#harbor update

[harborpodcast]

Is season 3 still in the works?

Hi there! Yes, it is. The writing process takes a long time for me, so I am very thankful for all your patience while the scripts are being written. I never want to put out something that I don't believe in 100% so this means lots and lots of development time!

Hope your autumn is treating you well!

[orange-coloredsky]

The two most popular reads of the synth plight in Fallout 4 are that of the race allegory and the Red Scare/McCarthyist allegory. In the former example, synths get racialized in a similar way to Black Americans in the late 19th and early 20th century, but just barely. The Underground Railroad is quite literally remade, synths are subjected to slavery at the hands of their human creators and punished harshly for escape attempts. Others have likened synths to fears of immigrants or asylum-seekers from nonwhite majority populations. Synths in these imaginings of Fallout 4 are painted as needing to be saved at the same time as they are vilified and dehumanized – sometimes by the same character over the course of the story. This duality could be a great opportunity for a dive into how white saviorism tends to play out, but in reality it ends up being a messy, deeply uncritical exploration of the impact of race and racism in society. The factions doing the racialization and/or saviorism’s motives are never questioned, and there is a very clear depiction of “good vs. evil” being the end-all-be-all of anti-racism work (again, with no critical thought as to how the “good” side is made almost completely of non-racialized people making decisions on behalf of a marginalized group). Worse yet, it’s contrived. The android-racism analogy has been a thorn in the side of the science fiction genre ever since Isaac Asimov wrote the 3 Laws of Robotics. There’s very few iterations on the idea that have come from popular (white, Eurocentric) media that aren’t riddled with the same aftertaste of white guilt and fundamental misunderstandings of how racism plays out in day-to-day life.

The less common, slightly more agreeable interpretation is that of the Red Scare – which, given Fallout’s inspirations and the setting’s original critique of reliving America’s “good old days”, makes perfect sense. In this example, synths take the role of the Soviet spy: watching over everything Americans are doing and reporting back to a secret base that is plotting to overthrow the world as we know it. Psychological screenings as well as inhumane tortures are utilized to pick synth “spies” out from the good, red-blooded residents of the Commonwealth. A neighborhood is founded entirely around the protection of the “old ways of life”, complete with a white picket fence comically decorated with automatic machine gun turrets. While this is a more charitable analogy that’s grounded in a slightly-deeper-than-surface-level exploration of American history, the Red Scare interpretation is victim to the same pitfalls that plague the racism interpretation. Midway through the game, the player discovers that there actually is a secret base of evil villains hiding underneath our feet, plotting to annihilate our beautiful Commonwealth lives. People do get taken and replaced by synths, they are in our governments, there is an actual reason for synths to be feared. Sure, some synths are perfectly fine people with no wish to be made tools of the Institute’s tyranny, but that is greatly overshadowed by the fact that the Institute’s stated goal is to use synths to gain control over the Commonwealth. There is no real critique of McCarthyism, there is no ideology to be challenged, because the Communists are here and killing your loved ones in their sleep.

[thatsrightice]

UMMMM

WHAT? IS??? THIS??????

THIS TIK TOK WITH A BEAUTIFUL EDIT JUST DROPS A BOMB SAYING THERE’S A BIRTH CERTIFICATE ON TWITTER AND I FIND THIS????? WITH NO EXPLANATION????

SERESHAWS YOU CANT JUST DO THAT TO ME WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

HIS MIDDLE NAME IS JACOB?

HE WAS BORN IN HONOLULU??

I AM UNWELL

[ryonello]

lets rock , baby 🌙

[nantucketupsnott]

Hannaford update + The New Colonial Theater in BH.

[lunaetis]

[ updated my mains & ship exclusive list ! removed some inactive ones and added yinyue to the list ( also moved eden up to the top bc let's face it, it's long overdue. ) some i had removed due to lack of interactions ( but they can totally be added back if the muns are still interested ! ) if i missed any muses or if any of you are interested in being on there pls holla at me ! likewise that if you're on there and preferred not to be on, feel free to let me know as well ! ]

[moonpile]

Tags are finally working, yay! Here's some of my ESO housing builds. More soon! Directory will be updated in the main post.

Moon's Houses ☾⋆

The Moons-Blessed Springs at Willowpond Haven

Khajiit’s Tenmar Retreat (v1) - at Serenity Falls Estate

For the Love of Fantasy - at Ald Velothi Harbor House

An Apocr-awful New Life - at Velothi Reverie

A Tea House for Azandar - at the Ample Domicile

Khajiit’s Garden of Curiosities at Sleek Creek

[genshinmp3]

Minigame BGM 1 from the Dancing Beasts and Soaring Kites Web Event HOYO-MiX

[in-any-universe-ever]

Chapters: 20, 68,460 words Fandom: House of the Dragon (TV) Rating: Explicit Relationships: Aemond "One-Eye" Targaryen/Lucerys Velaryon (Son of Rhaenyra) Additional Tags: Background Jace/Baela, background Rhaenyra/Daemon - Freeform, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Angst with a Happy Ending, Smut, Light Dom/sub, Top Aemond "One-Eye" Targaryen, Bottom Lucerys Velaryon (Son of Rhaenyra), Gift Giving, Feminization, Basically Luke and Aemond have kinky sex and they like it, Breaking Up & Making Up, Smoking, Bar fights, Alcohol Summary: Luke has known all along: Driftmark Corporation is his by right, but it is still his choice to take what has been offered. The decision is bigger than him and his acceptance is the crack that crumbles the three-year relationship with his fiancé Aemond. What seemed perfect is flawed by secrets, half-truths, and concessions they feel they must make to secure happiness. Luke reflects on their time together while he tries to hold onto the pieces of the promises they made and the love that they share. Perhaps their past has not been perfect, but Luke is determined to make their future work.

The final updates were posted today. This fic is completed!

[bolina]

Second Valorant icon pack is done! This time with the boys.

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[harborpodcast]

Season 3 update (again)

It is a battle of the sun returning and the cold digging it’s feet in. It’s March. And Season 3 is officially being written. Updates on production as they come!

Hope all is as well as can be. Much love!

[expirisims]

Hello All!

So...I've been on a bit of a hiatus once again! I have been super busy in my personal life as always. I am hoping to get some play time soon, I've been really itching to open my game especially while my manuscript is still with my betas for a few more weeks. Anyway, I have some plans!

For my Sims game, I have been really wanting to make another world, or maybe more...I don't know, I'm too indecisive. I have been toying with the idea of making a roadless village type island, possibly resurrecting my old Pickerling Cove world I started ages ago and did not complete, and a new idea that ties into my real life a little bit. I started a world years ago and it corrupted so it was never completed, however, I found some of the old builds for that world from before the corruption that I have tested in game. I'm thinking of remaking the original concept and using those old builds where I can. Some of them unfortunately will be quite impossible to use because of the terrain, however, I am wanting to incorporate interiors that I am planning to make in 1/6 scale for my little one's doll town. Yes, I have an entire hidden doll city planned in our playroom...and I've been watching too much Youtube in my free time lol! Anyway, I'm thinking that building the various cafe's, apartments ect in Sim World will help me make design choices for the compartments I have planned in the window seat, coffee table and bookshelf in our playroom.

I have also started sewing some clothes for my kiddo's dolls because we have mostly rags left over from my childhood, modern Barbie clothes are simply not the same as they were when I was a kid and let's just say it's a good thing the majority of my kiddo's Ken dolls have molded on underwear! That being said, I would love to share pictures with you all, but I don't want to clutter up Simblr's with non sims stuff so I am planning to open a second page for sharing my crafts! As long as Tubmlr still exists that is.

I know this is already long, but I wanted to at least share my last played day in Redwood Harbor (from months ago) below the cut as I haven't shared pictures in a LOOOONG time! Thanks for sticking around to read this and I hope everyone is doing well! Now on to the pics!

I don't remember exactly what was going on, but I do know that Antonio is still working nights and Joanna is getting VERY pregnant so once I get back into game she may go into labor by the end of this rotation!

Woohoo! Jody has learned to walk! I'm going to be honest, the Sims toddlers wear me out so I have never really tried to get their skills accomplished until my Redwood Harbor save, lol! Quite proud of my little sims!

Looks like it was off to the winter festival the next day! Antonio works nights and Joanna is on maternity leave already...aaand of course, they left Jody to fend for himself while they went ice skating!

Left over salad it is for dinner...Joanna what are those shoes you're wearing with that outfit!!??

OMG!! Really!!?? I'm pretty sure these two are going to break up again so I'm not sure how this is going to work out!

Time for bonuses! Better luck next year Joanna, maybe you won't be on maternity for most of the next year so you can progress in your career, fingers crossed the sims in this save seem to be very fertile.

Have I mentioned how much I LOVE playing this save?

[ryonello]

together , we'll crush them 🌊

[yuelun]

I'm alive. I'm alive, mostly, somewhat. I have setting up for a new part-time job to do for 2 hours or so soon, but I couldn't resist to log in and do my wish. I know I'm the odd one out of here, I want Neuvillette eventually, but I've wanted and needed Hu Tao to pair with Yelan for my melt comp since those two first ran together earlier this year, and baby girl came home. Now to get Wriothesley, the one I want the very most.

[the-good-neighbors]

The tapas community is hosting a mermay event so i turned Aodh into a mermaid selkie

(they were hosting it early i know, but I’m to impatient to wait until may to post it here)

quick disclaimer tho, I drew him as a selkie for this event for thematic reasons, in an actual mermaid au he would be part sea bunny

[nicejewishgirl]

going to local ER instead since I’m losing too much blood, way too fast! last week was bad but this is scary and I need to be monitored ASAP!