distinct, and would explain how come the trolls can contact the kids in the first place.

John’s example of an Earth video game is Crash Bandicoot, which is not one of the games on his CD rack (p.31). I’m half surprised John didn’t explicitly call out Problem Sleuth in this moment, and I guess the Ghostbusters II MMORPG wouldn’t make much sense for the point CG is trying to make. I’ve never played Crash Bandicoot myself, but looking it up, I learned that Crash is a ‘genetically enhanced bandicoot’ which is an actual type of marsupial (I had no idea that was a real animal?!?!) created by a mad scientist who he’s trying to fight back against. So that’s an interesting example to choose two pages after a Derse antagonist shows up in a lab and starts doing genetic modification.

CG: YOUR JACK GOT THE BEST OF BOTH OF THEM, AND IS NOW SOMETHING HIGHER THAN A QUEEN OR A KING... EB: like an ace? (p.1930)

Okay no joke, these two lines are one of my favorite moments in the story so far. CG has been discussing Sburb as chess game, and John smoothly slides this to playing cards, which makes sense for him as a magician who likes card tricks, even though he has no idea Slick associates himself with cards in the trolls’ session. This move from chess to playing cards indicates that by ascending, Jack has literally changed the game – not just modifying the rules, but altering its very nature. Jack being an ace also reminds me of Harry Anderson’s ‘old HOLE IN THE ACE trick’ (p.630), the trick that inspired John to experiment with punch card alchemy. The trick is all about altering cards by punching holes in them, which could be seen as equivalent to prototyping, and then using sleight of hand to cause the hole to ‘disappear, or move to another part of the card’ (p.630). So again, some sort of magic trick that could cause Jack’s prototyping to move to a different version of himself, powering up Spades Slick too?

Jack speculation is all well and good, but there’s more important things happening here – specifically, bunnies. CG is resigned to John’s bunny antics before they happen, while John is confused as to what he’s talking about, until he has a sudden realization that doesn’t appear to stem from CG’s complaints at all.

CG: YEAH YEAH, YOU MIGHT AS WELL GET IT OVER WITH AND GIVE HER THE LOUSY RABBIT ALREADY. EB: oh!!!!! EB: oh man, i just had THE BEST idea, this is so perfect. EB: a blonde mother and daughter together, this is totally perfect. (p.1930)

So, Hussie is assuming that Rose and Mom are white. Like, through ectobiology all things are possible and I think it’s cool if people ignore this line and interpret them differently, but author intent says they’re white, as is Bro – John calls him a ‘white guy who is a rapper’ (p.386) – and by extension Dave, as both his biological parents are white. It’s hard to say how I feel about this. On the one hand, presenting characters as a blank slate who are open to interpretation (as the kids have mostly been up til now) is the same as a white person claiming they ‘don’t see color’; it’s a way to seem progressive without having to put in the work of learning about other cultures. So acknowledging outright that these kids are white is in some way better than a halfhearted attempt at representation. On the other hand, some fans care a lot about what’s officially canon, so calling these characters white does close the door on fan representations that build on canon, instead of contradicting it. In general, I’ve really enjoyed coming up with headcanons about the kids’ lives before Sburb, which are entirely my interpretation because Homestuck leaves that space very open for fans to explore, so I think I’d prefer it overall if their race was left unstated too, though I can see arguments for both sides.

(For what it’s worth, I think Grandpa Harley is unfortunately the most white coded guy of all time, but I think it’d be cool if Nanna was black. Her being a Black female business owner who gets to break away from a difficult childhood and go on to live through the civilrights movement and have a family of her own is cool to me, and that would make Jade and John mixed race, which stops the uncomfortable idea that all the people responsible for ensuring the future of humanity are white.)

Anyway, the Con Air themed flash, ‘[S] John: Reunite with your loving wife and daughter’ (p.1631) is really, really good. John pulls off the rare and highly dangerous Double Bunny Gambit, giving one bunny to Rose and one to Jade as seen on the ectobiology cloning screen, meaning that John’s desire to re-enact scenes from Con Air is not only important to his character but vital to the timeline. The idea of loving a piece of media SO much that it becomes essential to the fabric of the universe is beautiful to me.

This is a pretty unique flash overall! It’s the first one to feature the trolls – carcinoGeneticist and a surprise gallowsCalibrator coming over to watch – and the first to use extensive live action footage mixed in with the artwork, like a Homestuck/Con Air AMV. John isn’t watching Con Air right now (though he might be actually singing the song), but he knows it well enough to play it in his head, so a lot of this is happening in John’s imagination. The scribbled art style indicates this, as it’s been used for Jade’s imagination in the past. Speaking of Jade, the presence of a second bunny and a second small child is non-canon to Con Air, but it’s so fun that John loved the bunny bestowal moment so much that he couldn’t resist doing it again. Also, baby Rose, Jade and Mom are all adorable here, and all seem pretty enraptured with John’s antics. John is right to cross out the ‘THIS IS STUPID’. It is actually incredibly important to provide enrichment and contact for these babies in their first few minutes of life. Plus John’s about to have a pretty rough twenty-four hours with the Reckoning on the horizon, so any moment where he gets to be a kid is valuable in itself.

John casting Dave and CG as his associates and Jack Noir as the villain makes me want to rewatch the movie and consider how well they fit those roles. If there IS a weaponized bunny in the green package, the Jack moment is extra effective, because he really is holding that bunny hostage and using it as a bargaining chip right now.

The curtains close on Act 4, and then re-open. I’m glad – this flash is excellent, but doesn’t feel like an end of act. We still need to see the Reckoning’s countdown timer, plus the shot of CG looking at his computer screen positions this bunny event as right before Jade enters the Medium. So my guess for the end of act is that Jade enters by means other than John’s server disc, we finally see Dave’s entry and what’s going on with the mysterious missing guardian Bro, DD finishes his genetic modification, and the Reckoning begins. Hussie’s newspost says they’re hoping to have the end of act posted on 5/31, with a couple regular updates before then. I’m scared and excited. ‘[S] Enter’ is going to be hard to beat.

[omenousraven]

Hermitclan Warriors- First Half!

I said I'd release them all at once, but there are a LOT of hermits, so take the first half of the Warriors!

Rotblaze (A.K.A Cleo)

Rotblaze is a strong and confident senior warrior with a bit of a temper. She has a specific moral code and has at times deemed it to guide her despite any conflicts with Warrior code. Kind of a loner, but still fiercely protective of her own as long as she herself can still feasibly get out of trouble. She dabbles with the scrap tinkering but primarily uses it to make strange art pieces rather than being a tinkerer.

Falsestrike (A.K.A False)

Fiercely protective, loyal and brave, Falsestrike is often on the front lines in battle. Known to be one of the best fighters in Hermitclan, a legacy she hopes to pass down to her apprentice, Deerpaw.

Impdapple (A.K.A Impulse)

Impdapple is a kind warrior who tends to play by the code, as well as being fairly easy going, he's close friends with Flametuft and often uses his contraptions to help train his apprentice, Flutterpaw.

Wrendog (A.K.A Ren, credit to @smoozie for the name!)

Strong, fierce and prideful, Wrendog often finds himself desiring places of power, to be in the front lines of battle and general fame. He's more traditional as far as his skill goes, however, focusing primarily on hunting or fighting rather than tinkering.

Mossfur (A.K.A Bdubs, @smoozie thought of the same name as me this time lol)

A small, fluffy tom who seems rather child-like at times, a sweet heart with sudden explosions of anger all said in a voice that makes others often laugh it off or quote it. Often he doesn't let this get to him though. He's mentor to Peacepaw, and surprisingly good at it.

Cubfur (A.K.A Cub)

A smart warrior who knows the ins and outs of the clan very well, usually very reliable.

Silverfox (A.K.A Etho)

A smart senior warrior who used to be a great fighter before his depth perception was thrown off because of injury. Now he's known as a tinkerer for Hermitclan, often lending a paw to Flametuft's bizarre contraptions or helping out where he can.

Sunfeather (A.K.A Grian)

Mischevious, and surprisingly smart in a way that is often seen as a double edged sword thanks to his pranks, Sunfeather is another more traditional warriors if only because he seems too often mess up tinkerers work if he tries. He has a rather good representation among his clan, with being trained by Voidstar and looking out for them all. Adopted older brother of Flutterpaw and mentor to Patchpaw.

Burstscar (A.K.A Doc)

One of the examples of an expert tinkerer, Burstscar can often be seen working on something, usually it's insane but it doesn't often help the clan in any active way. he achieves all his other duties though, so nobody can complain. Got his scars from an explosion while he was working.

Scarheart (A.K.A Scar)

A kind warrior who was born with lame hind legs, and thus got his training fairly late. At first he was training under Stressleaf to be a medicine cat but after the tinkers made him a mobility aid he exists in some weird in-between where he helps with both but isn't quite either. Surprisingly good at hunting and fighting despite the limitation.

[vespidclan]

I’m still surprised that so many people are interested to learn more about this story, so have background information for 404! Asks are open for me to answer regarding the lore as well :>

If you have seen the nice story ⊘𝟙⊘⊘𝟙𝟙⊘𝟙 ⊘𝟙𝟙⊘𝟙𝟙𝟙𝟙 ⊘𝟙𝟙𝟙⊘𝟙⊘𝟙 ⊘𝟙𝟙𝟙⊘⊘𝟙𝟙 ⊘𝟙𝟙⊘⊘𝟙⊘𝟙 ⊘𝟙𝟙𝟙⊘⊘𝟙𝟙 ⊘𝟙𝟙𝟙⊘𝟙⊘⊘ ⊘𝟙𝟙⊘⊘⊘⊘𝟙 ⊘𝟙𝟙𝟙⊘⊘𝟙⊘ made to read, you would learn that Moththorn was once a normal cat. Only she was born with having clearer vision than everyone else. She knows where she is, what she is, that all her actions are but chance randomly generated by a computer.

She has the power to THINK like no other cat could. To have this amount of sentience. And yet, the power to think horrified her—she was made up of text and code. All her senses were but fabricated lies and false stimulation designed by words.

And at first, it horrified her. But all of her knowledge, it led her to hate the cats around her, who could live so obliviously and without a sense of reality. To be in hell, and yet, follow an image of heaven.

After… those events, she learned exactly what she wanted to know. And she became so unrecognizable, so painful, that she was stripped of everything that made her an individual that she became godlike. And she would make that known to the deceased cats of Pineclan, as for every other cat that end up with her.

This segment was during the night the sisters found their new home. Heartpaw used to have waking nightmares and a tendency to think strangely. But after meeting 404, and learning about… her file… she wondered if it could fix’ her behavior. And it did. It changed her trait from ‘bloodthirsty’ to ‘l̶̪͕̘̖͕̠͙̤̳̐͐͒̒͝ò̸̠̬͉͖̬̝͔̣̄̽̄̔͘͘y̴̡͛̈̀̀͌̓̈́͑a̴͉̭̫̖̮̣̭̓̇̍̊͐͒͑́l̶̻̞̻̳̫̔̈́͊́̾̒ty’ with such ease that she no longer gets nightmares. How could 404 refuse to help her daughter in distress? Maybe Iciclestar and Snakevalley need her guidance. Maybe someday.

…That’s all you’ll get fo now! There’s still lots of secrets to be known soon ;D

[omgshiftercat]

BG3 Blogging: Comedy bits, intentional and otherwise

The Rogue-Specific dialogue options tend to be delightful (especially when talking to the li'l tiefling con artists at the Emerald Enclave), but the Barbarian-specific ones, unfortunately, just assume you're an obnoxious jerk, which Karlach is not.

…Though taking the Barbarian-specific option after interrupting the monster couple's romantic encounter is still worth it just for how hilarious the results are.

Being a person who wants the best possible outcome for everyone without feeling like I'm engaging in blatant metagaming, I've had a lot of luck assuming that whoever I'm playing on main has the mindset of, "Things are fucked up all over, so let's see if this person has a reason for doing this weird messed up thing."

…In the case of some -- like literally every goblin -- the reason is "because they're assholes who deserve a good thumping", but hey, we found out.

I found this picture shortly after I played through this scene (again). When playing as Karlach, you have the option to do the celebratory rampage after killing the Zariel agents. I chose "FUCK YEAH!" because I already knew it was in-character for her. A couple of companions had been badly injured in the fight and dropped to 0 HP from fire damage. 😆

I got some previously-unheard-by-me dialogue from Gale, in which he reminisces about his childhood. He says his parents forbade him from getting a kitten, so he summoned a tressym: Tara. I guess mini-Gale must have liked being called "Mr. Dekarios" like a grown-up, and the habit stuck.

…But Gale, don't take people to task for calling Tara a cat -- you do it too.

Having just recently replayed the relevant dialogue: Wyll's father having started out as a blacksmith's son, and having had his son socialize with more common folk than toffs, explains why Wyll has a working-class accent. Though I suspect both of them became adept at code-switching.

Playing Astarion Origin, I just assumed Gale would get all the forbidden magic tomes. This campaign, the vampire immediately expressed an interest. Turns out it's because he's hoping for more info about his own undead condition. Later on, he's arguing with the book, but if you suggest giving it to the wizard to decipher, he snaps, "No! Gale won't eat this one!"

Another note to self: do not encourage the Zhentarim smugglers (the ones being menaced by gnolls) to give you the contents of that lockbox, unless you are doing an evil campaign. It does not seem worth the choice of either murdering one helpless prisoner or getting into a fight with the entire hideout on their turf, plus it seems to cut you out of the "rescue the artist" subplot. I had missed that subplot entirely in the previous run, because I somehow failed to discover the wardrobe that has to be moved to find the secret passage. I found Lady Jannath's house in Act 3, and just sort of wandered around going, "...is something supposed to be happening here?"

How to free the artist without spending any money: get a rogue up front, and choose the rogue-only dialogue option of pointing out that the value of art spikes after the death of the artist. The Zhent will be like, "Oh, that's smart! Just take him somewhere else to do the job, okay? I just know he's a bleater." 🐇: Astarion wouldn't dream of getting artist blood all over the Zhent hideout. Me: But he is enough of a bastard to say, "Actually, I didn't pay anything for you," to which the artist is like, "Out of all the humiliations I've suffered, that has to be the worst."

My friend 🐯 encountered the gnolls shortly after the tollhouse battle and resulting Karlach zoomies, decided that his party wasn't ready for this fight, and took a Long Rest. When he returned, the Zhentarim were dead and the mysterious box unguarded.

Friends who hadn't played using walkthroughs, or played before walkthroughs were commonly available, mentioned that the storyline often conveys a false sense of urgency; you're told that you should do certain things as fast as possible, while in fact a lot of story and character beats depend on taking long rests and exploring as much of the map as possible.

This meant that I discovered, to my dismay, that there were a few things that were time-critical, or could be missed by going to the wrong place at the wrong time.

• The fire at Waukeen's Rest. If you get close enough to have your character comment about smelling smoke or hearing cries for help, go right there. • If you Long Rest after Auntie Ethel makes Mayrina vanish, she'll send her prisoner off to some other member of the hags' coven. • The aforementioned gnolls, and the adventurers with the dying brother.

A lot of the stuff in Act 1 seems to have an unspoken rule that if you get close enough to overhear conversations, or have the characters react, an event has started. An exception is the red dragon flying overhead: you do not have to go and meet the rider right away.

...This last is important because I discovered that if you take the road to the Githyanki crèche before the post-goblin-lair celebration, you miss that party entirely, along with all the character development (and romance!) that happens there.

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Better Bones Profile: Sedgecreek

RiverClan's first Lake deputy, and world famous cutie pie!

[ID: The BB version of Sedgecreek from Warrior Cats. She is a wood-brown tabby with short, comma-shaped stripes of a darker brown. She is short and her body is long, with a chunky tail.]

Clanmew Name: Kyyrakoshu, nickname Kyyko. (Kyyra = Sedge, a type of lido grass + Koshu = Creek, a small, shady river)

Alignment: RiverClan

Relations: Ex-Mate - Greenflower Children - Swallowtail, Beechfur Nyams - Loudbelly (littermate), Duckfur (Sib-in-law) Education - Crookedstar (mentor), Grasswhisker (apprentice)

See Also: The Dragonkin Family, and the RiverClan Family Tree

Mistyfoot realized at the end of BB!TNP that Hawkfrost was not the tiger that lurked within RiverClan. He didn't choose himself as deputy while she was captured, breaking the code in the process. It wasn't his call to defy StarClan's will to delay the Great Journey. It was up to Leopardstar to punish the surviving RiverClan mercenaries who served Mudclaw's insurrection, and overrule the false sign that exiled three cats from her Clan... and she didn't.

Seated atop the stump with the sun setting behind her, Leopardstar's black silhouette invoked Mistyfoot's memory of a powerful cat lording over a pile of bones. Her eyes flashed-- Tigerstar amber, dark forest red. His ideas were an infectious sort of immortal; they will not die unless they are killed.

So with Leopardstar's sudden, 'mysterious' death to a "rogue", Mistystar realized she would need to make a strong, tactical choice of a new deputy. Someone who would be able to help her navigate the tense situation she was in, to balance out the harsh choices she was about to make, to be the honey to her sting.

The choice was obvious. Now, she would have to prepare for the hard work ahead...

[ID: BB!Mistystar and BB!Sedgecreek leaning back to back. Mistystar grimly explains, "someone will die." Sedgecreek interjects, "of fun!!!"]

(Lots more below the cut!)

Personality and Trivia:

She is CHEERFUL! It takes a lot to make Sedgecreek upset!

Always smiling, never loses hope, always tries to see the bright side of every situation.

"A mistake is just a chance to learn what NOT to do!!"

People like her. She's just a super likeable person, the sort of cat who gets along with people you'd never expect.

She has learned that you should listen twice as much as you talk. She's always there to comfort her friends, family, and clanmates. Very approachable personality.

I imagine a lot of RiverClan warriors are "stocky," longer than they are tall, Sedgecreek especially.

She's also got a very thick tail, making her an excellent and sturdy swimmer.

Her favorite food is pike meat, which Greenflower once wooed her with. Not very many RiverClan warriors are bold enough to tangle with pikes.

Imo, Sedge is a super underrated background character. Her apprenticeship under Crookedjaw is super cute and no one ever talks about it!

and BOY OH BOY has her role been expanded in BB!!

Long before the Great Journey was even a consideration, back during TPB…

Sedgecreek was mates with Greenflower. They welcomed their kits, Swallowkit and Beechkit, to the world just before RiverClan and ShadowClan moved to form TigerClan.

Greenflower's sibling, Duckfur, was the honor sire for the couple. Under the Queen's Rights, you don't have to explain where your kittens came from. Sedgecreek gave birth and that's that.

But supporters of Thistle Law do not respect the Queen's Rights.

When Greenflower announced openly that their kittens had been sired by Duckfur, Sedgecreek was uncomfortable, but believed she was keeping their family safe.

But... it turned out to be worse than that.

Greenflower was a true believer. She had been holding a lot of her 'worst' ideas back, but felt emboldened to speak openly with the alliance between Tigerstar and Leopardstar.

Sedgecreek knew Greenflower went to the execution of Stonefur... but she couldn't. She couldn't bring herself to.

She couldn't watch an old friend die like that, or stomach the thought of Greenflower reacting to it.

They stayed together for the children, as Sedgecreek staved off the dawning realization that her mate wasn't the cat she thought she was.

It was easy to put it off a little longer, when their next common enemy was BloodClan and RiverClan "returned to normal."

Though they nearly had a blow-out argument over RiverClan refusing to join in with the trading that WindClan and ThunderClan were doing with BloodClan... Sedgecreek apologized, and held her tongue. Suddenly, their roles had been reversed, with Sedgecreek staying quiet to "keep the peace".

Normally very cheerful and outspoken, with friends in other Clans and open-mindedness to cooperation, Sedgecreek spent almost two years of her life just trying to save her mateship. She thought that maybe Greenflower would return to the bold, loyal cat she used to adore, if she just loved her enough and made her feel heard...

But then, during the Great Journey...

Their baby Swallowtail fell in love with a ThunderClan warrior, Rainwhisker.

Greenflower "warned her" about loving cats from other Clans, "Don't make me do something I don't want to, Swallowtail."

Sedgecreek knew how powerful love can be. Rainwhisker was big, handsome, and sweet. She saw a lot of herself in him, and would have approved of him as her son-in-law in a heartbeat

Even though Swallowtail was trying to hide it after that confrontation, Sedgecreek KNEW that Rainwhisker was perfect for her. She knows her daughter better than anyone-- Swallow would never be able to fight it.

But all journey long, Greenflower was growing more and more critical of Swallowtail. Comparing her to her brother Beechfur, constantly questioning her whereabouts, making up stupid tasks to keep her busy.

Sedge and Green were fighting over it, again, but this time Sedge was starting to care less about making up afterwards.

Then, the worst possible thing happened... during the WindClan Civil War, Rainwhisker was killed in battle.

Swallowtail was inconsolable. That brought them all together, for just a little while longer.

But then, Swallowtail discovered she was pregnant. She didn't say anything about the father, and yet Greenflower LOST it. She flew into a frenzy, shouting their daughter down and threatening to disown her. The line that finally broke their mateship was simply,

"Just when it seemed like the problem was solved--"

Sedgecreek didn't even let her finish. How DARE she?? To treat their baby's painful loss, their coming grandchildren, and Swallowtail's right as a Queen, like the continuation of a problem???

So she told her to get out. Quietly at first. Greenflower refused, so she said it louder. Then she shouted it. And then she SCREAMED it, and when THAT didn't work, she THREW her out of the Cleric's den. For SEASONS she had sacrificed for the sake of her children, only for it to end in a choice between her wife and daughter.

But even then, Sedgecreek felt hot with shame that she'd caused such a scene! The whole camp saw her toss Greenflower like a rotten fish!! Sweet, cheerful Sedgecreek!!! It was mortifying, she'd never lost her temper like that, the entire Clan was surprised!

Mistyfoot saw this just like everyone else in RiverClan... and it stood out in her mind, as she shuffled home considering who her deputy would be.

It had to be someone as uncontroversial as possible... Mistyfoot's reputation had been dragged through the mud by Hawkfrost's constant challenges. A sizable portion of RiverClan did not respect her anymore.

So Swansong, her brother and greatest ally, was out of the question. He didn't have a diplomatic bone in his body.

Mosspelt was her sister-in-law, and she needed a deputy who could ward off accusations of nepotism.

Reedwhisker had Skyheart as his mentor, who kept him in an apprenticeship nightmare for over a year. He was too young on top of being ineligible.

But, she needed someone who would understand the threat they faced, and take it seriously. It, hopefully obviously, couldn't be one of her enemies.

And THAT was when she remembered Sedgecreek standing up to Greenflower. How she's everyone's friend, patient and enthusiastic, and yet how she still snapped at her long-time mate.

While no one knows EXACTLY why she snapped except the little family itself, Mistyfoot had a good hunch it was related to Swallowtail claiming Queen's Rights for her litter.

And that is exactly the sort of principled cat she needs by her side.

So... Sedgecreek was perfect. She was diplomatic, friendly, and yet, able to stand up for herself, ready to fight for the Clan they deserved. Her upbeat personality would be a perfect compliment to Mistystar's dour, serious one. This was the best possible choice.

During BB!OotS, Sedgecreek was targeted for replacement by the Dark Forest demons. While they managed to kill several of their targets and even cause ShadowClan to fall, Sedgecreek managed to escape an attempt on her life. But, before anyone could breathe a sigh of relief, she took it as a sign to step down so that someone younger could take over. By this point, she had become a great-grandmother and was beginning to feel her age.

Reedwhisker takes her place as deputy, and she's able to live out the last of her days in the Elder's Den. She peacefully passes away at some point in AVoS, surrounded by the family she chose to stand beside.