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[abbystanaccount]

My ratings and opinions on all of Abby’s skins featured in The Last of Us Part II Remastered! 

(An early review copy was provided to me by Playstation)

Abby‘s OG outfits are all cool and it’s nice to swap them out whenever! However, it’s not all her outfits. But they missed her long sleeve golfing outfit, which is a tragedy. 8/10

They fitted Abby’s younger outfits to her older body! This is exactly the type of tank top I wanted to see on Abby and it’s always been one of my fave outfits for her so I’m so glad they did this and it looks amazing. The little braid is also so cute. 9.5/10

But the polo just doesn’t fit good imo 4/10

The sunglasses are sick! I like most of the details added on the jacket, though some of the patches I’m a little meh on. LOVE that it says “Salt Lake Crew” on the back. I wish they changed up the jacket a little more but they get a +1 for using my favorite pants🙏 8.5/10

I’m mixed about this Badlands skin. I like that it uses her short hair, I like that it’s new models, but don’t really like the design of the outfit and the face paint. The skin is bad-ass dystopian looking, but it doesn’t really fit anywhere besides no return or the forest section. 7/10

80s. I love this outfit. I think it’s so cool and badass and all the details on it just bring the look together. It's not really something you expected but it just makes Abby look so damn good. I just wish it had new hair and some nail polish! Also love her necklaces are the Firefly tag and a bullet with "JOEL" on it. 9.5/10

Classic Naughty Dog tanktop. Idk, it’s boring SORRY. At first glance it looks so much like her og outfit with the colors. 5/10.

It’s nice to get some new colors out of Abby’s SB shirt. Some of the shirts look a bit nicer than others but I don’t like that they use her tan SB skin textures, because sometimes the arms and head get mixed up being tan vs pale 7/10

Overall, I was quite satisfied with Abby’s skins! There’s two especially that I love and other new options that I like a lot as well and look forward to using a bunch to take photos in! A couple things changed like a new hair would have really been a homerun but overall 8.5/10

[cleolinda]

Happy Indictmas to all who celebrate

Wikipedia Disambiguation: Prosecution of Donald Trump may refer to:

Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York, a criminal case following indictment on March 30, 2023

Federal prosecution of Donald Trump, a criminal case filed on June 8, 2023

CourtListener: Direct link to full PDF of unsealed indictment, United States of America v. Donald J. Trump and Waltine Nauta (r/politics discussion thereof: "I feel like I'm committing a crime just reading the document designations")

VIDEO: CSPAN: Special Counsel Jack Smith Delivers Statement on Indictment of President Trump

r/politics: Megathread: Trump Indicted by Federal Prosecutors on Charges Related to Handling of Classified Documents [dozens of linked sources]

BBC News: Trump charged under Espionage Act in secret files case. Here's what is in the indictment:

The indictment reads: "The classified documents Trump stored in his boxes included information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the United States and foreign countries; United States nuclear programs; potential vulnerabilities of the United States and its allies to military attack; and to plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack." Mr Trump's Mar-a-Lago club "was not an authorised location" for the "storage, possession, review, display or discussion" of classified documents, the indictment says. Nevertheless, it continues, Mr Trump's boxes of documents were stored in places at the club including "a ballroom, a bathroom and shower, an office space, his bedroom, and a storage room". On two occasions in 2021, the former president showed classified documents to others who did not have security clearance, including a writer and two members of staff. At his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, he showed and described a "plan of attack" that he said had been prepared for him by the Defence Department.

r/law: Trump Indictment thread—this time it's Federal

CBS News: Aileen Cannon, Trump-appointed judge, assigned initially to oversee documents case

Business Insider: Trump was 'personally involved' in packing boxes and moving them to Mar-a-Lago, prosecutors say

"As president, I could have declassified, but now I can't."

-- Newsweek: Donald Trump Tape Reveals He Uttered 10 Words That Might Have Doomed Him

[toffeechad]

✰ BATTLE IN LOBOTOMY CORPORATION: THE TRUMPET OF TWO AU INFO ✰

⚠ TRIGGER WARNING: MENTIONS OF DEATH, ALIVEN'T AND ALSO N00SE RELATED IMAGERY INCLUDED. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK. ⚠

Do you want to proceed? (Click the read more block if yes, don't click the read more block if no.)

MAIN INFO

This AU has some parts of LobCorp & BFDI jumbled up together. The Agents get to take part in challenges. If their teams fail, one of the losing team's members get sacrificed to the Unnamed Fetus. You may be wondering, what would the abnormalities look like? Good question. For the abnormalities that have human-like bodies such as The Queen Of Hatred & Laetitia, they'd probably be based off the object that'll fit their design. For the abnormalities related to other categories such as Punishing Bird or CENSORED, they'll remain with the same design.

AGENT & SEPHIRAH INFO + DESIGNS (TW: N00SE INCLUSION ON FLOWER'S DESIGN)

Specifically by pattern, not only the line patterns on the robot are the same as the other, but also the colors are the same as the main color of that character's asset as well.

The sacrifice order of the AU is related to the BFB (presplit & postsplit) elimination order along with the TPOT elimination order.

These drawings were done way before tpot 9 truly came out, don't expect me to update their designs however!

OTHER INFO

SEFIROT BIOS

Loser: He was once a celebrity who was adored by his fans a lot, especially for Cake. He tried his best to aim for the perfect results and never gave up... but what he was trying his best to aim for became a personal obsession of his... it led him to a trap.

Black Hole: He's very strict when it comes to analyzing Abnormalities in the facility. But whenever he sees an employee from another team or his team die by being sacrificed, he gets extremely anxious. He has Thanatophobia.

Book: She's a dictionary trying her best to help out everyone with their problems so that she'd be appreciated. She has a habit of questioning her own sanity. Ever since Taco has been sacrificed, she's willing to befriend Bomby and Nickel during her breaktime in the facility.

Golf Ball: She's a scientist and mechanic who was formerly a responsible leader... but after suppressing the first 38 sacrificed victims together with the other employees, she tried apologizing to Puffball and Fries (with lowered cogito filters)... Yet she wasn't forgiven yet. They just stared at her angrily as if they're both in the brink of mutiny. Therefore, she then feels helpless whenever a trusted teammate of her dies.

Pencil & Match: Pencil's immature, whereas Match is positive at first. Both of them seem to only trust anyone that's affiliated with their alliance or their team.

Leafy: She was once a happy-go-lucky team member... until she was sacrificed. She just wanted to suppress abnormalities for the sake of helping out the facility. Although.... she's taking her duty too far.

Coiny: He's Pin's really sleep-deprived and mature best friend. While drinking his coffee, he mostly pretends to care for the other employees. While he was in his meltdown state, he struggles to control his own mind as if he had a mental breakdown.

Basketball: She's been through numerous agonizing moments ranging from 8-Ball's sacrifice to Robot Flower's memory loss. Someday, she'll find a way to get her back.... She deeply cares for Grassy's safety as well. She's in charge of handling physical materials for the facility. After the aforementioned events, she yearned for Bell to die soon as she'd enjoy seeing her suffer.

Clock: He's calm and collected. He doesn't really think there's a point to bond with Winner anymore. He's now in charge of recording everything that happens in the facility, especially for sacrifices. He has knowledge about time and cycles.

i suck at writing anyways, thank you for coming to my ted talk

[heyits-zedo]

Barbie Must Have Bullshit Her Resume

By:zedo

Ok, so we all know Barbie as the do-all girl, what hasn't she done? (The answer to that is surprisingly alot)

But the real question is, how has she managed to accomplish so much by the age of 65? Well I'm here to tell you she fuckibg lied. I did the math, I compiled a list of jobs and hobbies she has had(albeit incomplete) and its impossible.

Below is a compiled list of (most of) barbies jobs that require training/schooling:

Fashion designer- 3 years

Nurse-2 years(minimum)

Astronaut-10 years(6 years schooling, 2 years experience, 2 years bt)

Fashion editor-4 years

Fashion model-1 year

Teacher- 5 years

Veterinarian-4 years

Travel agent- 4 years roughly

Business exectuive- 3 years

Surgeon- 4 years school + 5 year residency

Optometrist- 8 years

Dentist- 8 years

Pediatric doctor-4 years

Pilot-9 month's 

In the air force(military pilot)-4 years

Detective-4 years

Makeuo artist/hair stylist- 1 year

Chef- 3 years

Architect-3 years

Firefighter-2 years

Olympic skiier and gymnast,Figure skater -(1 years worth of trianing)

Train conductors - 1 year

Movie producer- 4 years

Computer engineer- 4 years

Marine bilogist- 6 year

Palentologist- 6 years

Zookeeper- 6 years

Baker-3 years

Film director - 4 years

Game developer- 4 years

Scientist(chemist)-4 years

Robotic engineer- 7 years

Astrophysisit- 6 years

Aircraft engineer- 7 years

Entomologist- 4 years

Judge- 10 years

Interior designer - 4 years

Cinservation scientist-  5 years

Microbiologist - 4 years

Flight attendant-10 weeks

Pet groomer-12 weeks

Police officer- 6 months

(While compiling this list, I also chose the bare minimum required amount of schooling for each job, but knowing Barbie, she would not have done the bare minimum)

If you compile the numbers, you reach a bare minimum of 203 years of school/training.

So Barbie could not have possibly gone to school for every job she has had, so she must have bullshit a few things somewhere, as this does not include the time she may have worked in these jobs once finally getting to that point.

This also leaves the question of how does she have time for her long list of hobbies, such as:

Tennis

Was also a rock star and rapper

Unicef ambassador

Actress

Scuba diver

Circus performer

Superhero

Baseball

Matador/bull fighter

Bowling

?RAN FOR PRESIDENT?

Cheerleading

Cabaret dancer

Artist

Soccer coach

Rides horses

Race car driver

Snow boards

Track and feild

Magician

Animal rescue

Martial arts

Basket ball

Beekeeping

Farming

Golfing

Boxing

Hockey

Tooth fairy

Volleyball

Crime??(I'm serious she was a burglar)

So in reality, Barbie is a liar and a fake.

[daily-cookie-masterson]

Since everyone else has been showing me their Cookie headcanons, I feel like I should show ya’ll some of mine!

1. He’s genderfluid. That guy is not cis in the slightest to me. (he also uses any/all pronouns)

2. He has ADHD and is Autistic!! His attention span is awful and has a shitty memory, just like me 👍 /pos

3. Despite his snarky and rude personality, she LOVES chill and humble games like Minecraft, Animal Crossing, and Tomodachi Life

4. Cookie has tons of vocal stims! Most of them being his vocal warmups you hear in 2015!!

5. For my Cookie design, the black and white “suit” she wears as a causal outfit is actually a dress!!

6. Cookie is also a sucker for lost media. He can spend several hours analyzing it and looking all over the internet to find it!

7. They’re terrible at math. Do not ask them for help on your math homework, you will fail.

8. She frequently goes mini golfing. She’s not great at it, but she has a lot of fun!

9. He can play the clarinet! He never practices though, so when he does decide to play, he sounds really bad.

10. Pretty sure this is canon, but he has such an immature sense of humor. Mention the word ‘balls’ and he’s laughing his ass off.

[epenvs3000w24]

The Evolution of My Relationship with Nature

Growing up immersed in competitive sports, my connection with nature was minimal. Between gymnastics practices and school, my time outdoors was limited to recess or walking from the car to the gym and back. My parents didn’t push my brother and me to go to the park or run around outside, given our already active lifestyles. Instead, alongside gymnastics, my interests gravitated towards drawing, crafts and fashion design. 

Even during childhood, while my peers explored bugs or played soccer at recess, I was crafting jewelry from blades of grass to accessorize my uniform. The outdoors seemed irrelevant, and my appreciation for nature was limited to photographing rain clouds, an interest that set me apart from my friends at the time. At 12, I realized that appreciation for nature is subjective to the individual. What others found captivating in sunsets, I found in rain clouds. Though unconventional for most my age, my connection to nature was genuine. 

In 2021, my perspective shifted when I started a job in turf maintenance at a local golf course. Spending 8 hours outside 11 days in a row transformed my relationship with nature. Watching the sunrise every day from different parts of the course and encounters with the wildlife that inhabited the course's trees, pond and creek sparked a newfound curiosity. After three summers of lots of grass, rain, and mud (and sweat), I’m no longer that girl obsessed with fashion design. I jump into the creek or pond at every opportunity to clean it out after a big storm because I know I will find things I have probably never seen before. My job has opened my eyes to a world I previously overlooked!

Although this job allowed me to appreciate nature in new ways, the person who offered me a ‘sense of place’ was my friend Andrea. While snorkeling, we witnessed a dancing seagrass bed beneath us when the waves of a passing ferry had rippled beneath the surface. When we reached the surface, I told Andrea how cool I thought that was. He gave me a weird look and went on to explain his appreciation for the moment and how it made him feel. Although a short conversation, my perception of nature shifted, and I realized nature extended beyond a mere backdrop. Inspired by Andrea, I aspire to regard a location or event as more than it is; instead, I like to reflect on how it makes me feel and how I can connect with it. I have since learned to experience and be part of nature rather than exist alongside it. 

Today, my friends would describe me as plant-obsessed, surrounded by nature-themed pictures in my room - void of human presence. The version of nature I have grown to love excludes people, focusing on the natural world. Green ground, blue or gray skies and sometimes even those painted by sunsets!

[arbitrarygreay]

The custom ball designs of Birdie Wing, from the OP. Episode number listed in parentheses.

Blank ball (2), Eve (3) Aoi (5), Vipere (7) Rose (8), Raioh Academy (9) Shizuoka School (S2 1/14), Koichi/Nadan Academy (S2 2/15) Arios (S2 4/ 17), Remelda (S2 5/18) Shikishima Reika (S2 6/19), Aisha (S2 7/20) Leo/Golf Char (S2 8/21), Juha (S2 11/24) None for you Athena haha

[agbpaints]

With a couple very Liao mechs added to my collection recently, I've decided to go and start building myself a force of Capellans. With some vindicators, combat vehicles, and battle armor sorted I started digging around for some more CCAF designs to round out an augmented company. Then I remembered the Men Shen.

Don't let TRO:3060's janky visuals fool you, this walking gym shoe is one of the most technically advanced 'mechs the inner sphere built up to its intro date, Hellespont Industrials and the Confederation's Ministry of Appropriations spared no expense when they outfitted their first domestically designed omnimech. The 'mech is built around the heart and bones of a Magna 330 XL fusion engine seemingly designed expressly for the Men Shen and a 55 ton endo steel frame, with a normal top speed of nearly 100 kph, augmented up to 130 kph in short bursts by the 'mech's integral myomer accelerator signal circuits. This speed is paired with a thick skin, with the mech mounting 11 tons of standard armor, more than 95% the chassis possible total protection and enough for every component except the arms and head to take an AC/20 shot without internal damage. The mech carries 10 double heat sinks and an active probe fixed to the chassis, with the remaining 17 tons available as pod space.

The Men Shen MS1-O mounts a single LRM-15 with an attached Artemis IV fire control unit in its torso and a pair of medium pulse lasers in each arm. Intended as an all range skirmisher, the Prime configuration can leverage its speed to keep the range open while harassing with its missiles before driving in to deliver a finish off foes or pick appart scouts and picket mechs with its quartet of lasers. While the endurance of the LRM is somewhat questionable given it only comes with a single ton of ammunition, the speed at which the MS1-O depletes its missiles is probably a good thing given the XL engine and lack of CASE.

The Men Shen's alternate configurations fall into roughly three groups- either serving as remixes of the Prime's role, specializing in hunting non-mechs in a combined arms environment, or working as medium range strikers and forward operating units.

The Delta and Golf are Prime lookalikes, pairing a long range weapon (an ERPPC and a TSEMP cannon, respectively) with a payload of pulse lasers and SRMs to harass and disable mechs at long range before closing for a finishing blow. Unlike the Prime, these designs lack minimum ranges on their weapons, but the heat build of a full alpha strike is risky enough to a mech without jump jets that both designs effectively work as bracket fire machines.

The Beta and Echo configurations are combined arms killers, packing specialized ballistic weapons in their arms supported by a more generalized torso loadout. In the Beta's case this is a pair of LB2-X autocannons supported by a quartet of ER medium lasers, effectively making it a fast, high tech version if the BJ-1 Blackjack and ideal for hunting VTOL and aerospace assets with its flack guns. This configuration is also possibly the very first inner sphere mech to mount the LB2-X autocannon despite it supposedly being invented in Davion space. Chalk one up for the Maskirovka. Where the Beta makes helicopter pilots sweat, the Echo is an infantryman's nightmare demon. It mounts 8 light machine guns arranged into two arm mounted machine gun arrays, supported by a plasma rifle and 2 medium lasers in the torso. On average this thing will brrrrt an entire platoon of inner sphere ground pounders to mulch with every trigger pull, and the crit seeking/random heat mean it's not too much of a slouch in mech combat either. The 4 tons of ammunition does mean it is worryingly explosive, though.

Finally the Alfa, Charlie, and Foxtrot are the mid range strikers. The Alfa pairs a trio of ER Medium Lasers with an LB 10-X autocannon to deliver a decent ammount of firepower at close and medium ranges, backed up by a TAG laser designator to call in artillery and LRM strikes from the rest of your force. The Charlie and Foxtrot are very much like each other, using pairs of accurate, high damage energy weapons to make for any light mech's worst day. The Charlie chooses a pair of large pulse lasers supported by a Guardian ECM suite and an ER small laser to hunt things like Locusts and Striders while shutting down enemy electronics such as C3 spotters. The Foxtrot swaps the pulse lasers for a pair of snub nosed PPCs linked to a targetting computer to wreak havoc with its disgustingly long short range (270 meters!) and brings a TAG to make sure Marty the Arty will lay low anything its particle cannons can't. The Charlie and Foxtrot's placement of their main guns in the arms also makes them the best versions of the chassis to carry battle armor into fights with.

The Men Shen is best deployed as a 'cruiser' of battlemechs- calable of outfighting anything it can't outrun and outrunning anything that outguns it fairly easily. It will likely operate best at the front of formations to scout and probe the line of battle until the main battleline of mechs arrives, at which point it shifts to outflanking and finishing off wounded units.

Despite its durability, speed, and weapons options, the Men Shen isn't without flaws- the lack of jump jets mean that it can easily get bogged down in cities or other rough terrain and while it's speed and thick armor mean it can tough through some pretty heavy shots, the XL engine means that it won't survive drag out fights for particularly long. The cost is also fairly prohibitive- while most variants run between 1400 and 1700 BV, the MS1-O is a whopping 16.6 million c-bills. For the same price, you could by an entire company of urbanmechs, or a full lance of Vindicator 3L's. This price and the operational fragility of an XL engine paired with unCASEed ammo will likely make campaign commanders balk and relegate the design (like many omnis) to hangar queen status. As a player of mostly pickup games, though, it's a design I'm excited to run

[kiiyunz]

a look into kihyun’s wardrobe ☆

like most people, kihyun opts for comfort when it comes to his personal style. while fashion is a big interest of his, and he likes to spend hours exploring the latest collections or runway shows from his favourite designers when he gets the chance, he doesn’t commit too heavily to dressing in a particularly ‘fashionable’ way. he’s aware of trends rising and falling, but kihyun just wears what he wants, most of the time—although there are one or two particular styles fans notice he leans on the most.

on the one side,  he goes for a more muted and toned down palette:  blacks,  greys,  whites,  and blues in various shades.  he mostly wears these colours while practicing or recording,  at the airport,  or when he’s simply slipping out of the dorms for dinner or a walk and doesn’t want to draw too much attention to himself.  a particular brand he’s often seen in while in dressing in this quieter way is stüssy,  one of his two known favourites.  (fans are sick to death by now of the far-too-familiar 8 ball fleece that kihyun seems to wear exclusively at the airport).

the other type of clothes people have noticed he gravitates towards are the much more colourful ones—namely the brightly patterned & coloured hoodies, sweater vests, jackets, shoes, and accessories. these are more likely to be seen when he’s filming vlogs with the other members or by himself, holding fun little impromptu lives, recording content with the rest of the group, or just hanging out with his friends in whatever setting they happen to find themselves in. it’s fun, it’s carefree, and it’s become a bit of an inside joke for fans—they say that you know when kihyun’s in a good mood because he’ll be in his much brighter, louder colours. the brand he likes most when dressing this way is bape, by far, although recently people have been noticing a few items from golf le fleur pop up into his wardrobe.

all in all, he dresses for himself only, and will continue to do so. he may have only started to really settle into his clothing groove a year or so after debut (and whenever someone brings up his outfits prior to this he cringes and covers his ears) but now that he’s found it he’s not likely to go through a massive style shift for a good while. he’s completely content with how he looks & how he dresses, and that easy confidence translates well. he’s a style icon for himself and that’s all that matters!

[livi-the-writer]

List of hobbies and interests for your OCs!

1. Fencing 

2. Woodworking/carpentry

3. Stone carving

4. Candle making

5. Leather crafting

6. Horse riding

7. Metalworking

8. Archery

9. Herbalism

10. Doll making

11. Sewing

12. Embroidery

13. Sweet making

14. Painting

15. Drawing

16. Jewellery making

17. Mixology (cocktail making)

18. Blogging/vlogging

19. Soap making

20. Whittling/woodcarving

21. Poetry

22. Story writing

23. Article writing

24. Puzzles

25. Astronomy/stargazing

26. Programming

27. Hacking

28. Going on walks in nature

29. Cycling

30. Watching documentaries

31. Graphic design 

32. Video games

33. Digital art

34. Singing

35. Making digital music

36. Artificial intelligence

37. Pottery

38. Witchcraft

39. Fashion design 

40. Make-up/face painting

41. Cosplay

42. Surfing

43. Sailing

44. Skiing

45. Snowboarding

46. Running

47. Hiking

48. Board games

49. Dancing

50. Interior design

51. Gymnastics

52. Martial arts

53. Bodybuilding

54. Activism

55. Public speaking

56. Debating

57. Team sports

58. Playing a musical instrument

59. Kayaking or canoeing

60. Boxing or kickboxing

61. Travelling 

62. Fishing

63. Cooking

64. Baking

65. Yoga 

66. Bird watching

67. Collecting something (e.g. books, figurines, stuffed toys, souvenirs)

68. Gardening

69. Scrapbooking

70. Listening to music 

71. Analysing books/poetry/song lyrics

72. Personality typing (e.g. MBTI, enneagram)

73. Learning new languages

74. Photography

75. Watching TV

76. Musical theatre

77. Golfing

78. Bowling

79. Bingo

80. Reading

81. Latte art 

82. Learning magic tricks

83. Puppetry

84. Chess

85. Juggling

86. Stand-up comedy

87. Pranking others

88. Nail painting

89. Graffiti

90. Calligraphy

91. Beekeeping

92. Camping

93. Crossword puzzles

94. Parkour 

95. Roller skating

96. Vehicle restoration

97. Listening to podcasts

98. Ice skating

99. Volunteering

100. Pole dancing

101. Writing book or film reviews

102. Bullet journalling

103. Picking flowers

104. Going on picnics

105. Sudoku 

106. Animation

107. Making playlists

108. Selling things they’ve created 

109. Playing roleplay games

110. Modelling

111. Hair styling

112. Finding and collecting seashells

113. Tattooing

114. Cake decorating

[runawaycarouselhorse]

Special interest level: I got very fascinated with sleeve garters and sleeve straps and reading about them because of Best Wishes! So, here's a post compiled of the results of reading a lot about things tangentially related to my special interests, ffff.

Sleeve garters are like what Cabernet (Burgundy) wears! Remember, Pokemon Connoisseurs are called Pokemon Sommeliers in the original, they're based on wine experts (hence comparing compatibility between trainers and their Pokemon with food-wine marriages, borrowing the same terms.)

"A sleeve garter is a garter worn on the sleeve of a shirt. It came into wide use, especially in the US, in the latter half of the 19th century when men's ready-made shirts came in a single (extra long) sleeve length. Sleeve garters allow individuals to customize sleeve lengths and keep their cuffs from becoming soiled while working or at the correct length when worn under a jacket. (...) a century ago this item of clothing was something a man may have worn regardless of profession (with the possible exception of the wealthy or those too well-dressed to wear non-tailored shirts)..." (Wikipedia)

Bartenders (to keep sleeves clean) and poker/casino dealers (previously to show there's no room to hide anything up their sleeves, apparently!) still tend to wear these and, historically, typists, accountants, and anyone who works with inks and paints would wear them. Now, they mostly feature in historical fashion or period costumes.

Aside from the lapels on Trip's jacket (his hoodie's always in the way, so I can't figure out what kind of lapels, exactly, it could notched or shawl... but if you want to go by cheap cosplay meant for a goofy official variety show where the rivals get "drunk" on... tea??? I've never seen it but it sounds hilarious and reminds me of the TRio getting "drunk" on water in AG of dubious accuracy, it looks like a notched lapel!), his beta design's jacket also had sleeve straps and a breast pocket.

Sleeve straps are often only ornamental now (and in the beta design, no buttons are drawn, but that might've just been for easier animation), but their function was to draw the sleeve closer to the skin to keep the wind out and trap body heat if it's cold. Which fits, since we tend to assume the kid hates the cold because this kid's going on a journey in a suit jacket, hoodie, and undershirt in spring and summer?! ^^;;

His hoodie in the beta design also had drawstrings, which you rarely see in the anime (it's there in one shot in the Fushide episode!).

Tomboyish Georgia wears a yellow newsboy cap! (Think Newsies and Peaky Blinders.) I used to wear a wooly grey one in the winter, used to cover my ears with it and tuck all my hair into it, too! Didn't figure this one out on my own, @pkmncoordinators pointed it out. ^^

While mostly associated with the working class, men and boys of all classes wore them, they were very common in the 1920's, although the wealthy typically only wore them while golfing or doing other leisurely activities.

Georgia's hat appears to be modelled on an 8 panel newsboy cap. ^^

[smallmariofindings]

The design of Nabbit’s bandana (texture on the left) is clearly based on the design on Bowser Jr.’s bandana first seen in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (texture on the right), however, although the designs appear to be identical at first glance when not displayed side-by-side like this, they are subtly different.

The mouth on Nabbit’s bandana has 7 teeth while the mouth on Bowser Jr’s bandana has 8 teeth; in addition, Bowser Jr’s design is more obviously badly drawn. The true connection between these characters that is implied by these designs is unclear as Nabbit has never been shown working for either Bowser or Bowser Jr., or interacting with them in any special manner.

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[cut-content-contest]

Matchups, Round One!

Botsun | beta Alice Yabusame (Your Turn to Die)

playable Zelda (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword) | Vah Manta (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)

life indicator rune | early concepts (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)

Termina Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask) | Unicorn Fountain (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)

cut dungeons (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker) | The Legend of Zelda: Mystical Seed of Courage

Yosuke Hanamura romance route (Persona 4) | devil Joker boss fight (Persona 2)

Moonjumper | Timmy (A Hat in Time)

Sand n Sails | Vanessa's manor third floor (A Hat in Time)

distilled emotions (Psychonauts 2) | Li-Po document (Psychonauts)

human woman (Star Fox 2) | Dinosaur Planet (Star Fox Adventures)

Michael Tutori (Wii Music) | fish render (Wii Party)

"like, half the game" (combined with cut levels of Monty Gator Golf) (Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach) | coconut.vtf (Team Fortress 2)

F-Stop | Cave Johnson cube (Portal 2)

Czar Dragon (Final Fantasy VI) | musketeer class (Final Fantasy XIV)

room_water_prebird (Undertale) | unused art (Undertale console versions)

twisted sword | everybody weapon (Deltarune)

unused Ralsei battle (Deltarune) | final boss battle backgrounds (Mother 3)

wolf howls | beast boy (Minecraft)

Rana | Steve and Black Steve (Minecraft)

beta Arceus | beta Giratina/Kimairan | ???-type Arceus (Pokémon Diamond/Pearl)

Pokémon Z | Paldean sea and skysphere (Pokémon Scarlet/Violet)

cut beta pokémon (combined with unused baby pokémon) (Pokémon Gold/Silver) | Kotora and Raitora (Pokémon Red/Green and Gold/Silver)

unused trade theme | Mew (Pokémon Red/Green)

Honey the Cat (Sonic the Fighters) | Tiara Boobowski (Sonic Xtreme)

good Cortex (split from Good Cortex and Evil Coco) | evil Coco (Crash Twinsanity)

8 beta colossi (combined with Spider colossus) (Shadow of the Colossus) | "Hot Coffee" minigame (NSFW) (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas)

backdash | ancient_bench (Hollow Knight)

extended Abyss | Pure Vessel dream nail dialogue (Hollow Knight)

the Aviary | Daylight Prairie invisible boat | early Isle of Dawn (split from the entirety of Sky: Light Awaits) (Sky: Children of the Light)

arms on the player characters (Journey) | Omori keyhole cutscene (OMORI)

original rabbit designs (Splatoon) | octoling backup dancers (Splatoon 2)

Singing Mountain (Chrono Trigger) | multiplayer sabre (Halo: Reach)

Selph/Self | robo NiGHTS (NiGHTS into Dreams)

fur (Wobbledogs) | Ancient Castle Spires (Neopets: The Darkest Faerie)

Dude (Hylics) | FN F2000 (Hot Dogs, Horseshoes, and Hand Grenades)

BomBom (Angry Birds) | Snick the Porcupine (Pizza Tower)

Golden Deer!Ashe (Fire Emblem: Three Houses) | Jagen death scene (Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light)

Laura Cruz (Tomb Raider) | Kale quest (Eldin Ring)

Dragon King: The Fighting Game (Super Smash Bros.) | Melee selected animations (Super Smash Bros. Melee)

Meteor Slime (Slime Rancher) | SNES CD-ROM (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)

the original story (Bayonetta 3) | Kid Kirby

Bionis Shoulder (Xenoblade Chronicles) | pitcher plants (The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion)

Phoenix Wright heart eyes | early concept art (Ace Attorney)

cut character models | docks mission (Dreamfall Chapters)

Musa boss battle (Skeleton Boomerang) | the plot (Ace Combat 03: Electrosphere)

Starbeans café crossover cameos (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga) | Bottles's Revenge (Banjo-Tooie)

Shipwreck Cove (MySims Kingdom) | MySims Agents 2

Shockwave (Genshin Impact) | doki17.mp3 (Doki-Doki Literature Club)

Satsuki Rin (Touhou Project: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil) | anti-piracy measures (Higurashi: When They Cry)

elh (Luigi's Mansion) | Tramplin' Stu (Super Mario Sunshine)

cats (Super Paper Mario Korean version) | dragonhead flower (Super Mario Galaxy)

[lafbranding]

Examples of Perceived Prestige Impacting Consumer Enjoyment (and willingness to spend)

Similar effects as those discovered in the North Dakota wine study can be seen across a range of brands and product categories. When thinking about other categories where a large portion of consumer enjoyment is based on perception rather than actual quality, the examples that came to mind were coffee, designer clothing, and high-end sporting goods. Coffee is very similar to wine in the sense that I think most people would be unable to distinguish an $8 Blue Bottle coffee from a $4 Starbucks coffee, yet plenty of people are still willing to pay for the premium version for the perceived quality. There are certainly some confounding factors at play, such as the aesthetic of the coffee shop, the service, etc. but my guess is that most people would genuinely believe a coffee served in a Blue Bottle cup is superior to the exact same coffee served in a Starbucks cup. Similarly, the price of designer clothing is often heavily based on the label or the brand name rather than the actual product, such as two somewhat indistinguishable white t-shirts, but one costs $20 while the other costs $100. Interestingly, I wonder if there would be some negative companion effects with designer clothing, where if a consumer has one or two pieces of designer clothing, it might make them enjoy their other clothes less if they don’t hold the same perceived quality or prestige.

Luxury sporting equipment is interesting because a premium offering can impact a consumer’s perceived enjoyment and their perceived ability. For example, with expensive golf clubs or skis, many consumers are convinced that if they just spend a few extra hundred dollars to get the newest equipment, then their abilities will dramatically improve. Obviously that’s often not the case, but just having the equipment can make people feel like they’re actually performing better. Similar to the wine, this could also lead to some companion effects, where if the physical equipment makes the athletes happier, then it may increase their overall enjoyment of the sport as well as the time they are willing to invest in it and the money they are willing to spend on complementary goods.

Regarding the Concha Y Toro case, I struggled to think of brands that have successfully recrafted their story or moved themselves upmarket or downmarket. The best I could come up with was athleisure brands like Lululemon, who somewhat shifted the entire product category of athleisure from a relatively low price point to a much higher price point. Interestingly, a lot of these companies are subtle with their branding (i.e., small, discreet logos on clothing), yet they still carry a certain level of prestige that allows them to charge 2-3x for an athletic t-shirt vs. what something like Uniqlo might charge (see attached photos).

[the-darkness-does-not-bargain]

I'm on a cruise right now so of course I'm thinking about my blorbos going on a cruise too. Idk why maybe there's wraith demons aboard a particular ship and the company is trying to cover it up. The point is: Nuns on a Boat. I'm sure the Vatican forks over the necessary funds, probably for a week-long trip, enough time to investigate, plan, execute, and clean up. The original plan was to send a small team of two or three, but Ava probably pesters the new Pope into paying for the whole gang to go (she definitely plays the Jesus card).

It goes like this: the official OCS sisters enter as a group of 4 (Mother, Camila, Yasmine, and Dora) while the remaining 4 split into 2 pairs, Avatrice undercover as newlyweds on a honeymoon (it's good practice for the real thing, Bea!) and Mary riding as a solo passenger (hiding Lilith in her room). They probably have a contact in the ship's crew that sneaks them keycards and pass codes to restricted areas and makes arrangements for them to be in the right place at the right time for recon purposes. I don't know what the demons are doing, maybe planning some kind of mass possession within an enclosed space, but whatever it is will require asskicking through overpriced shops and probably flinging several pool chairs around to solve.

Assorted ideas:

1. The list of shore excursions has to be pried from Ava's hands by Mary because The Second Coming of Christ canNOT be trusted with them. Not because she doesn't know what she's doing, but because if they let her go unchecked she'll have their days booked 6 ways to the Sabbath with several activities overlapping each other. Baby girl wants to do EVERYTHING, time constraints be damned!

2. Beatrice is a little nervous about their cover story, not because she doesn't love Ava or doesn't see them getting married eventually, but because she's still battling some shame about being affectionate in public. This is, of course, in stark contrast to Ava, who is ecstatic over the chance to be shamelessly close to Bea with the tacit excuse of the mission. She drags them to every couple-y event aboard the ship and has no qualms about basically climbing her girlfriend whenever she can get away with it.

3. The God Squad is properly outfitted for just about every situation that could come up, and that includes swimming. For the actual nuns in the party, this means tasteful one-pieces that still earn respectful wolf whistles from Ava and the requisite number of sexy nun jokes. Ava wears a predictably tiny bikini that drives the boys and girls wild while Bea wears a more modest two-piece that drives Ava wild. Mary draws all the attention in her suit that shows off her killer arms and excellent abs. Lilith has to be coaxed into her suit because she's self-conscious. Jillian has probably come up with some way to either reverse or hide her scales, but the result is probably a lot of burn tissue that is difficult to conceal. Ava buys her a long-sleeve swim shirt with some silly design that Lilith threatens her life over but wears anyway.

4. Circling back to the excursions, an argument breaks out about which they should do, and whether they should stick together or split up. It gets a little heated until Mother shuts it down with "We will be doing the dolphin swim and that's final." "But why that one?" "Because I want to do the dolphin swim."

5. Ava is banned from the ship buffet after the third time she tries to dispense ice cream directly into her mouth

6. Camila gets a lot of attention from the fellas, and she gets permission from a quietly proud Mother to indulge them so long as she gets more information for the mission

7. Yasmine sweeps the trivia contests, winning all manner of silly knickknack prizes that she cherishes.

8. We don’t know much about Dora but I'm going to assume that she’s a prodigy in mini golf and collects a following of children who ooo and aaa every time she hits a hole-in-one. She and Mary clown on the competition in shuffleboard

9. Some guy sees Ava by herself (Bea is probably getting them ice cream since she's not banned) and attempts to shoot his shot. It's Ava, unfairly charming and distressingly cute, so he's practically bewitched two sentences into the conversation, but Ava's just being her normal, puppy self. Bea sees them and starts getting jealous, threatening to crush her ice cream cone to bits, but when Ava sees her coming back, she lights up with a "heeeyyy Boo-Bear, there you are! I missed you!" And immediately abandons the dude to press against her girlfriend. The guy makes brief eye contact with Bea before wisely choosing to walk away. Better luck next time, bro.

10. The tables turn when Beatrice is lounging in the sun while Ava is away (probably pestering Lilith) and an interested lady sits next to her and starts making small talk. Beatrice is extremely polite and doesn't quite pick up on the fact she's being flirted with, but Lilith has to punch Ava in the arm to stop her lighting up like an angry glowstick at the sight. Ava does march over there though and turns the puppy energy up to 11, wrapping her arms around Beatrice, nuzzling their cheeks together and pressing in until she's basically in Bea's lap. Bea is flustered and embarrassed, but the lady catches on to what's what and gracefully makes her exit. Ava drags Bea to their room for some quality time while Lilith does her best to look like she doesn't know them.

[starrybluez]

15 questions 15 mutuals

Tagged by @whats-her-name-virginia-plain and @pauls-mccharmly about a month ago! 😅😳 Anyway thank you both! 💜💙

1. Are you named after anyone?

Dean Martin, sort of - my parents wanted to shorten it to Dino. 🙄 That was until they remembered there was a purple dinosaur in the Flintstones with the same name (how could they forget that? 🤔). They thought they were going to have a boy and they also weren't expecting to have a kid at all in their 40's, but I surprised them! So they got real creative, just taking out the o and adding an a.

2. When was the last time you cried?

Ohh boy, I think it was twice last week. Normally, I don't cry that much though.

3. Do you have kids?

No, I'm sure that ship has sailed for me, but I know some women around my age who are still having kids. Bless their hearts, I wouldn't want to do that now.

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

Me? Never. Hahaha I am way too sarcastic for my own good. 😂

5. What sports do you play/have played?

I think the last sport I played was pickleball several weeks ago. We had fun, but I worried constantly about getting hit by the ball or accidentally hitting others with it. Never been very athletic at all. I do enjoy a nice game of mini golf though.

6. What's the first thing you notice about people?

Good question. Usually the first thing that comes to mind is, "Oh crap, there's people coming".

7. What's your eye color?

Dark brown.

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

Oh, I gotta have happy endings.

9. Any special talents?

Naming the artist or band of any song, as long as it's somewhere between the 60's and 90's.

10. Where were you born?

Could have been somewhere in Italy if all the grandparents had stayed put, but nope, they immigrated to New York, then PA, and that was where I was born and raised.

11. What are your hobbies?

Staring blankly into space...no only kidding (somewhat). Photography, photo editing, sometimes designing with those photos.

12. Do you have any pets?

No, but I might be taking care of a friend's cat for a while. Big maybe at the moment though.

13. How tall are you?

Somewhere around 5 ft 4, which seems to be tall for tumblr.

14. Favourite subject in school?

Art, creative writing, literature, music

15. Dream job?

Author and illustrator of my own books. Dream on! 🦄 🌈 ✨️

Tagging @pearlyrain @modernmanblues @fancycolours @fatal-plastic-kiss @lovevoodoo @ruztyryan @dancingonthevalentine @tiggertaylor @astarrynightinparis @anynameisbetterthanmyfirstone @elafranco2023 and I know that's not 15, but I'm blanking on who else to tag