#instead of having a buffer

[ambrosiagourmet]

Siiiiigh... I didn't want to do this until the next chapter went up, but I've been writing without a buffer for months now and that has been wearing on me quite a bit. I think it's better to just acknowledge when I need a break, rather than push through and post something I might not be totally happy with.

SO: NRBTS (my post-canon fic) is going on pause! I'm not setting a hard date for it to come back, because the deadline is honestly part of what I need a break from. I need some time to write without one, to write out of order, and to delete things without feeling like I'm "wasting time." I also might want to write some other stuff and not feel like I have to focus all my energy into one place! I think it will be good to ease up and remember that I'm doing this for fun 😅

I'm not going to post more until I have at LEAST two chapter finished, so that means probably at least two months, maybe three. ♥️ sorry it's an unexpected and kinda long break, but I'd rather eventually have a thing I'm proud of than rush to complete a thing I'm only sort of happy with.

[deadpoets]

☆ happy birthday to the lovely lovely thea @belleandsaintsebastian <3 (google search & google template by @cal-kestis | insp)

[sanddusted-wisteria]

Qi and names

A really, really random thing I've been noticing as I'm doing a second playthrough: Qi almost never calls anyone by just their name. Unless he's talking directly to someone, he almost always uses a title or a stand-in...nickname? Epithet? Not sure what to call it.

[VERY long post below, contains some act 2 and mild act 3 spoilers]

Grace: The frycook

Elsie: The rancher's daughter/ranch girl

[pardon the text mine, i don't have screenshots of some of the act 3 quotes and it's not up on the wiki yet]

Catori: The entrepreneur

Justice: The sheriff

Also combined with Unsuur: The lawmen

Pen: The homunculus man

Yan: "Your director"

X: The bird

Bronco the Kid: "The person seeking Logan"

Pablo: "Our local barber"

Here are the ones with titles:

Trudy: Mayor Trudy (but also sometimes just "Mayor" or even "Trudy")

Fang: Dr. Fang

Nia: Assistant Nia

You/the builder: Earlier in the game/at lower relationship levels, he'll only call you "Builder". But later on, he'll always use your builder's name.

(at Buddy level)

(at Good Friend level)

And last but not least, those who Qi always refers to by name:

Mint (but he also calls him Sleepyhead, of course)

Zeke

Logan

Matilda (though she's only ever referred to once and she's been de facto stripped of her minister title at this point, so I'll gloss over her)

So uh...what's the takeaway? Well, I think it's an insight to Qi's idea of respect. All the people in the first section have nicknames, which are mostly light jabs at their character/job.

Contrast to the people in the second and third sections. If they have an established title of authority, he'll use it. And for those he refers to by name directly, it's someone he personally respects. Think about it:

Trudy is the mayor, the highest authority in town (and also probably singlehandedly responsible for his funding lol)

Qi's no quiet admirer of Fang's work, as shown by their few interactions

He respects Zeke as a fellow man of science, and a very persistent one at that

Nia is part of academia, advised by a reputable professor

Mint is obvious; he's his closest friend

And you! Take another look at his dialogue with you as it progresses through the main quest, especially after you build the mobile suit. He comes to respect you and your work.

Logan is an interesting exception, but I picked the above quote for a reason. I think he knows straight off the bat that the Logan situation is more complicated than other people say, and he sympathizes with him a little bit (even though he'll promptly hole himself up again and keep working after any Logan event happens).

I made another very long post a while back that touched on why Qi insists on being called "Director" all the time, and I think that's only compounded by this. It's a golden rule type situation, yk? You respect his titles, work, and time, and he'll do the same to you.

ETA: you could also interpret this as Qi viewing people as their occupations first. He's not the most sociable person in town, and he'd like to keep it that way (maybe). So he keeps a veneer of over-professionalism on by default.

[mephistophelianyume]

Low effort txt posts while I chisel away at bigger projects and finish reading umineko

[rouge-fauna]

Anyone else with adhd wish they had the energy that is so stereotypical of adhd?… like man if I had even part of that energy, the things I could do…

[the-amber-raven]

oh my goood the home fic is done. I was hoping I could post it before the new episode today but it's past midnight here and I have work in the morning and realistically it needs a good edit (and of course it ended up longer than I thought it would)...

But it will be up at some point on the weekend! Can't wait to share it (and say thank you for the patience everyone has shown for this one).

[choatic-bumblebee-agenda]

Oooh they put The Rookie on disney, i might watch that soon

[ichorresearchproject]

02.11.25 - Entry 88, Day 101

[Poppy is finally feeling well enough for me to talk to her about what happened and what she's feeling from the ichor. I believe I said she was simply careless when it first happened, but I wanted to see if there was more to it. Unfortunately, it seems I won't get an answer to that, as she doesn't recall much from the last several days at all... Which makes sense, with how ichor can affect the mind, but I can't help but wonder if it was truly just a lack of focus. In terms of symptoms, her eyes still look a bit red, but other than that she's not experiencing anything out of the ordinary anymore. If nothing else, at least this experience can give us a better idea of the body's limits in terms of ichor tolerance! Not that there's any plans to intentionally test that, of course... But even mistakes can bring new information!] -Rodger

[ace-fandom-dumbass]

Happened to be looking at the starkid website and THEY HAVE DVDS OF THEIR SHOWS

I WANT ALL OF THEM OH MY GOSH

[diah-the-demon]

trying to do this crochet thing but the guide video keeps lagging and buffering so much its so annoying

[tampdown]

Due to personal reasons, I'm going to skip the upcoming update on next week, but we will get a pretty illustration 😳 Hopefully that'll suffice

-- Stay well, Stars!

[yellowmagicalgirl]

Heads up, I'm gonna be halving the queue and attempting to take a social media break since finals are soon

[rubys-domain]

at this point i dont even care if i get kokomi. i just want a 5 star

[cemetery-blooms]

gonna miss race start anyway since im going into the lab for more primary staining yahoo🤪🤪

[microcosmiclymbic]

Not making my bedtime more regularly now

Time to move my bedtime back an hour

[clown-machine]

According to most of the notes it seems like whatever the capture blocking protocol is is dealt with using hardware acceleration in most browsers, so turning off hardware acceleration in the general/performance settings will let you capture again.

hbo max blocks screenshots even when I use the snipping tool AND firefox AND ublock which is a fucking first. i will never understand streaming services blocking the ability to take screenshots thats literally free advertising for your show right there. HOW THE HELL IS SOMEBODY GONNA PIRATE YOUR SHOW THROUGH SCREENSHOTS. JACKASS