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[kideternity]

I think Im probably the only person in the universe who has like, complex thoughts about Yggdrasil (like from Digimon). Like “I spent good chunks of my everyday sometimes just thinking about Yggdrasil” levels of caring too much. Which kind of makes me look like a real piece of shit considering Yggdrasil’s main appearances have them trying to like mass murder people.

Listen. I do not condone the actions of the super computer god. Im just saying… could we maybe ponder the idea of a version of them where they ARENT involved in trying to kill people in some way

[malasquid]

So. I've Cracked The Code On The Appearance Changes in Side Order.

Wall of photos and such incoming.

After a lot of testing, I've discovered there are 7 different little lights and doodads that are added to Agent 8 via upgrading certain chips, each with a basic 1st tier and and upgraded 2nd tier. The 1st tier of upgrades appear after picking up two of the same chips in that changes pool (ex: 2 Homing Shots chips), with the 2nd tier appearing after picking up five of them (ex: 5 Homing Shot chips). There is no further visual indicators added for maxing chips that go beyond 5, such as Splash Damage or Rush Attack.

Full disclaimer: This is the result of researching a LOT of my own runs, so I can say this is true with about 95% certainty. If I labeled an ability chip in the wrong visual pool, please let me know!

Let's start with the basics - our control group. No Teal upgrades provide any visible changes to Agent 8 (or Pearl-bot for that matter), so I ran an all-teal palette to demonstrate.

First is likely one of the more requested visual changes - the Headset. The 1st tier sports a basic metallic earpiece, with the 2nd adding an antenna and eyepiece that match your primary ink color.

Maxing Splash Damage, Sound Wave Damage, Splash Radius, Special Charge Up, Turf Lucky Chain, Rush Knockback, and Homing Shots all provide the headset!

Next up is Ink Bubbles. The 1st tier shows transparent, slower bubbles flowing in 8's ink tank, with the bubbles being faster and more opaque in the 2nd tier.

Nabbing Poison Ink, Splat Ink Recovery, Ink Saver Sub, Ink Recovery Rate, Sticky Ink, and Explosion Knockback all provide Ink Bubbles.

Following that is the Fins. The 1st tier shows the base shackles being added to 8's boots, with the fins themselves being added for the 2nd tier.

Picking up Run Speed, Swim Speed, Rush Attack, Mobile Ink Recovery, Mobile Special Charge, and Mobile Drone Gauge all provide the Fins.

Now, moving on to the weapon upgrades!

First we have the Muzzle Lights, which appear at the muzzle of most weapons, and the sides of the brush and roller nearest the base. The 1st tier shows a circle and squares circling around the muzzle, with the 2nd tier being more exaggerated, with alternating squares and rectangles forming a hexagon pattern in the center.

These are exclusive to the Ink Damage, Main Damage (Close), and Main Damage (Distant) chips.

Next up is likely the most common visual one can see on their run - the Arrows. The 1st tier shows a circle with three arrows pointing down the weapon, with the 2nd tier adding some blowback markers behind the circle.

These are on a whopping TEN upgrades, being Splatling Barrage, Main Firing Speed, Horizontal Slash Speed, Main Range, Main Piercing, Main Ink Coverage, Rush Ink Coverage, Quick Charge, Shot Spread Reduction, and Ink Saver Main.

Last of the weapon upgrades are the Dots. The 1st tier is 3 large dots and a circle spinning at the bottom of your weapon or around your wrist, with the 2nd tier adding another circle around the dots.

These can be found on the Hindrance Damage, Ink Attack Size, Charge Storage, Moving Ink Speed, Extra Dodge Roll, Brella Cooldown, and Knockback upgrades.

And finally, my favorite little knick-knack, the Shrimp Hook. This little guy appears on your ink tank after picking up 2 matching Luck upgrades (ex: Lucky Bomb Drop, Canned Special Drop, etc), and begins to glow after picking up 5. However, the glowing effect is not visible in the post-game screen. 😔 (I would totally buy one of these if someone made one, btw)

By the way, 7 visual upgrades * 5 chips needed to max each visual is 35 chips, which is just shy of the 36 total chips you can have on one palette, which means, in theory, you could. Have every maxed visual indicator on in one run.

Just a thought. : )

[the-name-is-loser]

Okay you’ve heard of missile spam now get ready for

[freshstitches]

The Stacktangle Blanket Crochet Pattern will turn your expectations of the well known granny stitch on their head. This pattern uses stacked increases and decreases to turn simple stripes into complex looking colorwork. It isn't much harder than a regular granny stitch afghan, we've provided photo tutorials of the unusual stitches in the pattern.This project can be made in many sizes and is well suited for crocheters who are familiar with basic stitches and are ready to take on some new skills.

Patrick T. Stewart wrote the instructions and I ( Xandy Peters) made the charts. Whichever way you prefer to get your crochet patterns, you are covered.

Sizes: Baby (Throw, Twin*, Full*, Queen, King)

Finished Dimensions: 23" x 28" (57" x 50", 91" x 72", 91" x 94", 91" x 116", 108" x 116") / 58 x 71 cm (145 x 127 cm, 231 x 183 cm, 231 x 239 cm, 231 x 295 cm, 274 x 295 cm)

*Twin and Full size are turned 90* to fit on a bed.

Yarn: 4 Colors of worsted weight (#4 Medium) blanket yarn such as:

Loops & Threads Soft Classic, 354 yards (324 m) per 7 oz. 100% acrylic. Color A - Raspberry, Color B - Wine, Color C - Clay.

Red Heart Super Saver Solids, 364 yards (333 m) per 7 oz. 100% acrylic. Color D - Orange.

More yarn info is in the image below.

Hook: Size I (5.5mm) or size needed to obtain gauge.

Gauge: 20 sts x 10 rows = 6 x 6" (15 x 15 cm)

Other Materials: Tapestry needle for finishing.

This pattern uses US notation

Find the pattern on Ravelry or on xandypeters.com

[elysian-chaos]

i didn't know what it felt like to have my heart stolen - suguru getō

summary: you just like being cuddled up in suguru's arms

word count: 1.2k

contents: suguru get x gn!reader, established relationship, could be read as no curses au (college au) but if you don't want to read it like that it's probably canon divergent (in the sense that suguru doesn't defect), this is just pining, straight up pining, fluff, reader somewhat pines over gojo, satoru pines over geto in reader's memory, potential for satosugu x reader, petnames loads of 'em (included but not limited to: pretty, baby, lovie, my love), reader mentions a memory about a magician to themself and i did actually see it on tv once and was traumatised, reader is whipped (whipped is too less of a word) devoted to suguru, soft sugu

author's notes: i have not written in four years please be nice to me, i beg. this thing has no semblance of a plot, the idea came to me before an exam when i was delirious from climbing ten stories worth of stairs (don't ask) other than that, thank you @twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat and @cowboyhatetcetc for reading this for me, you are my life savers. also @literaila because if it weren't for you and your suguru obsession, angel, i never would have gotten into jjk so this is for you. oh also, forgot to mention, banner made by yours truly (it took me an hour to make T.T)

𓆟 𓆝 𓆞 𓆟 𓆝 𓆞 𓆟 𓆝 𓆞 𓆟 𓆝 𓆞 𓆟

“sugu?” 

your voice, however soft and quiet, had broken the undisturbed silence of suguru’s dorm room.

the two of you had been laying on his bed, smushed together on the narrow mattress with his upper arm under your neck while his hand stroked through your hair. you were laying on your back, looking at the glow-in-the-dark stars you and satoru had pasted on his ceiling on a dare. the stars were glowing softly, pale green with not nearly enough luminosity to light up the room but the pattern of the false constellations was clear. 

suguru hummed in reply, signalling his attention as he turned his head slightly in your direction, waiting for you to continue.

“it’s a stupid question.”

“you know i don’t mind baby,” his hand stopped at the edge of your jaw, brushing the skin softly with his thumb, “what’s your pretty little head thought up of now, hm?”

your body moves along the mattress, turning to him to grace your eyes with the sight that is suguru’s profile. suguru is a picture of beauty; silky smooth hair tied in a ponytail spread over the pillow his head lays on, eyes half open while the long, dark lashes on the corner of them stick together. soft light filtering in from the dark blinds in his room light up the highs of his face along with the little baby hair and flyaways, giving him a fuzzy glow. an angel just for your eyes.

you lift up your hand, almost cautiously circling the gauge plug in his earlobe, “does stretching out your piercings hurt?” 

your voice is quiet, barely above a whisper but suguru hears you loud and clear as if you are talking loudly like you do when you’re with your friends; goofing out with gojo and haibara or gossiping with shoko and nanami, howling with laughter as the three of you would discuss the latest piece of gossip that had come your way.

“it’s called ear gauging, pretty,” he offers, “and yeah, somewhat. it’s more uncomfortable than painful for me but that depends person to person.”

and it hits you again. why you love geto. how sweet he is, just endlessly kind. there’s never a hint of malice in his tone (except when he talks of the higher ups but all of you speak of them with varying amounts of discontentment). always so happy to help, not even a hint of condescension while he offers it; whether it be correcting satoru about a topic he is brashly ignorant or explaining a new concept to one of the juniors. your boyfriend is almost a saint, an angel incarnated as human, you are sure of it.

nevertheless you hide your thoughts in exchange for the way your eyes widen because the thought of you gauging your piercings, that are currently occupied with dainty dangling pearl earrings, sends shivers of dread up your spine. it sounds painful and to hear him say it isn’t seems unrealistic to you. 

so you question his statement, “it really doesn’t hurt?”

“just a little, lovie. do you remember when you told me about the time you bought a pair of earrings and the post was thicker than your original ones and it made your piercings sore?” he continues once you nod in confirmation, “well it’s sort of like that. you just need to be very very careful because it can hurt a lot if you do it wrong.”

your lips part slightly, forming a soft ‘o’ shape as a whispered exhale tumbles out from between them, causing him to nod slightly and let out a quiet “yep” in response to your reaction. 

you bounce back from the silence which takes over as you digest the new information with another quick question, “will you ever wear those ring gauge thingies? i think they’re called tunnel gauges? i’ve never seen you wear any even though you have so many of them.”

the picture of tunnel gauges forming in your brain pulls you into a memory from your childhood. you recall a pleasant evening from the eyes of your seven or eight year old self, watching tv with both your parents; a show about a magician whose name you have long forgotten. through the hazey, nostalgic filter of your mind you remember the magician linking together the ears of two people with tunnel gauges as if they were pieces of chain and he a metal worker before walking away from the scene. the memory makes you wonder if that was the reason you never even considered gauging your ears but you brush it off in favour of looking up at suguru as you wait for his answer. 

he lets out a little huff of a chuckle, wording the answer in his head before speaking, “i don’t really think they’re my style, honestly. i discussed them with satoru once—bad choice, i know. the next day he bought enough of them to make a small mountain. i kept a few but i made him return the rest.”

“enough to make a small mountain?”

“it’s an exaggeration, pretty,” he rolls his eyes at you, nothing but fondness on his face as he watches you echo his words with wide eyes, unbelieving of the quantity of jewelry that was bought for him. 

you fix your eyes at him with a half-hearted but pointed stare, “i know that. it is still a lot. maybe not in gojo terms, but for normal people? i can only imagine.”

the anxiousness in your brain had made you analyse and overanalyse satoru in the early days of knowing him. you could not for the life of you figure out the seemingly bubbly, white haired boy. he had been so very reserved when it came to you but a stark contrast with the rest of your little group and even closer with suguru. as it had turned out, growing up as he had, he had built up sky high walls when interacting with new people but he seemed to melt around the people he cared about; often expressing his love in the form of uber expensive gifts because he didn’t know the right words or perhaps the right feelings. you had been on the receiving end of such gifts over the course of your friendship; always so anxious and hesitant to accept them but not wanting to hurt his feelings but you had grown since then, a lot less anxious and skittish and fawnlike, so had he. he had learnt to express his emotions in words instead of gifts (not that the gifts had stopped, they were just more... personal now than before) and it wasn’t uncommon to hear the blue-eyed boy murmur declarations of love in soft moments albeit hesitantly.

“anyone up there?” 

suguru’s words pulled you out of your thoughts with a jolt, his lips hovering over your forehead as he looked down at you through his lashes. “yeah, i’m fine,” the words escape you with a sharp exhale, neck jerking once as you snap back into the real world. 

“do you just wanna stay like this for a while?” he questions softly (and the words pop up in your head again ‘endlessly sweet, endlessly kind’). you nod in response and he kisses your forehead after he whispers, “whatever you want, my love.” leaning his neck to plant a soft kiss to your lips and then just below where your hairline starts. 

the stars are still glowing a pale green and you wish on the shooting star stuck to his ceiling for more moments like the one you are in, etching the feeling of his embrace in your mind for the rest of your life.

𓆟 𓆝 𓆞 𓆟 𓆝 𓆞 𓆟 𓆝 𓆞 𓆟 𓆝 𓆞 𓆟

[wandagcre]

can I get some Sam angst or no? Like she been hanging around d*nny a little too much so it causes some issues?

the censor on his name 😭

no because at first you swear that you didn't mind. sam's neighbor has been always helpful to the carpenter sisters, or so you've heard.

then you got to see him in flesh, interacting with her. man he was ripped, possibly perfect specimen for the men lovers, there was no doubt at that.

"danny, let me introduce you to my girlfriend," sam spoke highly of you. you didn't expect that, so you beamed with pride of course.

"girlfriend? oh wow," looking back at danny, he scrunched his nose and shot this awkward yet acknowledging nod. "the real life saver, i suppose."

"she really is,"

though, couple days later you cannot distinguish rationally whether sam has mentioned the man many times or it was all your insecurity can fixate on. it feels as though your body is prickled with discomfort. was it because you cannot gauge whether danny took your first meeting as a bump that he can overcome and win sam over or you were overanalyzing it? you cannot help but have these thoughts. sam also looked happy bringing him up at conversations. you thought how they were conventionally attractive together.

bottling up didn't help as you eventually let it all out at once. sam looked aghast. you felt a little guilty.

"seriously? your indifference was cute at first. sure, i get that you can be jealous but what do you think will happen? there's absolutely nothing between us!"

"but you guys look great together. he feels like everything i couldn't be,"

"says who?!" sam frustratingly exclaimed. "what do i care about that if it's you that i want. don't you trust me?"

you were halted to realize that maybe this could have been a proper and more mature conversation. that maybe sam can have reassured you better and maybe if you weren't so blinded by your insecurities, you would've been more willing to actually listen.

sam however, took your silence negatively.

"unbelievable."

that was the first night both of you slept with pillows dampened because of tears. you realize how you have to fix things up, as this was a make or break moment for your relationship with sam.

[waves-against-a-cliff]

Night Shift

Content warning; Hurt/A little comfort. Angst. Pining. Simon thoroughly regretting his decision. Drinking. Drunken texting. Giving in when you probably shouldn’t have. 1.5k in length

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You trudged home, tiredness had become burrowed into your bones long ago. Unlocking your flat door, tossing your purse to the couch and locking the door behind you, letting out a long sigh. Rubbing at your eyes as the sun slowly began to rise over the horizon, sipping on water instead of water as you scrolled through your phone. Leaning your head against the headrest, closing your eyes for just a moment to gauge how tired you were before getting up. Tossing off your dirty work clothes lazily into the hamper as you turn on the water for the shower, testing the temperature. Turning your phone back on, you glanced down at the little notification number that hung on the corner of your message app.

You had taken up the night shift to get away from the ability to answer your phone at night. Not being able to keep your phone on you at work had become a life saver because he tried. He tried to call and text, asking to come over but by the time you read them, it was 5 am, long after he had texted. The notifications used to send stones to sink to the bottom of your stomach but as you looked at the little bubble holding the numbers now, you felt nothing. And that was a victory.

He was losing it. He was losing this battle with you, he had thought that you wouldn’t hold out. He didn’t expect his texts to be left on read hours after he had sent them and now it didn’t even confirm you had seen them. So he called but it went to voicemail, so he left one. Two. Three. He stopped after five. He had become shorter with people, always on the verge of snapping at someone and had found the bottom of the bottle more often now that he went home instead of to yours. He was a wreck but fought to keep the image that he was fine. But Soap, fucking Soap, had noticed. Told him to go find “A nice lass to spend the night with, get out some frustrations.” Soap couldn’t have known better, he couldn’t have known that Ghost had tried that already. Spent nights out in bars but the moment he locked lips with someone else, he felt sick. They didn’t taste like you, didn’t hold him like you did or love him like you did.

He had walked past your flat many times at night, even knocking at the door during one night of drunkenness. He was crying, asking to be forgiven unaware that he was speaking to no one but an empty flat. He noticed the next night that your car was always gone at night, and he couldn’t help but wonder if you had found someone else?

The thought made his stomach churn like butter.

But today was the day; he had spotted you in a cafe. A coffee in your head and a sugary treat sitting on the table in front of you. He would have been a fool to miss the bags under your eyes or the way you struggled to keep your eyes open. He walked into the cafe without a game plan, no idea on what he was going to say. But he was going to say something, anything to get you into his arms again. So he can do this properly this time. Love you like you had loved him for so long. Your eyes widen at the sight of him, spotting his large frame and black face mask, gathering your items at record speed with the hopes of avoiding him.

“Hey.” He whispered, tone soft and gentle but still holding that firm confidence. You fucking hated that, you stared at him with eyes that could have melted gold. No no no no! You screamed in your head but stayed silent, a mistake. “I’m-” He cut himself off.

Your hands shook at your side, so you clenched them into fists and watched with what might have been amusement as Ghost stared at his feet. You wanted to punch him, scream and yell at him. The sadness you had at the start had become anger somewhere along the way and once you had fantasized about coming across him and punching him in the teeth. Why were you resisting the urge? You glanced at the time on the clock across the room and began to move past him before he stepped in your way.

“I’m sorry.” He blurts out and you look at him like he had grown two heads. There was anger again, like hot lava running through your veins as you heard his words. “I didn’t want to lose you.”

You scoffed, rolling your eyes as you looked up at him with fury. “Don’t say that.” You huffed, shoving a finger into his chest accusingly. “Fuck. you.” You wanted to scream it but you were already causing enough of a scene. “Forget you ever saw me.” You made a mental note to never return to this cafe before furrowing your brows. Why should you avoid the closest cafe to you? And for him? You spoke again with enough acid to melt steel, “And don’t come back here.”

~~~~~

Simon would usually find himself at the bottom of the bottle most days and nights. Enjoying the sting on the inside of his throat and the sleepy buzz that followed him like a summoned spectur. And today was not any different after he found himself back at his crummy flat, he wanted to scream and yell. Burst into tears even but he knew his neighbors were already weary of him and he didn’t want a noise complaint. So he sat at his couch and picked up the nearest bottle of booze. Which after emptying its contents far too quickly for his own enjoyment, he noticed that his only bottle of booze. Which meant he had to walk to the nearby liquor shop, in the daylight, after he had been drinking. Fucking lovely.

As he walked down the sidewalk, passing by people he looked up into the sky. The sunlight peeking through the tree leaves, he feels it again. That tug at his heart that made his stomach twist into knots. It was scary how much you had invaded his mind after you broke things off. Perhaps you had always been there, stealing his attention in boring matters like paperwork or training recruits. But now he had nothing to try and focus on, only gaps of sunlight that danced between the tree leaves. Only the reminder of how you had smiled at him once instead of the anger you had sent his way in the café.

“I miss you.” He whispers to himself, so quiet that no one else passing heard him.

It was almost Autumn now, three months since that night in late April where the spring and summer kissed each other's cheek. Three months since you had told him you couldn’t do this anymore and he had left your flat without a proper fight. He never had to be anyone else with you, not Ghost. Never Ghost, even the residual stress covered his touch like poison. It didn’t matter who he was, he was with you; and he found himself more miserable each day that passed when you couldn’t see him.

He stopped in front of the liquor shop, it was open. There were two more customers inside, one purchasing and one browsing the options but he didn’t enter. Instead, he continued down the street towards the nearby park, one he never visited in the daytime.

You didn’t know what you think you were doing, staring outside your window as you had spotted him. Walking down the street and looking up at the sky as if waiting for something to happen. You didn’t understand why after all this time, all the pain and heartache that you worried for him. You wanted to scream at yourself, tell yourself to get a grip and for the love of god, put your phone down.

But you didn’t.

Unlocking your phone, you tapped the message app. The blue dot next to his number reminded you of the missed calls, texts and unheard voicemails. Slowly, you scrolled up to the top until you reached a familiar date. Carefully, you read each text message and listened to each voicemail. Each one sadder, more pleading then the last. Until you found one that made your heart rise and your stomach twist itself into knots upon seeing it, reading it and rereading it.

I mesed up. I’m sorry and I know you’re not reding these anymoe. Just thught you deseved to know that I did like you back.

The entire thing was tragically misspelled, clearly sent in a moment of drunken weakness. What was it that your father had always told you? Drunk actions are sober thoughts. And despite everything but your heart telling you no, you typed up a message.

I want to talk.

Sent

Message read

Little texting bubbles immediately appeared. Stopped. Appeared again before a text was received.

Thank you.

[butchsophiewalten]

for character bingo (if not done already) rosemary please!!

I really love these two.... I should draw them more, I always thoroughly enjoy it.

WOW THIS GOT REALLY EXTREMELY LONG. ITS UNDER THE CUT OK:

I'll start with Jack. I wax poetic about Jack a lot. He's a character that I find incredibly interesting, even if we don't really know particularly much about him yet. A lot of the things that I really like about him are like... interpretive? Or things that I've assumed. Hence the "not technically canon." I think a lot about "Jack Walten" as a like, a concept, within the universe of The Walten Files. Like, he was a man, who lived and had a place and a purpose within his community, but in the wake of his disappearance he's become sort of abstracted. I'm struggling to articulate this. I think of Jack as a character who has lost the ability to contextualize his own existence, and has instead become sort of an icon of himself.

I think to the community of Brighton he is a tragedy. He's a scary story. He's the memory of a man who was so well-known and so well-liked and then he up and disappeared one day and left countless rumors in his wake. And for Felix, I think he's always struggled to think of Jack as a person, and has always considered him more of a representation of his own inadequacy, and then a representation of his guilt. Felix has always kinda used Jack as a way to gauge himself. Like, Jack has always been a point of comparison. But then, Felix's relationship with Jack, to me, has also been a means for Felix to kinda improve his own self-image. I think a lot about Felix's very pleased sort of reaction to Jack's "You're a life saver, Felix." during the phone call in Bunnyfarm. I think Felix really desperately craves that sort of validation from Jack, because it makes him feel like less of a fuckup. Jack is a Good Person who has a Good Life and has his shit worked out, so if he's telling Felix he did good, he must be doing something right. That sort of dynamic where, for Felix, it's less about doing a favor for his friend, and more about chasing that dopamine hit that the validation will give him. Jack is a means to an end for him, where Felix wouldn't really care if it was Jack, or any other man who has a perceived position of success and privilege. (I have a lot more to say about this specifically, but this is turning into a Felix Analysis on my Jackmary Post, so I'm going to save it for the Felix bingo)

I got very distracted. I was trying to say that I think Jack is a person who, like, only really exists in the way the he is remembered, in the eyes of the people who remember him. Which is why Felix trying to scrub away his history with BSI is such a big deal, and why I also think it's really narratively and thematically interesting that Sophie *really struggles* to remember him. Like, she remembers him the least of anyone, almost. I think that's a really weighty sort of thing.

I don't want to talk for too long about this, because I've complained about it so many times already, but the sort of fandom perception of Jack Walten really irks me. And there's a lot of facets to his mischaracterization, I think. I could complain about the 'where the fuck are my children' TikTok audio for the millionth time, but I won't even bother. But I'm excited to see more of Jack. And I'm excited to learn more about him and to get a better idea of the sort of character he is and isn't, because I'm sure even my characterization of him is deeply flawed. Because we know so little.

ROSEMARY TIME: I love Rosemary Walten. This is another character where I think the Fandom Perception of her is so flaccid and boring. She's just Mother. She's just Woman. like so much of the time. And in fairness we don't really know very much about her, but I'm, again. very excited to learn. I like that she seems very headstrong, and I like how Martin characterizes her as being very ferociously protective of her family. I really want to know more about her relationship with Sophie during that month (and a bit) when everyone but the two of them had disappeared.

Really everything we've seen so far relating to her relationship with Sophie has been very striking to me. I'm sure this is to no-one's surprise. The "Am I still beautiful to you, Sophie?" Is still, to me, like the ultimate crescendo of the series. It's so stark. It's so fantastic. I think it's really easy to get caught up in a whirlwind of thinking about just how difficult and horrifying this character's life has been. And I'm exciting to see how this upcoming batch of episodes will continue to humanize her, and put that much more emphasis on the tragedy and horror of her death. And of her possessing a big animatronic sheep. I think a lot about Sophie hearing the a woman's dying screams through the speakers of that arcade cabinet, and recognizing it as the voice of her mother. I think that's really terrible and fantastic.

I wish I could talk more about her, like, independently, as a person, but we still know so little. So much of what I feel is assumptions. I love Rose though, I'm excited for more Rose. I'm excited for more everyone.

[god-sent-gender-bent]

So this is a weird ADHD trick that I didn't realize was a trick until I was explaining it to my friend because I've been doing it my whole life:

Learn to read an analog clock.

It came to my attention that they're not really teaching kids how to do this anymore with the popularity of digital clocks.

The problem with this is that time blindness is a Very Real Thing™️ when it comes to ADHD. But you know what our brains love? Chunking information.

With digital clocks, time just... Isn't real to me. "Oh okay..it says 8-4-5 cool. Oh now it says 1-0-3-0. Cool. No idea how much time has passed." (Like, logically I know it's like and hour 45 or so, but my brain just... Doesn't get it.)

An analog clock provides a visual display of how much time has passed. And it shows it in chunks. So I look up and see 8:45, then I look up and it's 9, I can physically see that I've spent 1/4 of an hour doing something because the hands have moved.

This has been a life saver to me when it comes to gauging how much time I have to do something like leave the house or clean something up. Almost a visual progress bar of sorts. But yeah. I'm wayyyyy less late when I have analog clocks in the house instead of digital ones.

But yeah let me know if you youngins need a clock reading lesson, I'm cool with being the squirrel-brained mom on here.

[bonsiii-art]

Hello-!!

I noticed that you play twst, and I'm kinda interested about that game! (I totally didn't download a VPN to change my location to America bc twst isn't available in Indonesia-)

Anyways...if you don't mind, can you tell me more about this game? What it's about, is it a 3d or 2d game, how does the game work, what should I do and don't do, etc. It's be highly appreciated if you help me out. Thank you! <33

Hi hi! o(*°▽°*)o (dw bro I understand that VPN life-)

No prob, I'll do my best! >:P I'll try not to overexplain since if you do decide to play, the game will prolly walk you through some things itself. SO Twisted Wonderland is about you, the player, getting isekai'd to a another world where big name Disney villains are lauded as folklore heroes. You specifically wind up in a fancy, all-boys magic school! While the unreliable headmaster attempts to find you a way back home, you have to live in a run-down house with a gremlin cat monster while surviving all the trouble the students of the school put you through. It is a 2D gacha game that is mostly a visual novel with some turn-based battles and a few rhythm mini-games. There are 22 characters to collect very pretty cards of, which will unlock mini stories about them and give you more options in a battle.

My tips as someone whose played the game for quite a bit now! :

Other than completing up to Book 1 to unlock the exam mechanic, there's no real rush to get through the main story, so you can go at your pace!

The Card rarity goes as followed: R -> SR -> SSR. Don't be afraid to use your R cards at the beginning! They'll be plenty viable to use in battles when you're just starting out. Soon, you'll get more SR and even SSR cards to use. But in the meantime, make do!

As this is a gacha, BE MINDFUL OF YOUR PREMIUM CURRENCY SPENDING. Throwing whatever gems you accrue to every banner you see will end up leaving you broke with little to show for it （；´д｀）ゞ So!! Save your premium currency to only spend on the banners with cards you reeeeally want.

Continuing off my first tip, reliable way to get gems is to login + do your weekly missions. A nice gem saver is a deal for 10 pulls that is 20% off in the in game shop. And this deal refreshes every month, so the savings do pay off in time. >:P

Since you're playing EN, that means you are gifted with hindsight!!...As in, you can peek at the JP schedule and see what banners will possibly come up in EN. The EN ver. of TWST is pretty behind the JP ver. due to being released 2 years after the initial launch. It's a good way to gauge what banners to skip or save for imo.

That's about all I can think of! :0 I hope what I've said can help you in deciding whether to pick up this game or not. If you do end up playing, I hope you have fun! (〜￣▽￣)〜 If you got more questions, just lemme know and I'll try and help!!

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Splatoon 3 Version 5.0 Patch Notes Breakdown

Nintendo dropped the patch notes for patch 5.0 just about an hour ago, so let's do what we do and take a look at the changes, which won't take long, because there's not a lot of them this time around.

Starting with the Main Weapon section, three weapons are seeing changes:

Splat Brella and Undercover Brella are getting the same change, a one second/half a second decrease to shield recharge time. A lot of things can tear through Brella shield quite fast in this game, so this lets you get back into the action faster. I don't think it was the first change anyone would have asked for, but it's good all the same.

I also wanna mention that Splat Brella is getting a pretty significant bugfix in this patch, further down in the patch notes:

This change should make the shield more reliable, and couple that with the new buff, and the fantastic new kit, and I think Brella players have a lot to look forward to this patch.

Meanwhile, REEF-LUX's spread has been tightened when tap-firing and at one level of charge. I've seen some people speculate this might be a nerf because it'll reduce its paint, but I doubt it'll change much considering how much of a machine this thing is in the ink department, and I think the fact that it's able to splat more reliably without fully charging is going to be very positive for it.

Moving onto Specials:

Killer Wail is being changed to be more reliable, as it'll do more of the aiming for you, meaning you won't have to keep looking at your targets.

Zipcaster can now attach closer to you than it did previously, and the explosion damage and radius when you land has been increased. This means you'll be able to use it in close-quarters combat almost like a Burst Bomb, and Zipcaster actually has pretty good damage already, so it'll combo a lot more reliably with all of the Main weapons that have it like Stamper and Luna. Keep an eye out on this Special once the patch drops, because it might be kinda scary now.

Finally, Tacticooler is getting a nerf, having the period between when you use it to being able to charge your Special again increased by 2.5 seconds. After all of its buffs, Tacticooler has become a staple of the meta game, and this will reduce the frequency with which its most prominent users, most notably N-Zap and Snipewriter, are able to output them.

On that note, let's take a look at Points For Special changes next:

And hey, would you look at that! N-Zap gets hit with another 10p for its Tacticooler. If you've not been keeping up with competitive play, I think some important context is that N-Zap is almost completely ubiquitous at the moment, because it gets Tacticooler so fast that it can have the buff basically permanently if it doesn't die. This is a very deserved nerf, because frankly it shouldn't ever have been 180p to begin with.

The only other change is the Annaki Nova, which also gets an additional 10p, and I think this one is deserved as well, albeit for different reasons. The Annaki Nova is hardly a competitive allstar, but it's range and ink efficiency means that it can very often just spend entire matches farming Inkjets. Weapons that do nothing but paint the ground and spam Specials are not healthy for the game, they're dull to play and even less fun to play against, and I am happy to see that this seems to be Nintendo's opinion as well.

And that moves us onto the final balance changes, the Abilities:

Tenacity will now charge your Special gauge faster when its active. While we can't tell how much faster it is, it's still an uncomplicated positive change. Tenacity is currently very niche, only really seeing frequent use alongside the Hydra, but now more weapons might gravitate towards it.

And finally, Last-Ditch Effort's maximum effect has been reduced from being equivalent to 8 sub slots of Ink Saver Main, Ink Saver Sub and Ink Recovery (that's 8 for each!!! 24 sub slots total on a single main slot!!!!) to 6. This is one of the most explicitly competitive play-targeted changes they've done in the history of the series, because LDE is incredibly popular for its ability to sustain extended fights over the object. One particular thing worth mentioning is that this change means LDE will no longer be enough to give you two Fizzy Bombs on a full tank (though it'll still do that if you have 1 sub slot of Ink Saver Sub, but don't tell anyone I said that). LDE will still be incredibly good, but this will mean it won't be as much of an uncontested obvious pick for your headgear slot any more.

And that's all of the balance changes! This is a small patch, but while I think they could have done more to buff the weaker main and sub weapons, I still think it's a very good patch. The current meta is actually very healthy and diverse, more than its ever been, so some cautious buffs and a couple of nerfs aimed with laser-like precision are all very good!

But let's go over some cool miscellaneous stuff in the patch notes, as well. It's not just all balances changes, after all.

The Grizzco Dualies have been official confirmed! Additionally, random weapon rotations can now have multiple different Grizzco weapons, and not just the same one each time.

Three new songs are being added, separately from the new Deep Cut banger they revealed last week. These are presumably all tracks by that new band we heard in the reveal trailer, H2Whoa.

If I'm interpreting things correctly, the two Splatfest queues will now have different stages available?

Matchmaking is looking like it'll be a bit more reliable!

Not content with dropping 80 banners and 400 titles on us, we are also getting 160 decorations and 140 stickers! That's a lot of stuff!

And that's all of the fun and/or noteworthy stuff in the patch notes. I think. I bet a lot of people will see this patch as disappointing, thinking it should have changed more things. But change for change's sake is not necessarily a good thing, and when the top-level meta is so healthy and diverse, the last thing you wanna do is violently destabilize it. Nintendo chose to approach the patch with a scalpel, and I'd rather that than a hammer.

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9 Tips for Crocheting with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

I've had a lot of people ask me for advice on crocheting with EDS, so I've made a list of tips that work for me!

1. Take breaks. Often.

Taking breaks and checking in with your posture and hands can help immensely to reduce injury.

2. Find the right tension for you

You may need to size hooks up or down to make gauge for a project, but don’t force a tension that feels wrong in your hands.

3. Use accessibility tools when you need them. 

Braces, compression gloves, ring splints, tension rings, and ergonomic handles can be life savers! 

4. If it hurts, stop. 

Seems like such obvious advice, but those of us with EDS are really used to pushing through pain to do things. However, make sure to stop if you feel any pain and take a break/check in with your posture/assess if you need to use any of your accessibility tools before you continue.

5. Focus on keeping your hands neutral. 

Soften your grip to not hyperextend. This is really hard to start, but the more you practice, the easier it gets!

6. It might be beneficial to hold your hook like a knife, not a pencil

Everyone’s body is different, so pencil grip might work well for you, but I’ve noticed that using the pencil grip makes it more likely for me to hyperextend my DIP joints!

7. Find what yarn/hooks work for you

You may need to experiment with what size yarn and hooks are best for your hands. If holding thin yarn is difficult to do without pain, then you may need to focus on projects that use thicker yarn or vice versa.

8. Be realistic with your limitations

If you know that you can only work an hour or so pain free at a time, don’t commit yourself to making an entire project in a day. Be realistic on what you can and can’t do to avoid injury.

9. Don’t be afraid to frog. 

If a project is too much, don’t force yourself to finish it, just frog it! Recognizing when you’re utilizing the sunk cost fallacy is important, don’t force yourself to finish a project just because you already put in a lot of work. Your body is more important than any project!

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Amigurumi Narwhal – Crochet Pattern

Supplies

* Size D/3 3.25 mm crochet hook

* Medium weight yarn in main color (Red Heart Super Saver in Aruba Sea, and Stitch Studio by Nicole Studio Soiree in Arctic Blue [discontinued] used in photos) – about 100 yds

* Medium weight yarn in contrast color (Bernat Baby Coordinates in Cotton Candy and Big Twist Sincerely in Rainbow Confetti [discontinued] used in photos) – about 10 yds

* 1 pair of 12 mm safety eyes * Fiberfill stuffing * Straight pins (optional)

Abbreviations *= indicates beginning/end of a section to be repeated Beg = beginning BLO = back loop only Ch = chain Dc = decrease Hdc = half double crochet Rep = repeat Rnd(s) round(s) Sc = single crochet Sc2tog = single crochet 2 together St(s) = stitch(es) Tr = triple crochet

Gauge Exact gauge is not essential to this project.

Size About 7 inches in length

How to Make This

Instructions Body This piece is worked in continuous rnds; do not join. You may wish to use a stitch marker and move it up at the beg of each new rnd. Rnd 1 – with Main Color, make a magic ring, 6 sc in ring. (6 sc) Rnd 2 – 2 sc in each st around. (12 sc) Rnd 3 – 2 sc in next st, sc in next st; rep around (18 sc) Rnd 4 – 2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts; rep around (24 sc) Rnd 5 – 2 sc in next st, sc in next 3 sts; rep around (30 sc) Rnd 6 – 2 sc in next st, sc in next 4 sts; rep around (36 sc) Rnd 7 – 2 sc in next st, sc in next 5 sts; rep around (42 sc) Rnd 8 – 2 sc in next st, sc in next 6 sts; rep around (48 sc)

Rnds 9 – 20 – sc in each st around. Attach safety eyes near Rnds 7 and 8, and begin stuffing. (48 sc per rnd)

Rnd 21 – sc2tog over next 2 sts (see photo below), sc in next 6 sts; rep around (42 sc)

Rnd 22 – sc in each st around. (42 sc) Rnd 23 – sc2tog over next 2 sts, sc in next 5 sts; rep around (36 sc) Rnd 24 – sc in each st around. Continue stuffing. (36 sc) Rnd 25 – *sc2tog over next 2 sts, sc in next.* Rep from * to * 6 more times. Sc in next 15 sts. (29 sc) Rnd 26 – *sc2tog over next 2 sts, sc in next.* Rep from * to * 4 more times. Sc in next 14 sts. (24 sc) Rnd 27 – sc2tog 5 times. Sc in next 14 sts. (19 sc) Rnd 28 – *sc2tog over next 2 sts, sc in next.* Rep from * to * 5 more times. Sc in last st. Continue stuffing. (13 sc)

Rnds 29 – 37 – sc in each st around. (13 sc per rnd) Rnd 38 – sc2tog 6 times, sc in last st. Finish stuffing. (7 sc) Do not fasten off.

Fins Ch 8. Row 1 – Working back down sts of ch, in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next, hdc in next, dc in next, tr in next 2 sts, hdc in next, sc in last (see first photo below). Sl st through both sides of rnd below (see second photo below), ch 1, turn. (2 sc, 2 hdc, 1 dc, 2 tr)

Row 2 – Working across Row 1 of first Fin, sc in next, hdc in next, tr in next 2 sts, dc in next, hdc in next, sc in last (see first photo below) . Ch 1, turn, and sl st down row just created, back down to Body. Sl st through both sides of rnd below (second photo below), and rep Rows 1 and 2 to make second Fin (third photo below). Fasten off. (2 sc, 2 hdc, 1 dc, 2 tr)

Arm (make 2) This piece is worked in continuous rnds; do not join. You may wish to use a stitch marker and move it up at the beg of each new rnd. Rnd 1 – With Main Color, make a magic ring, 5 sc in ring. (5 sc) Rnd 2 – 2 sc in each st around. (10 sc) Rnds 3 – 5 – sc in each st around. (10 sc per rnd) Fasten off leaving long tail for sewing.

Horn This piece is worked in continuous rnds; do not join. You may wish to use a stitch marker and move it up at the beg of each new rnd. NOTE: all rnds after Rnd 1 are worked in BLO (see first photo below). Rnd 1 – with Contrast Color, make a magic ring, 6 sc in ring. (6 sc) Rnd 2 – sc in each st around. (6 sc) Rnd 3 – 2 sc in next st, sc in next st; rep around. (9 sc) Rnd 4 – sc in each st around. (9 sc) Rnd 5 – 2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts; rep around. (12 sc) Rnds 6 – 13 – sc in each st around. (12 sc per rnd) Fasten off, leaving long tail for sewing. Second photo below shows finished Horn.

Finishing With black, make a small v between eyes for Smile. With pink, make small horizontal lines underneath each eye for Blush. (See first photo below.) Lightly stuff Horn, and arrange Arms and Horn on Body as seen in second photo below (use straight pins to hold in place if desired). Sew pieces to Body. Weave in all ends, and/or tie off and hide knots inside sts.

Here is the finished Narwhal!

I hope you enjoyed crocheting this little Narhwal along with me today! If you love fun, free patterns, please be sure to subscribe to my email list to keep up to date with my latest designs:

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Happy Crocheting!

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Prologue : Run

Art by @the-hydroxian-artblog

He does not look back, stop or take his breath back from Time Square. On all fours, he ran between the wet alleys late at night in Manhattan. In extremis, he made a front roll on the side, holding the banana bag well where the little ones reside, narrowly avoiding a 12-gauge bullet in the head.

He doesn’t turn around. It was obvious that his pursuers stuck him closely. He jumped three meters high, grabbing the bar of a ladder with difficulty, due to the injury in his back. It was a deep injury, even serious. But not the time for that, he doesn’t stop, he must not stop otherwise they will hurt him and the little ones.

He had already suffered enough from these bastards, the little ones did not deserve such a fate. They were innocent, too young for a loss of innocence. They only see them to understand that it was too unfair for these turtles. Six small turtles, unaware of the danger they were incurring at this very moment.

Suddenly, after jumping on the seventh in ten buildings in the neighborhood, each time touching the silent bullets behind him, one of the turtles jumped from the banana bag, falling to the side, breaking its shell.

The rat recovers him, seeing the tears in the eyes of the little ones, a black anger fills him with more beautiful. The bullets stopped shooting, either they lost sight of it, or they are waiting to see what he does. In both cases, it’s a time saver thinks the rat catching his breath.

- That’s enough. Grommelle the rat squarting fiercely but with love these scale children.

- On my father’s face, that’s enough ! Repeated the rat to himself, hiding the little greenish guys, in the empty water tower on the roof where they were stopped.

These pursuers revealed themselves. Elite agents of this organization who did this to him and to the children. A well-styled and dressed man, with tinted black sunglasses, went forward, not armed at first sight.

- N°145... Why all this housework ? What’s going on, let’s see ? Didn’t you have enough cheese ? Or garbage ?

- How dare you? Look at what you did to me! What you stole from me! My life, my honor, my humanity!

- You mean to improve, yes! You were just a dirty criminal! Your humanity and your honor? Don’t make people laugh! Your humanity, you lost it without the help of anyone. And what honor is there to be a criminal in a gang, who has become a bloodthirsty clan?

- You don’t know anything. You don’t know the whole story. You don’t know me.

- Oh but I know enough my rodent. To understand that at least a man like you has as much honor as a rat. So I want to make you a flower.

- Nani ?

- You give us the little ones back, and we let you go.

- Which little ones ?

- Don’t play the idiot with us, 145. They are in the water tower. We know it then... your future or theirs.

They saw them in the slot of the water tower. Their innocent look, completely unaware that their life was at stake. He already knew his answer. The only one possible. Coming from a rat with honor. An honor found. For him at least.

- いいえ。決して。

- Well... as you wish.

The men in uniform armed behind the man in black, advanced without the latter giving them an order. A habit probably. They all came out at the same time from the electrified batons and sharp choppers. To knock me out and execute me, the warrior rat says to himself.

He puts himself in a defensive position of Shitō-ryū, waiting for the strike of one of his opponents. And it was the one on the right, predictable says the warrior. He blocked it, grabbed his arm, broke it, then broke his left leg and sent it to valdinger head first on the edge of the balcony. The other two streets on him, hoping to disconcert him but nothing does. He overturns with his tail his right hand holding a chopper of one on the wrist of the other.

Hardly the infirm young man with one hand had time to scream in pain, which breaks his jaw, making him faint. The other gets his hand crushed by the pressure of the tail. And gently stunned with a well-placed turned kick. He turns around, seeing other say dogs of this type in black.

The night passes... they all fell like flies. None can deratize the rat. The wounded were put on the side of the balcony. All with something fractured, smashed, broken or worse. He only had the rat standing and the man in black in front of him.

- Well... it looks like you’ve exceeded all our expectations, I must admit. However, pay more attention to your « children » the rodent. Says the man showing two of them holding them at the tips of these fingers. They probably took them during the battle that the mutant was fighting.

- No! Let them go!

- Oh, you’re afraid Uncle Bishop will mistreat them, right? Don’t worry. I received new orders during your little dance. You can go, there are no worries. And then I’m tender with animals, you know. My cat is proof of this.

- Are you talking about Hob ? What you have done to him and others... How can people allow such atrocities ?

- Human nature I suppose. But well, I know in short.

- It’s nothing human. It’s monstrous and you know it.

- You’re wrong Mickey Mouse. Everything we have done is for humanity. For his future.

- His damnation you mean.

- Enough! Now my patience is exhausted. Don’t you want to understand? Perfect kind of ignorant! I’ll leave you the other four, they’re defective anyway.

- No! I told you to release them no——!

His breath was suddenly cut off. A flash of nameless pain makes him bend on his knees. He had the impression that the spine had simply ceased to exist. Not rather as if someone had violently torn it off. It collapses all along. Trying not to faint, he casts a deterrent look at this « unton » Bishop.

- Your look full of challenge warms me strangely. You’re really lucky, Yoshi. Far too much luck for my taste. We’ll see the rat again. You can be sure of it.

- N...no... S...tay...h…ere... Urrgh...

And he faints, suffering from his back injury. Bishop uses a strange device to teleport with these comrades who were on the carpet, at their headquarters. Disappearing without leaving a trace. Hamato Yoshi, fainted, is no longer the only one on this New York roof, with the four little turtles surrounding him.

Yoshi fainted, wonders how his life could have gone so wrong. Saki, Miwa, Hob, Ace, father...

He will never see them again. And he would so much like to see them again, one last time. As at the time. Their time of carelessness. From high school to Tsuppari ... How stupid they were at that time...