#it's basically adding spook for free

[dinosaurcharcuterie]

Okay, so firstly, I'm assuming you have access to a 3D printer or a 3D printing service. My chosen MO when my printer is on the fritz is "mooching off others, mainly my brother" but we have a maker lab an hour's drive away if I need something larger. This would be a project that is too large for my printer, assuming an adult human head.

Secondly, you need a slicer that lets you mess around with models and add basic shapes. I use Prusaslicer, because it came with my printer, and anyone can download it for free. I'm gonna overexplain this as if you have a basic grasp of windows-style software, a sixth grade reading level, and have otherwise no other experience using this software. (aka. as if you're my mom)

Thirdly, we are working smart, not hard on this. Plenty of people have made skull models. www.thangs.com is your friend for cross-platform model searches. I went with this one because a) it has that slightly open jaw that was requested and b) it was popular around Halloween, so it is one that is possible to print. Will it still be after we mess with it? That's a different question.

Tutorial on how to do this behind a break, because it's 15 pages in Word.

First, open your model in your slicer. As you can see, this one doesn't fit my print bed. I'm not printing it, so... Eh. It usually comes out centered all by itself, so we don't need to mess with anything, either.

Next, we need what Prusaslicer calls the Shape Gallery. Pick a sphere and click "Add to Bed"

Select Sphere. Then press the little padlock in the menu called "Object Manipulation". Now mess with the values behind "Size [World]:" until your sphere is the shape you want your bowl to be, and roughly twice as deep.

While you're there: change the values under X and Y for "Position" to be the same as for your skull. This centers both objects on top of each other.

Now select both your Sphere and your Skull model at the same time, right click and choose "Merge". This lets you manipulate the Sphere further.

We need that Sphere to become a bowl. In the Name menu, right click the Sphere (just the sphere) and choose "Change Type". Pick "Negative Volume". This should turn the Sphere model transoarent.

Back to the Object Manipulation menu, which is now called Part Manipulation. With only the Sphere selected, adjust the Z position until half of the Sphere is poking out of the Skull. Then mess with this and the Y position until you have that dimple exactly where you want it.

At this point, it's smart to press that tempting "Slice Now" button to check where you are. (At this point, I resized the merged project to 80% to make it fit my print plate -- this button doesn't work if you're trying to print something larger than your print volume.) It wasn't even fully done slicing when I noticed that this might be a bit too ambitious for a key bowl. But filling an entire model with plastic is expensive and tedious, so let's McGyver a solution.

Hit Ctrl+5 to go back to the place where change is possible. Copy paste your Sphere, change Type to "Part" and adjust the Z position until it's juuuust peeking out from the Skull, basically flush again. Press "Slice Now" to re-check your progress.

Dear reader, we have a dimple.

Next up, a way for glasses to stay put. You need an outcropping on the side of this stand if you wear glasses that were not adjusted to be worn without ears. I took a side profile selfie and based it on where the legs of my glasses usually sit. It seems to be just underneath this handy dandy curved seam on the model.

The next Shape Gallery we need is a Cylinder.

Back in the Object Manipulation menu, we rotate it 90° on the X axis, then mess with the proportions. I started out by making the real world X value slightly larger on the Cylinder than the Skull. (Reminder: my model is tiny, my values are meaningless)

You don't need it to be tall, so you can make the real world Z a lot smaller. You do need it wide, so see what Y value gives off good vibes. Again, merge with the Skull.

Again, adjust your Cylinder's Z position. This time, aim for just underneath where your glasses' legs are, as was figured out with that red line earlier.

Turn your model to see how it looks, adjust the dimensions if necessary. My X value looked way too big, so I shrunk it down a little.

Check with the "Slice Now" button if you've messed up in an obvious way. If not: Ridge! (Note: you can also achieve this by manipulating one or more different basic shapes, depending on the look you're going for.

Next up: the stand. I'm going to make that as a seperate object, because it lowers the material wasted if I goof up on either the skull or the stand. This is the most freeform part of this project.

Pick a shape for your base from the Shape Gallery. (Or import an STL with a shape that pleases you better.) I like the M3 Hex Nut. It's not too blocky, you just need to mess with the size a bit to make it look at home on someone's hallway cabinet. Position it underneath the hole of your skull, keeping the X position the same to keep it centered.

Next, pick another shape for the pillar of the stand. I went with Box. Copy the X and Y position of your base to center the two.

Mess with your pillar's dimensions until it goes into and through the hole at the base of the skull without touching it.

Merge your base and pillar (Here: Hex Nut and Box) to complete your stand. Do not merge with your Skull project unless you want it all to be one piece.

Side note: see those eye icons? They let you include or exclude files for slicing. Meaning you can make the print file for the stand and the print file for the skull by toggling them on or off, without having to export this project's objects as STL's and re-insert them into a seperate slicer instance. For now, ignore them and just press "Slice Now" again to check for whoopsies.

Nope, that looks just about like what it should be. Now you can adjust the proportions to fit that hat, add supports, tweak the print settings to whatever filament you prefer and whatever the Printing Gods approve of for your printer, and print it.

Looks like my basic settings would require 27+ hours and about 300 g of PLA... Without supports.

I've not hit the image limit yet, so lets add organic supports (because those come off easiest for me) everywhere the slicer thinks it needs them, just for the nightmare fuel image. We're looking at 47 hrs/ 400 g for the skull and 2 hrs/ 26 g for the stand. Again: This version would maybe fit a toddler's head. Maybe.

Congrats, you now know how to mess around with an STL you found that just needs some basic shapes added/gouged out to suit your needs.

Go use your newfound powers to confuse someone.

Things I would make if I had the skill, or would commission if I had the money: A decorative skull on a stand, maybe to rest on a cupboard by the side of the front door. Besides being a key bowl, it has other uses. Here's an illustration of it while it's not being used, when I'm out of the house:

And this is what it would look like when I'm at home:

[coldfanbou]

Paying to Forget

Here we go! So with this idea, it was pretty simple and basic breeding stuff. Considering the plot, which was Mother's Day-based, would be a little late, I changed it. Instead, I shifted things. Previously, this piece was a short thing written for a writer's prompt that you may have seen. I have added to it and made it a little kinkier. Please enjoy fellow Emma lovers.

Length 2K

Emma X Mreader

“How are you doing, mister? You seem down.” A woman asks you, bending over to be at eye level with you as you look up. “I can help you with that.” You meet the woman’s eyes and ask her name. “Call me Emma,” she says, smiling and shaking her head, her red hair shining in the evening light.  The two of you continue the conversation, where you learn Emma was an escort. “If you really want to forget about her, you can come with me.” Emma is proactive, sitting on your lap and caressing your face. “Come on, Daddy.” She says softly. You glance up at her, meeting her smirk. Emma was reading you like a book, figuring out what you’re into just by meeting your gaze. “I’ll let you make me a mommy.” You agree, and Emma climbs off your lap, taking you by the hand and hailing a taxi for the two of you. 

You exit the taxi with Emma and stare at the building in front of you, nervous.“Come on, Daddy. Don’t you want to go inside?” Emma says in a low, sultry voice. She runs her fingernail along your chest, slowly rising to your neck and finally stopping at your chin. “I thought you wanted to have some fun.” You stare at the door to the love hotel, wondering if you should go through with it. “That wife of yours cheated on you. Why shouldn’t you get to have some fun?” She whispers to you like a devil on your shoulder. “I’ll make sure to make all your worries disappear.” Emma grabs your hand, leading you inside as the last of your doubts fades away. 

You pay for the room, enter the elevator, and head to the top floor where your room is. You step out and see it at the end of the hallway. Emma grabs the key card from you before intertwining her fingers with yours as she holds your hands and runs ahead. You follow her, listening to her laugh as she taps the card and pushes the door aside. There was something about the way she led you that was infatuating.

Emma wastes no time, getting you to the bed and pushing you onto it. Emma might be on the smaller side, but her spirit more than made up for it. Once you’re on the bed, Emma straddles you, placing her hands on your chest as she leans over you. “Oh, Daddy, I’ll make sure you forget her. I’ll be the only thing on your mind.” Emma kisses you, her lips lingering against yours as her hands move to your bulge, rubbing it gently. “Do you want me to use my mouth?” She says, pouting. Emma’s plump lips made you think about how skilled she must be. You nod, Emma could do anything to you, and you’d probably be fine with it.

The young woman pulls down your pants and rubs your cock through your boxers, licking her lips as she feels your cock harden. You stare at Emma, watching her smirk grow larger as she pulls on the waistband and frees your cock. It springs forward toward her, nearly smacking her face. It spooks her, making her move back, but she laughs. Emma grabs it gently, her grip slowly getting tighter as she runs her hand up and down your shaft. “You nearly hit me, Daddy. Do you want me that much?” She doesn’t let you answer, rushing forward to kiss you again. “Do you want to see something special?” She asks, pulling the bottom of her top up to reveal her perky tits. Dark brown nipples topped her tanned breasts. Emma felt your cock when she grabbed it again. Your stare and your body told her enough. “Thank you for liking them, Daddy,” She says, shaking her upper body so her tits bounced. Your cock twitched again, “You better not cum soon. You’re going to make me a mommy, remember?” 

You were putty in her hands. Even if you knew it meant nothing in the back of your mind. You wanted nothing more than to put a baby in this young woman. 

Emma bent over, her hot breath hitting your head before you felt her tongue run along the underside. “I don’t think I’ll be able to fit you inside,” She says, flicking the tip of your cock with her tongue. The young woman presses her lips against the head, taking it in and wrapping her lips around the tip of your cock, her tongue gently lapping it. Emma’s tongue was small, but it felt fantastic. It moved over your tip, in small circles, swirling around you as she stared into your eyes.

“Ah, Emma.” You groan, her warm tongue swirling around the tip.

“Yes, Daddy?” She asks, a smile on her face as she takes control. “What is it, Daddy?” She asks when you don’t respond; while she waits, Emma moves her tongue quickly over the head. It makes it harder for you to come up with any words.

“You’re so good at this,” you manage to mumble. 

Emma smiles and pulls away, “It’s my job.” Emma wraps her lips around your cock, forming a tight seal as she sucks it, her cheeks hollowing. You groan, pleasure coursing through your body. When Emma starts to bob her head, you're taken to another world. Her tongue slides along the underside of your cock as she moves toward the base, you feel her lips pressed against your pelvis, kissing it before she moves back. You leak precum onto her tongue. Emma pulls you out of her mouth, giggling as she pushes a finger into her mouth. “You taste so good, Daddy. It feels like you’re getting close to cumming.” Emma reaches down, cupping your balls. “And these are so heavy, you must have so much baby batter in here…and it’s all for me.” Emma giggles, leaning over to kiss your balls. 

Emma stands up and unbuttons her pants, letting them fall to the floor; her lacy black panties were the only barrier now, and they disappeared just as quickly. Emma spun them around her finger, tossing them to the side as you stared at her. You took in Emma’s tanned body, noticing her toned stomach. “I was a dancer,” she says casually before climbing onto the bed and straddling you. Emma grinds against you slowly; she moans softly and grabs your hands, placing them on her tits. “Mmm, Daddy, I want you,” she moans, rocking back and forth over you. Emma’s slick lips glide along your cock. 

“I want you, Emma.”

The young woman smiles. Emma grabs your cock, rubbing it against her folds before pressing it against her entrance and sinking onto it. She tilts her head back, letting her low moans fill the room as you stretch her cunt. “Ah, Daddy, you’re so big,” she moans as she slows down, taking her time as she finishes taking in your cock. Emma leans back, swiveling her hips. Your cock rubs agaisnt her walls, bringing you both the pleasure you desired. You grip Emma’s toned thighs, holding them tightly as she rocks back and forth on your cock. Emma coos at your rough touch and brings herself forward, grabbing your hands and moving them back to her tits, making you knead them. Her hard nipple rubs against your palm as she begins to ride you in earnest.

Your grip on her tits grows rougher as you feel how tight she is. Emma smiles, enjoying the roughness. She begins to bounce on your cock, rising until just the tip was in before slamming herself back down onto it.  Every time Emma bounces on your cock, she becomes a little faster. The sound of your bodies colliding fills the room. She leans down, kissing you, her tongue invading your mouth as she continues to ride you. You both moan into the kiss, enjoying the feeling of each other’s bodies. When Emma pulls back, you pinch her nipples, leading to them being pulled taut. Emma cries out, the pleasure beginning to overwhelm her. A tightness begins to form in her core. 

Your hands move down to her waist for a moment before reaching for her ass. You spank her roughly, earning yourself a cry of pleasure from Emma. “You’re being so rough, Daddy.” Her moans grow louder with each subsequent hit. 

“You’re such a naughty girl,” you grunt through the pleasure. “Making me breed you.”

“Only for you,” She whines, continuing to ride as you grab her ass and begin thrusting. Emma’s moans can barely be contained now; if anyone were in a room next to yours, they would hear her easily.  “I’m cumming!” Emma cries out, pleasure overtaking her. You were close to cumming too. You thrust quickly, driving your cock deep into Emma before burying yourself inside and pumping her full of your baby batter. Emma rocks her hips as you cum, letting her walls flex around your cock in different positions, draining you of your cum. She tilts her head back, groaning as she feels your warm semen being pumped into her. You feel months worth of saved cum pour into Emma.

As she returns her gaze to you, Emma rubs her stomach, “Mmm, Daddy.” The young woman savors the feeling. “You were really trying to put a baby in me.” She plants a kiss on your cheek as you rest. You end up falling asleep, the orgasm exhausting you. Emma climbs off of you, your cum pouring out of her. She places hand over the slit, letting your cum fill her palm before bringing it to her lips, and eating it. A bright idea hits Emma at that moment. She searches through your things, grabbing your phone and setting it up on a drawer. She sets a timer and snaps pictures of herself, her legs spread apart to reveal the absolute mess that was her cunt. Globs of cum pouring out of her onto the bed. She knew you would appreciate something like this when you woke up. 

Emma grabbed your phone after, taking time to edit the pictures, putting small text over them. “Daddy came so much. I’ll definitely get pregnant. Daddy’s cock is the best.” She put it all over the picture. Emma giggled, enjoying herself before looking at your sleeping form, your cock still hard. One more idea came to her. She crawled between your legs, grabbing your cock with one hand while she began to film herself with the other. “Hi, Daddy! I hope you had a good time with me. I wanted to leave you a little something. I hope you like this.” She said before using her tongue on your cock, swirling it around the tip before taking the whole thing in her mouth. Emma would glance at the camera as she sucked your cock. Her tongue worked to clean your cock as she bobbed her head. She would occasionally take a small break to compliment your performance, saying things like, “You were so good, Daddy. My pussy feels nice and full after you came in me and your cum is so good. I think I might get addicted.” Emma finished you off soon enough, leaving your cock clean and pulling itout of her mouth with a pop. 

The young woman ended the recording with a peace sign and put your phone back in your pants before using your shower to clean herself up. She smiled as she glanced at your sleeping body when she came out of the shower. She went to your pants, looking through them for your wallet, grabbing a few large bills before putting them back. Emma checked the clock before walking over to the nightstand, grabbed a pen, and left you a note to wake up to before getting out of your room. She made sure to leave a “do not disturb” sign on your door as she went on her way.

 When you wake up, you find the note from Emma. “Thanks for the good time, Daddy. I took my payment. I hope we can do this again; I’ll meet you in the park when you want to have some more fun. Here’s my number, and check your phone for something nice.” A winking face was drawn at the end.

[rowanix-cos]

Trucy Wright and Mr Hat ~ Ace Attorney

Finally got round to editing some pics that were taken way back in March (oops). Trucy is such a favourite of mine, as is Mr Hat, and they were such a joy to cosplay (though I did keep spooking people at con who thought Mr Hat was a real person hovering over my shoulder 🙃)

I made pretty much everything myself, and I am so proud of it all! (Details below the cut, feel free to skip)

Mr Hat is made from 2 cylinders of eva foam with PVC piping (plus lots of nuts and bolts) for support. And that's not editing! There is nothing supporting him from underneath, and he is hands-free to carry around; he is attached to me at the waist via 2 belts that thread through openings I made in the side seams of my dress. All the wood detailing was engraved in with a dremel before he was painted, and I drafted patterns to sew up his cape and shirt. Similarly, his hat is also made from eva foam and covered with the same fabric I used for the cape. The hat fits me too, just only when I have my Trucy wig on or else it's much too big :') His head is also on a hinge so his mouth can open and close. He's basically a big puppet!

Some notes: There are magnets in the hat and gloves to hold his hand in place as well as magnets in his jaw to hold his head close but unfortunately I didnt use strong enough magnets and my lovely Apollo (pictured) had to keep fixing him. His head also started drooping towards the end of the day (this is why I always test my cosplays before entering any competitions!) and I'm struggling to think of a better way to stablise it - if anyone has any tips, please let me know!

In any case, I am so so proud of him! Now onto Trucy...

I've cosplayed Trucy before, but I updated her a bit to go with Mr Hat. I sewed up a new cape (used the old one to make Mr Hat's) and used some glittery iron-on vinyl for the patterns on the diamonds, and added bells so I jingle when I move around!

The dress I found in a charity shop but it initally was a lot longer and much too big for me, so I took it in and up and added the adjustable side-openings + padding on the inside to hide the bumps the belts would make. I made the buttons + the earring from Polymer clay, and the broach with a polymer clay encasing and a resin jewel (which i had to make a mold for. They don't sell em that big)

The bag I also found but sewed fabric over the top to make it look more like Trucy's + added the belt. The neckscarf and Mr Hat's bowtie I completely winged. I stuffed them both plus part of the globes to give everything that cartoonish shape.

I think that's everything. Let me know if you have any questions!

[teitpp]

ask #1 do you think Janeway would ever confess her feelings to chakotay

I actually think there's sooo so much of what they understand about their feelings for eachother that we never see on screen. Theres some really lovely moments in the novels in that vein (Read Isabo's Shirt. no really. youll enjoy it 😘)

But setting Beta canon *aside* and working under the assumption that they do not ever talk about feelings during the shows run

I can believe that piece easily. Until Hunters she considers herself engaged to Mark. thats an easy way to justify getting emotionally close to her first officer (for the support and companionship they both need) but never going further with it or discussing it.

And after Hunters is there ever a good moment? for the rest of the series, Chakotay is coping with the trauma of knowing all the maquis in the alpha quadrant were massacred. Something that we see BElanna struggle with but we never see Chakotay's side. We never even see Janeway learn about it.

Theres a metric fuck ton of other trauma these two go through during the show run - the Hirogen enslave and torture the crew for a whole month. Janeway grapples with depression or ptsd or whatever you interpret Night as being. Being assimilated. Memorial. That encounter with the Dauntless. oh and then of course Timeless...

Timeless seems to acknowledge their feelings but subtextually. there still is a lot left unsaid. even if I headcanon that they did have "dessert" in that episode, I think it would have been just a sexual release of the tension between them. Theres being aware that you have mutual feelings. theres acting on them... and then there is actually talking about it. And I suspect that they are both extremely aware of them and think it is only going to make it harder if they talk about it (however right or wrong they are about it).

Regardless, Timeless ending the way it does is another opportunity to spook them both back to opposite corners: not only do they not make it home but Janeway becomes painfully aware of what could have happened in that alternate future. so lets load that onto her heaping high pile of things she feels massive guilt about. Thats not a person who is going to feel free to open up about their feelings. whether it be viewed by her as something she doesnt deserve (for stranding the crew) or something that will be an added burden on Chakotay (to be her partner and her subordinate? perpetually? thats HARD) or on her (potentially needing to be responsible for his death if it happened due to her order? Thats also hard!).

My own timeless theory is that she comes to see these feeling she holds for him as toxic to their goal. she wanted to be back home and able to embrace a chance with him badly enough to overlook the clear risks of the slipstream flight. thats got to weigh heavy on her. This crews lives are in her hands and hers alone. she has to put them first. (And he KNOWS that deeply. establishing a longstanding situation where they both know about theyre feelings. theyre free to act on them and possibly have in the past. but neither feels able to begin talking about them)

The long and short of it is i can easily see them never discussing their feelings during the shows run. acting on and acknowledging them sure, but talking about them, nope. no talking here. (that also would explain his dating Seven in the final season. being in limbo with someone emotionally for that long is unsustainable)

But your question was whether they ever talk about it ever.

I think they definitely do. but it would be a huge thing to approach. theyve hurt eachother. theyve been wounded by the long mission. they are gonna have massive things to adjust to when they get home. (Ex fiance has a preschooler and wants to be friends. all the maquis are dead. family and friends have grown and changed. A whole devastating war happened without them there. Basically I think theres ALOT of more important things theyre gonna need to figure out after Voyager. And they'd do what theyve done for 7 years and lean on eachother. I think they might just wind up in a situation where they only talk about their feelings after theyve all but moved in together.

(God if two characters ever needed couples therapy without technically being a couple it would be these two. Starfleets counselors probably have a field day with everything the Voyager folks are dealing with)

[toaster-hair]

There’s a Human in the Neighborhood! (chapter 5)

(important authors note: Hi nyall :3! Sorry i havent written in so long, ive been more hyperfixated on other things like across the spiderverse and lolita fashion, and i’ve also been working on other projects. I have a skullgirls au tumblr blog, my original comic raw!fruit, im redrawing the welcome homes cast’s portraits with my own headcanons added, as well as general oc content. But with welcome homes new update, it motivated me to write again. I feel as though when welcome home is finally finished up, ill rewrite this entire fic to make much more sense. Anyways, heres a content warning. As said before, this fic focuses on how gross human anatomy can confuse wholesome puppets. Its a bit hard to write about gross anatomy stuff without veering into nsfw territory, so suggestions would be appreciated. But this chapter in particular is about periods! The fic is written about a gender neutral AFAB reader, so if youre amab or if periods are just off the table for you, feel free to skip!)

A painful stab at your stomach woke you up from your slumber. “Ough..” your sudden movement spooked your cat. You held your torso in pain, feeling a sharpness in your pants. It was still dark, with the only light being the sun coming through your blinds. You stood up, making your way to the bathroom and….

Blood. Lots and lots of blood stained your undergarments. That explained the sudden pain you were feeling, it was just that time of the month! You went back to your bedroom to make sure you didn’t bleed the bed, grabbed some clean clothes, and turned the shower on. You also grabbed some pads out of the cabinet under the sink. You brought them from your old house but you should probably buy some more later.

You stepped into your shower and let the warm water soak your body head to toe, flourishing yourself with all kinds of soap. Once you were finally cleaned up, you stepped out and dried yourself. You put on your clean clothes, grabbed some pain killers, and went back to bed.

-

You woke up once again a few hours later. You got up, did your morning routine, had breakfast, fed your cat, and picked up the phone. You decided you would call in sick because of the pain and nausea. God, why does the first day have to be the most painful? You dialed the number for FishEgg Boba and waited for an answer.

“Helloo? This is FishEgg Bobaaa. How may I help youuu?” You heard Casper answer the phone.

“Hey Casper, It’s Y/N. Uhh.. I know it’s only my second day but I’m calling in sick. I’ve got… cramps real bad. I don’t wanna move that much. Is that okay?” 

“Oooh. Sure that’s fiiine. Just make sure to come in tomorroww. See you thenn. Hope you feel better sooon.” And with that, he ended the call. You felt kind of bad. It was only your second day, and you were taking a break already. You were probably missing out on some training too! But at the same time, everyone made it seem like yesterday you were working too hard when you weren’t even on your period! You can’t imagine what it’ll be like to work like that while on your period. 

You then remembered your plan to get more pads. You were good for now, but it was always a good idea to stock up. You put on some outdoor clothes consisting of some basic gym sweats and a baggy jacket. You gave your kitty a goodbye kiss on the forehead and headed out the door. Gee, this was the second time in a row that you went to Howdy’s. 

Wait… Oh yeah they’re puppets. I forgot. I mean you forgot that they were puppets. Of course they won’t have pads. You went back inside and grabbed some money, looks like you were heading out of town after all. As you headed back out again, you spotted Wally walking out of his house as well. You walked over to him, sense you promised you would chat in the morning last night.

“Hey Wally! You wanted to talk more this morning, right?” you stared down at him. 

“Oh! Yes! I wanted to know about how it went. Ah, but shouldn’t you be at work right now?” he asked.

“Oh, uh.. Yeah, the thing is that I’m uh, not feeling very well. So I’m taking the day off. I’m going back tomorrow though.”

“Ah, I see. You aren’t sick again, are you? Do you want me to go get Poppy?” He held at your knees like a dog jumping on its owner. 

“No, no. Not sick, it's just.. I may gross you out at the explanation?” You gestured with your hands “Is that okay?” You asked. He stared at you with a blank expression but nodded his head.

“Okay so basically uh.. When a human with a womb starts puberty.. Uh, and a womb is used for baby making purposes by the by, their womb starts to shed for a couple of days straight each month. That’s because the womb wants to make a baby but doesn’t have the ingredients to make one, causing the womb to pump out blood. This can cause pain, nausea, all that nasty stuff. That’s just a basic explanation, anyways.” He kind of just. Stared at you with half lidded eyes the entire time. “Uh, I don’t need to explain what blood is right?”

“Oh no, we have that too.”

…

What. 

“W-wait, if you’re bleeding.. Then.. did you just start puberty??” There was this look of anxiety on his face, which felt so odd and out of character.

“No, no, you still bleed even after puberty. Well, that is until you hit your 60’s or something. It’s not gonna go away for a while.. Haha, if I was still that young, I wouldn’t even be here!” You laughed at him a bit. He let out a sigh of relief. 

“Sorry.. I don’t know much about how human bodies work…” He looked away out of embarrassment.

“Oh, I can show you.” You reassured him. “Ah- What??” He stared at you slightly horrified, slightly considering your offer.

“Yeah dude, there’s a ton of books about human anatomy. Going from the bone to the skin. I can order you one online! If you want, of course.” You pulled out your phone and showed him various different anatomy books.

“Oh… No thanks, I'm fine.” He turned down your offer in a slightly disappointed tone.

“That’s fine. I need to go out of town for a bit to go get something, see you later!” You waved goodbye as you started to walk to the train station. You then suddenly felt a sharp pain in your stomach, but you kept on walking.

You couldn’t see him, but you knew he was waving goodbye right back at you.

(A/N: i wrote this in one night i hope you enjoy!! Ill try to include sally and julie in the next chapter :3333)

[freyayuki]

Fate/Grand Order 20 Million Downloads Campaign Free 4-star Servant Ticket Select

The 20 Million Downloads Campaign just started in the Fate/Grand Order (FGO) mobile game. As part of this campaign, each player will get a 20 Mil DL Celebration Ticket (Servant), which can be used to exchange for one of 68 eligible 4-star SR Servants.

There's a lot of Servants to choose from so not sure who to pick yet. But need to make a decision as soon as possible because the aforementioned ticket will expire soon.

So let's take a closer look at these eligible 4-star SR Servants:

Saber Altria Pendragon Alter

Saber Artoria or Altria Pendragon Alter (#ad) or SAlter is a story-locked Servant. Basically, this means that she and other story-locked Servants will only be added to the Story Summon Banner depending on your current progress in the main story.

In SAlter's case, she'll be added to the Story Summon Banner after Singularity F: Flame Contaminated City, Fuyuki is cleared.

Aside from the Story Summon Banner, story-locked Servants can only be summoned on banners where they are specifically featured so there's no way for them to "spook" you in other banners.

Anyway, don't have Saber Alter, but I heard she becomes really good later on once she gets an upgrade or buff to one of her skills so all that plus the fact that she's story-locked means she's in for now.

Saber Gawain

Gawain is story-locked too, but I already have him. In fact, currently have him at Noble Phantasm Level 4 or NP4, so it's actually tempting to get him with this ticket so I can finally get him to NP5.

But I think I prefer to get a new Servant with this ticket. Besides, sadly, much as I like Gawain, don't really get to use him that much. Getting him to NP5 won't make me use him more so he's out.

Saber Siegfried

Already have a copy of Siegfried so he's out.

Saber Chevalier d'Eon

Already have a copy of Chevalier d'Eon so he's out.

Saber Suzuka Gozen

My Suzuka Gozen is currently NP2 so she's out.

Saber Diarmuid Ua Duibhne

Don't have a copy of Saber Diarmuid Ua Duibhne yet. But he's not story-locked so there's a chance for him to show up on any banner you roll on.

Not really all that interested in him though. He's a Saber with a single-target NP but I already have Servants like that. On top of that, he's a Quick-based Servant. Sadly, don't have even a single copy of 5-star SSR Caster Scáthach-Skaði or Skadi, the premier support for Quick-based Servants. So Diarmuid's out.

Saber Nero Claudius

Already have a copy of Nero Claudius so she's out.

Saber Tam Lin Gawain or Barghest

My Tam Lin Gawain or Barghest is currently NP3. While I'd like to increase her NP level some more, don't want to do so via this ticket so she's out.

Saber Yagyu Tajima-no-kami Munenori

Already have a copy of Yagyu Tajima-no-kami Munenori so he's out.

Saber Rama

Already have a copy of Rama so he's out.

Saber Lakshmi Bai

Already have a copy of Lakshmi Bai so she's out.

Saber Lancelot

My Saber Lancelot or SaberLot is way past NP5 by now so he's definitely out.

Saber Lanling Wang or Prince of Lan Ling

Don't have a copy of Lanling Wang yet. He's not story-locked. He seems to be a pretty good support. He can charge the NP gauge of an ally by up to 20%, and he can also increase the effectiveness of the party's Arts cards. Hmm, I guess he's in for now.

Saber Watanabe-no-Tsuna

Don't have a copy of Watanabe-no-Tsuna yet. He's not story-locked, and not really all that interested in him. He's a Saber with a single-target Buster-type NP, but if I need a ST NP Saber, can just go with Lancelot so Watanabe-no-Tsuna's out.

Archer Aśvatthāman or Asvatthaman or Ashwatthama

Don't have a copy of Archer Aśvatthāman or Asvatthaman or Ashwatthama yet. He's story-locked. Not really all that interested in him. He's a Archer with a single-target Buster-type NP but already have lots of other Archers who can fill that role. So he's out.

Archer Atalante

Already have Archer Atalante so she's out.

Archer Emiya

Already have Archer Emiya so he's out.

Archer Emiya Alter

My Archer Emiya Alter or DEmiya is already NP3. He's usually my go-to whenever I need a single-target Archer so wouldn't mind increasing his NP level some more but don't want to do so via this ticket so he's out.

Archer Chiron

Don't have a copy of Chiron yet. He isn't story-locked. He's a support who can also deal damage but - I don't know. He doesn't seem all that good to me. He can increase the effectiveness of one ally's Buster, Arts, and Quick cards but he can't charge their NP gauge.

Sure, he'd be nice to have, but don't want to use the ticket to get him so he's out.

Archer Zenobia

Don't have a copy of Zenobia yet but she's not story-locked, and as mentioned, already have lots of other Archers so would rather not use this ticket to get yet another Archer. In short, Zenobia's out.

Archer Tomoe Gozen

Already have a copy of Tomoe Gozen so she's out.

Archer Tristan

My Tristan is already NP5 so he's out.

Archer Tam Lin Tristan or Baobhan Sith

Already have a copy of Tam Lin Tristan or Baobhan Sith so she's out.

Lancer Altria Pendragon Alter

My Lancer Artoria or Altria Pendragon Alter or LAlter is already NP3 so she's out.

Lacer Vlad III (EXTRA)

Don't have a copy of Lacer Vlad III (EXTRA) but he's not story-locked and not really interested in him so he's out.

Lancer Elisabeth Báthory

My Lancer Liz is like NP2 already so she's out.

Lancer Caenis

Already have a copy of Caenis so they're out.

Lancer Qin Liangyu

Already have a copy of Qin Liangyu so she's out.

Lancer Nezha

Already have a copy of Nezha so they're out.

Lancer Percival

My Percival is NP3. He's not story-locked but I use him - maybe not that often or regularly enough but still way more than I use other chars like Nezha (who I actually don't use at all) so it's tempting to try to increase his NP levels some more. But really shouldn't do that via this ticket so Percival's out.

Lancer Parvati

My Parvati is like NP3 by now so she's out.

Edit: welp, just checked and, apparently, my Parvati is actually NP4 by now. LOL.

Lancer Fionn mac Cumhaill

Don't have a copy of Fionn mac Cumhaill but he's not story-locked and his role overlaps with Percival since both have a Arts-type AoE NP.

And aside from Percival, also have NP2 4-star SR Lancer Mysterious Alter Ego Λ or Mysterious Alter Ego Lambda or Lambdaryllis or Lancer Meltryllis who also has a Arts-type AoE NP. So don't think I'll have much use for Fionn right now, especially not at NP1. So he's out.

Lancer Medusa

Already have Lancer Medusa so she's out.

Lancer Li Shuwen

Don't have a copy of Li Shuwen. He's story-locked, and he seems to be a pretty good Lancer with a single-target Arts-type NP so he's in for now.

Lancer Valkyrie

Don't have a copy of Valkyrie. They're not story-locked, and don't think I really need them, but I do like their appearance so I think they should be in for now.

Rider Astolfo

Already have a copy of Rider Astolfo so he's out.

Rider Anne Bonny & Mary Read

Already have a copy of Anne Bonny & Mary Read so they're out.

Rider Dobrynya Nikitich

Don't have a copy of Dobrynya Nikitich yet but she's not story-locked and not really interested in her so she's out.

Rider Marie Antoinette

Already have a copy of Marie Antoinette so she's out.

Rider Martha

Already have a copy of Rider Martha so she's out.

Caster Helena Blavatsky

Don't have a copy of Helena Blavatsky but she's not story-locked and not really interested in her so she's out.

Caster Gilgamesh

My Caster Gilgamesh or CasGil is already NP5 so he's out.

Caster Circe

Already have a copy of Circe so she's out.

Caster of Midrash or Queen of Sheba

Already have a copy of Caster of Midrash or Queen of Sheba so she's out.

Caster Thomas Edison

Don't have a copy of Thomas Edison yet. He's story-locked but not really interested in him so he's out.

Caster Nursery Rhyme

Already have a copy of Nursery Rhyme so she's out.

Caster Nitocris

Already have a copy of Nitocris so she's out.

Caster Medea Lily

Don't have a copy of Medea Lily yet. She's story-locked but she doesn't seem that good or useful. She's a healer and she can remove the party's debuffs but that's basically all she does.

Already have other chars who can do those things while also being able to provide other buffs or boosts. For instance, 5-star SSR Caster Merlin can heal but he can also boost the party's attack and increase their NP gauge, among other things. So Medea Lily's out.

Assassin Emiya or Emiya Kiritsugu

Already have a copy of Emiya Kiritsugu so he's out.

Assassin Yan Qing

Already have a copy of Yan Qing so he's out.

Assassin Carmilla

Already have a copy of Carmilla so she's out.

Assassin Katou "Black Kite" Danzo

Don't have a copy of Katou Danzo. She's story-locked, but not really interested in her so she's out.

Assassin Yu Mei-ren

Don't have a copy of Yu Mei-ren. She's story-locked, but not really interested in her so she's out.

Assassin Stheno

Already have a copy of Stheno so she's out.

Assassin of the Nightless City or Wu Zetian

Already have a copy of Wu Zetian so she's out.

Assassin of Paraiso or Mochizuki Chiyome

Don't have a copy of Mochizuki Chiyome. She's not story-locked and not really interested in her so she's out.

Berserker Atalante Alter

Already have a copy of Atalante Alter so she's out.

Berserker Ibaraki-Douji

Already have a copy of Ibaraki-Douji so she's out.

Berserker Tamamo Cat

Already have a copy of Tamamo Cat so she's out.

Berserker Frankenstein

Already have a copy of Frankenstein or Fran so she's out.

Berserker Beowulf

Already have a copy of Beowulf so he's out.

Berserker Heracles

Already have a copy of Heracles so he's out.

Berserker of El Dorado or Penthesilea

Already have a copy of Penthesilea so she's out.

Berserker Lancelot

Don't have a copy of Berserker Lancelot or BerserkerLot. He's not story-locked and not really interested in him. Plus, already have his Saber version so he's out.

Ruler Astraea

My Astraea is NP1. Like Percival, I use her often enough that it's tempting to increase her NP level some more but really shouldn't do it via this ticket so she's out.

Avenger Gorgon

Don't have a copy of Gorgon. She's story-locked. Not really interested in her so she's out.

Avenger of Shinjuku or Hessian Lobo

Already have a copy of Hessian Lobo so he's out.

Pretender Hephaestion or Hephaistion

Don't have a copy of Hephaistion. She's not story-locked. She seems like a pretty good DPS with a single-target Arts-type NP who can charge her NP gauge by 100%+. So she's in for now.

And that's it. That's all of the eligible 4-star SR Servants. So far, managed to narrow my choices down to the following:

Saber Altria Pendragon Alter

Saber Lanling Wang

Lancer Li Shuwen

Lancer Valkyrie

Pretender Hephaestion

Now to try and narrow that down some more.

Lanling Wang

Lanling Wang may be a pretty decent support but I do already have lots of other supports. Plus he's not story-locked so it's possible for him to spook me on any banner I decide to roll on. So he's out.

Li Shuwen

Li Shuwen may be a pretty good Lancer DPS but I do already have lots of other Lancers. For instance, I have 4-star SR Nagao Kagetora at NP5. She also has a single-target Arts-type NP like Li Shuwen.

Also have NP2 5-star SSR Lancer Tam Lin Lancelot or Melusine or Mélusine. She has both a single-target Arts-type NP and a AoE Buster-type NP.

Don't think a NP1 Li Shuwen will be able to deal more damage compared to those 2 so he's out.

Valkyrie

Having Valkyrie is like having 3 Servants in 1 since there's 3 of them, one for each Ascension. Their names are Ortlinde, Hildr, and Thrúd.

The black-haired Valkyrie is Ortlinde. The pink-haired one is Hildr. And the blonde-haired one is Thrúd.

Like I said, I do like Valkyrie so it's too bad that I never got even a single copy of them.

But I'm not sure about using the 20 Mil DL Celebration Ticket (Servant) to get them. Aside from the fact that they're not story-locked, they're also unfortunately Quick-based.

They are pretty good. And, to be fair, I used Parvati a lot before even without my own Skadi. But that was a long time ago. Now I have Lancers like Melusine so it feels like there's no place for Valkyrie, especially since I don't have my own Skadi and they'll be stuck at NP1 if I get them with the ticket.

Sure, I do like them, and I don't have a copy of them yet but, I think I prefer to get a Servant who I don't have and who I'll actually be able to use even if it's not all that often. So Valkyrie's out.

That leaves me with SAlter and Hephaestion. Now to try choosing between the 2 of them. Let's see.

Altria Pendragon Alter vs Hephaestion

Saber Alter is story-locked but Hephaestion isn't. So there's a chance for me to get Hephaestion on any banner. But that doesn't necessarily mean that will actually happen though. Case in point being the fact that I'm still missing a lot of Servants who aren't story-locked.

Hephaestion is a Pretender with a single-target Arts-type NP. As a Pretender, she's strong against Sabers, Lancers, Archers, and Alter Egos. She also has a skill that gives her advantage over Casters.

Altria Pendragon Alter is a Saber with a AoE Buster-type NP. As a Saber, she's strong against Lancers.

Both seem useful and pretty good at what they do but I do already have other Servants who can do what they do. For instance, if I need a ST Saber to deal with a Lancer, I can just bring in SaberLot. So it's not like I really need SAlter and Hephaestion.

On the other hand, the fact that Hephaestion can get over 100% NP gauge charge can be really helpful when it comes to getting her to loop her NP.

In contrast to that, Saber Lancelot only has 30% NP gauge charge with an additional 20% since I maxed out his Mana Loading Append.

With Saber Alter's future buff, it looks like she'll be able to 3-turn loop her NP with double Koyan + a 50% NP gauge charger and with The Black Grail Craft Essence (CE).

Koyan or Koyanskaya of Light is a 5-star SSR Assassin who is one of the premier supports for Buster-based Servants.

Found this video of a NP1 SAlter looping with The Black Grail CE that isn't fully MLB, double Koyan, and a 5-star SSR Caster Zhuge Liang (Lord El-Melloi II) or Waver Velvet. She also doesn't have her Mana Loading Append unlocked.

I do have my own Koyanskaya of Light as well as my own Waver. Even have 5-star SSR Pretender Oberon who is also another premier support. Also have a fully MLB copy of The Black Grail CE.

So now I'm kinda leaning towards picking Saber Alter. Yeah, she's not that good right now, but in the future, once she gets her buff, she will be, and at least it looks like she'll be able to work just fine even at NP1.

Don't know if the same can be said for a NP1 Hephaestion, especially compared to the Servants I already have at higher NPs. Like SaberLot may not have 100% NP gauge charge but at least he's NP5 and with the proper supports and buffs and such, he's able to deal pretty good damage.

Also, I actually have SAlter's Spiritron Dress, so if I pick her, I can unlock her costume. Too bad Hephaestion doesn't have a costume.

Took another look at Saber Alter's and Hephaestion's Ascensions and - don't like the mask thing in SAlter's 1st Ascension. Her 2nd and 3rd Ascension and even her final Ascension look fine, and her costume looks pretty nice too.

On the other hand, Hephaestion's 1st and 2nd Ascension look okay enough but don't really like her 3rd and final Ascension.

And yeah, there's no guarantee that Hephaestion will eventually spook me but since she's not story-locked, there's always a chance of her showing up whenever I roll on a banner regardless of how small that chance may be.

But Saber Alter will never spook me unless I specifically roll on the Story Summon banner, which is not recommended since there's no one on rate-up there, or on a banner where she's featured.

Saber Altria Pendragon Alter

After thinking about it some more, decided to go with Saber Altria Pendragon Alter.

Went to the exchange shop then tapped on SAlter's pic. After doing that, a box with the words "After the exchange, it will be sent to the Present Box." appeared.

Tapped on the "Exchange" button on that box. This prompted another box to show up. This one has the following text:

20 Million Downloads Campaign Limited You can exchange for 1 out of the 68 available 4-star SR Servants. Once exchanged, you cannot switch your selection. Exchange for "Altria Pendragon (Alter) (Saber)"?

After tapping on the "Exchange" button, another box showed up. This one said:

"Altria Pendragon (Alter) (Saber) x1" has been sent to your Present Box.

After tapping the "Close" button, went to check my Present Box. Sure enough, Saber Alter was indeed there.

Tapped on her portrait to get her. Her summon lines then started playing. Here are some pics:

Afterwards, got the info that I also just received 50 of Saber Alter's Servant Coins.

Sadly, that's not enough to unlock even one of her Appends.

Anyway, will level her up later on. After all, there's no rush since there's no need to do anything else to make her permanent.

Conclusion

So, what about you? Which 4-star SR Servant did you get with the 20 Mil DL Celebration Ticket (Servant)? Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below or by reblogging this post.

Notes:

screenshots are from my Fate/Grand Order game account

[smolcinnamonchipmunk]

Adding on to the info dump that you have kindly graced me with, my first though when I heard that Abyss can make drugs out of their venom when diluted and then after reading what relations they would have, or lack of, was that is angel just so happens to stumble upon them making a batch to sell off. Angel could be like peeking into their room (oh yeah this is when they become a member of the hotel officially) and so when Abyss decided that they had enough to sell and goes on break, leaving their room unguarded, I think angel would be the curious soul that he is would check out what bro was cooking.

If Angel found out that it was a drug they made form their venom by just a small test, personally—and you are free to correct me if you want—I believe that Angel would basically try to ask for drugs off of Abyss for free since it’s a nice thing and that’s what the hotel is aiming for and if that doesn’t work he’ll try to pester them (which wouldn’t last long I bet) and if he still gets ‘no’ for an answer, he would try to steal them which made abyss start hiding their batches, getting a lock on their room door or just making the batches outside the hotel and an instant delivery. That’s my personal take tho and I thought it would make for something funny but could be used for some slight bonding or something? However way you wanna go with this.

Secondly, Alistor just picking up Abyss from seemingly out of nowhere was just funny and the image I saw in my head was like him pinching the “scruff” of Abyss as they freeze up, cuz y’know, bro was just picked up no warning. Oh yeah forgot to mention that I can see this happening in both normal sizes as well as their shrunken state which would probably be the most obvious choice hehe. Okay onto what I was not here for cuz I just thought of this right before I was inches away from sending! >:p.

You said that you would be unsure of what could lead to any Vore scenarios because he is chill with Abyss and such, unless he was PISSED. (Based off memory so could be wrong but Anygay-) now I’m not one who knows what abyss is like, like the back of my hand, but form what I do know and a half awake brain the only scenario I see working is that maybe Abyss could be in an annoyed mood from like one buyer that asked for drugs didn’t exactly have any plan to pay in the first place and made it seem like they would pose a threat to their life which they had no intentions to but it was a way to avoid paying and getting a lot of free drugs. This would couse their panic mode to activate slightly and they would shrink (causing rumours to go around about abyss and harming their business since demons can now use that to their advantage) so when they return maybe a little shrunken and in a little pissy mood they could retaliate if Alistor was to like do his usual thing of spooking them or something of the sort which wasn’t too much appreciated and thus the final straw was snapped and maybe an insult or two slipped out, voice slightly raised. Abyss heads back to their room and flopping down onto their bed to just cool off and not even 5 minutes later Alistor comes back to be a bother but something seems a lil off with him (bc bro took that one personally).

Leaving the rest to you (mostly cuz my lesson is gonna start rn. Woo, college ) Anygay hope this helps you at least, go wild with it.

Have a happy day and always stay gay!! That’s my new motto now, Sue me.

- 🌽 anon

Alright, everyone, buckle up for another long response!

I was thinking more like Abyss sold their pure venom to drug makers and dealers rather than making the drug themself, but I'll give them a small drug setup themself for extra cash

As for your Angel Dust idea, the most logical trail in my mind was to have him trying to find a drug stash since he's left them scattered all over the hotel, hoping that the furniture he used to hide his own drugs were still there. Of course, they're not, but he comes across their dilution station (WIP page below)

Abyss honestly wouldn't care if Angel Dust wanted to try some of the drug and would probably offer him a batch for free. They're not super in it for the money and just do it as a way to pass time and stuff. They could probably use their network of buyers to figure out information on people if they ever felt interested in trying to start gathering their own territory. But, given that they were kind of depressed in life, you can imagine the amount of motivation they have, lmao

They're definitely getting a new lock for their room though

Also, the Alastor scruffing them and presenting Abyss to everyone was the idea. But, in my head, he uses his shadow abilities/tentacles to snatch them from wherever they are and just materialize them in front of everyone else. I also have the headcanon that he can nullify other demons abilities somewhat, so they wouldn't be presented shrunk. This also mitigates them trying to calm themself and regrow inside of Alastor, soooo, you know. I feel like he’d occasionally scruff Abyss like he does Nifty 

And, your big paragraph is the paragraph that brought up an animatic idea of the potential drug deal. I’m gonna be honest, I’ve thought way too much about everything, haha

Abyss has almost definitely been killed a couple times since falling into Hell. I imagine the majority of demons have been killed at least once since falling, and since we hear Velvette literally say that she “can’t wait for that unlucky bitch to put herself together”, I’m thinking they either regenerate/stitch back together or re-fall depending on how pulverized the body ends up being. As such, they’re not unused to threats. They’re small and have been considered an easy target since first showing up

In the animatic, if I get to it, will be a stand off between a bunch of shark demons (I just like their designs in the show) and Abyss. In it, the sharks are more than happy to try and kill them to get the goods, but it’s basically just a show of how agile/quick Abyss can be on their feet while also using their shrinking to their advantage with part of a banger song in the background. Sort of, like, the stress apathy takes over, you know? They would definitely need to spend a few days in the hotel to destress though, I imagine you never QUITE get used to being killed over and over again

Also, I can’t imagine rumors really holding much stock on their rep? They don’t really have one and try to remain low-key anyways to try not to appear like a threat, and they don’t tell anyone they sell to where they get the ‘pure stuff’ to avoid the potential of other demons attempting to capture them just to use them as a literal cash cow for their venom concentrate. If people want to think of them as weak and an easy pushover because they can shrink, they’re fine with that because that usually means they get left alone unless someone feels like kicking the demon equivalent of a puppy. I also feel like they’re likely to be overlooked a lot despite being bioluminescent

And, I still don’t even know what kind of comment Abyss would realistically make to piss Alastor off (I know he hates being told about or thought of as having less control than he exudes, but Abyss would definitely not really see him as not having a full deck, so to speak), but that won’t stop me from drawing them together. Maybe they asked a bit too much about him because he’s a contradictory fuck who loves people wondering about his deal, but refuses to talk about it to drum up the mystery. Abyss would definitely feed his ego a bit with curious questions

Anyways, that’s all for now! I have a bunch to do if I don’t want more to pile up and leave me in a stressed paralysis

[nikki-is-a-nerd]

Saviors from long ago

Synopsis:

Rey meets two travelers in Tatooine. Simply searching for their son or whatever item he may have left behind. Only to find out who they really were.

Genre: General Fluff and witty banter.

Warning: None

Note: as per usual this has an AFAB!reader, but no other appearance indicator. So feel free to imagine either yourself or an oc.

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How long has it been since you and Ezra left the resistance, well more like retired forcefully because someone (your children) basically petitioned for the both of you to exit the fight. Well physically being in the fight and just remain as Intel collectors? Twenty years? Maybe more. All you knew was that being fifty-three and having a twenty year old son who was already a commander in the resistance and suddenly disappeared doesn't really help you relax. Now here you and Ezra were. In a planet filled with sand that kind of reminds you of your own home, Lothal, if Lothal was run by criminals and people who would sell off information for a few credits. You honestly felt bad for all the children living here, they deserve so much better.

"Honey, are you alright? Do you need more water?" Ezra asked looking at you.

Saints, age really made Ezra look even better, the subtle whites in his curly black hair and the wrinkles around his eyes, somehow, the longer you look at him the more he looks like his father.

"I'm alright dear. Just thinking. If Kanan decided to hide here in Tatooine, wouldn't it be easy to spot remnants of his ship? I mean he and Poe decided to make their respective X-wings very, different." You said after a small pause.

"Caleb did say that Kanan's signal disappeared here, there's a chance that Kanan sold his ship to buy an inconspicuous one, or he scrapped it and sold it for credits." Ezra answered.

"You're right, Kanan is a survivor and a very charming guy, I bet he'd think of something." You said calmly.

"Exactly he's charming, witty, and a genius like his father." Ezra said smugly.

"Ehem-"

"But mainly like you, honey." Ezra added.

"We should probably keep a low profile here. Tatooine may not be under the empire's control but information is a commodity." You said quietly.

As you and Ezra continue to search for any evidence of your missing son to find out about his whereabouts, you both bump into a small group of scavengers. The one you bumped into seemed to recognize that a lot of what you have on your person could be worth a lot of credits and food.

When they started hassling you for them, Ezra decided to step up and shield you from them but both of you know that, any attempt of harming them would lead to more problems, thankfully something spooked them enough to leave you be. Your savior was a young woman, probably a few years older than your son, she looked like a scavenger but as she approached you, she raised both arms up as a sign that she means no harm.

"Hello, are you two alright? Did they steal anything from you?" The woman asked.

You and Ezra checked your belongings and noticed that they stole your small pouch of credits.

"Nothing from me, but they stole my wife's credits. It's fine though, it's not much." Ezra said kindly.

"Thank you for saving us from more trouble though." You spoke

"No problem, you two seemed like nice people and that particular group has no qualms of robbing anything that moves." She joked.

"I'm Rey, we should probably leave the open space, a sandstorm is coming." Rey added.

"Oh alright, I'm (Y/N) and this is my husband Ezra." You said warmly as you followed.

"What are you two doing in Tatooine if I may ask?" Rey asked politely as she led you inside her small home.

You and Ezra sat down and shared a look, both agreeing that she seemed nice enough to tell the truth to.

"We're here because this was the last location where the signal from our son's ship was last seen." Ezra spoke.

"We're here to try and find him or even just his ship and then call out to our friends to pick us up." He added.

Rey looked at the both of you until finally something clicked in her mind upon seeing the both of you.

"You're Ezra and (Y/N) Bridger, former resistance fighters and your husband's the infamous savior of Lothal." She said happily.

"Oh, we didn't expect people to still remember us. We haven't been in action in years." Ezra chuckled.

"Are you kidding me? I used to tell other kids my age here that one day someone like the both of you would free Tatooine. You gave me hope as a child." Rey said kindly.

"You have the heart of a rebel you know." You said softly.

Rey gave you a small appreciative smile. She felt so at ease in both of your presence. She then remembered something.

"There was a ship that crashed here a few weeks back, the pilot's been taken to the hutt's location." Rey said.

"Kanan..." You whispered softly.

"Excuse me, did you say hutt's?" Ezra asked.

"Yes? Is there a problem." Rey asked confusedly.

Ezra only grinned at you, a small inside joke from your time as part of the ghost. You shook your head, your husband truly was something else and if Kanan was with the hutt's, you just knew what Kanan would say.

"Karabast, we have to get Kanan back, your son thinks too much like you." You said as you rubbed your temple.

"What did I do this time?" Ezra asked.

"Ezra, darling, what did you say kanan should say his name was when kidnapped?" You asked.

"Oh that's easy Jabba the-Oh kriff." Ezra said realizing what Kanan might do.

Kanan does know that Jabba is dead but if he was taken forcefully and his ship was with them, your son who was blessed with your intellect but Ezra's personality, you just knew that he'd get under their skin. Why was it that your eldest was the one who acted so much like Ezra when he was a teenager and not your literal teenager of a son? Nonetheless you hoped that Kanan could hold his tongue better than Poe to ensure his safety.

"I'm going to guess you need to leave as soon as the sandstorm is over?" Rey asked.

"Yeah, our son might just get himself into a huge mess if he sees anyone try to dismantle his ship." Ezra said light-heartedly.

"Well, ever since Jabba died, the hutt's lost most of their power and influence here in Tatooine, so most of their manpower is by the entrance, the back entrance isn't as guarded though." Rey said.

"Would you like to come with us?" You asked.

"Of course, I can help you get there, I have a second sand speeder that I won from one of the competitions here. I can also help ensure that nobody gets in." She said kindly.

"You sure you don't want to be a rebel fighter?" Ezra teased.

"Oh no thank you, I don't think I'm good with that. I'll help you get your son and get back to your ship." She said apologetically.

You smiled at her as you and Ezra waited for the sandstorm to pass. You all talked, finessing your plan to ensure the least amount of casualties and keeping a low profile, as to not let any empire supporters alert the empire themselves. Afterwards while resting, you felt Rey's eyes on Ezra and yourself.

"You're staring sweetie, what's going on in your head?" You asked kindly.

"What was it like?" She asked.

"What was what like?' Ezra answered with a question.

Rey took a deep breath before asking her question.

"What was like for you to be so far away for most of your youth?" She asked Ezra.

Ezra smiled sadly at Rey's question. Mulling it over in his head before speaking.

"It was lonely. At first I felt a bit proud, I could protect my family, I probably made Kanan proud, I foiled Thrawn's plan, but when it all sunk in that I was away from everyone I knew, in a place I didn't even know." Ezra sighed as he took a deep breath.

"I started to take that time to mull things over, I felt sad too but I had hope. I hope that I will be found and that I can return home. Which I did and although my closest friend, Sabine and one of my mentors, Ahsoka had to be left behind to get me back to safety, I was grateful that they found me. I got to go home, to live a somewhat normal life and build a family with the woman I fell in love with." Ezra said softly with a small smile.

"I'm sorry if I made you remember things you didn't want to." Rey said apologetically.

"No, no, it's alright. I'm thankful for my experiences. It led me to where I am now and that in itself is enough." Ezra reassured the young girl.

Rey smiled softly at you and your husband before her eyes drifted to look outside and she smiled as she saw the sandstorm had finally passed. It was nearing night when you all decided to go to the Hutt's hideout. Just as Rey had said it wasn't the same as it was before. More of a shell of its former glory. As you neared the back entrance, you heard your son's voice.

"You know for a bunch of Hutt's your more of ass hats now you know." Kanan said snarkily.

"Shut up vermin!" One of the hutt's spoke.

"Oi, don't hurt him, we can offer em' up to the empire and they'll pay us a good sum of credits. Enough to bring back our glory." Another spoke.

"Hey, don't you know who i am? I'm Jabba the Hutt incarnate dickwipes!" Kanan mocked.

You looked at Ezra as you heard this. Of course your son would use this. Of course he just had to have your rage but his father's sense of humor and sarcasm. Ezra wasted no time unclipping his lightsaber from his belt and you pulling out your blasters. You instructed Rey to hide while you dealt with the problem. When you were sure that she wouldn't be spotted so easily, you and Ezra decided to barge in.

"Lay a hand on my son and You won't have a hand." Ezra said sassily.

You shot one of their men who tried to attack Ezra from behind.

"Try to attack my husband and I'll kriffing kill you." You said menacingly.

"Mom! Dad! Oh I'm so glad to see you." Kanan spoke.

You took one glance at him and your blood boiled. He was covered in bruises and cuts, some fresh, some old, and some just starting to heal. You immediately shot the creature that had his weapon pointed at your son. Ezra managed to disarm and knock out the rest. The remaining Hutt's left the vicinity to avoid death and that was considerably smart of them. Never mess with two angry parents. Ezra cut through the metal bindings that held Kanan down while you searched the area for any other slaves that they might have, but saw none.

"How'd you find me?" Kanan asked.

"Your brother was the one monitoring your ship's location, and he told us where he saw your ship's signal disappear." You spoke as you checked his injuries.

"That and I annoyed someone enough to let your brother tell us what happened." Ezra added.

"General Organa?" Kanan asked teasingly.

"Yup, your father managed to annoy general Organa enough. Again." You said.

You helped Kanan get up and supported his body weight as one of his legs was badly injured from the crash. Once leaving through the back door, Rey immediately arrived, her speeder and the one she lent Ezra already with her. Kanan rode In front of Ezra to ensure that he won't fall, while you rode with Rey. Kanan informed you that his ship has been stripped bare and already scrapped, but he managed to hide the information disc he stole. Kanan was upset since his ship was destroyed but glad to be able to return home. As you, Ezra, Rey and Kanan returned to Rey's home to rest before you return to D'Qar to get Kanan back and for you and Ezra to return to your home in Lothal.

"You're lucky to have parents like them." Rey said to Kanan, when she noticed you and Ezra were asleep.

"I know. My brother and I wanted them to retire from fighting since that's all they've known, but seeing them come save me, made me feel like I was a kid again." Kanan said softly.

"I wish I had parents like yours." Rey muttered.

"I'm sure whatever happened to them and why they gave you up, probably had some bigger meaning. Although I do acknowledge that my parents shouldn't have had the reason to come and save me, I am deeply appreciative that they did. I wasn't blessed to be force sensitive like my twin brother Ephraim, so I found other ways to be useful." Kanan spoke.

He looked at you and Ezra and smiled. Reminiscing his and his brother's childhood.

"Growing up, I looked up to both of them. They never told anybody else that when dad got back from Peridea, Mom ran away from him since she got so nervous. How dad still gets nightmares of his time in exile or how they had to lean on each other for support because they anchored each other to reality." Kanan smiled.

"To love someone enough to wait for a decade, not knowing if the other is alive, with another or worse, is dead. That kind of loyalty is something rare. I hope to find that one day." Kanan added.

Rey smiled softly at Kanan. She understood that. They were both startled though when they noticed that Ezra had been awake the entire time.

"You'll get there buddy. Mom and I are very proud of you. I mean, you didn't join the dark side, you didn't pull a second order 66 by murdering a bunch of padawans because your uncle decided to pull some kriffing dirt moves, so you're already better than a kid I know. Plus, your mom and I spent the better parts of our youth avoiding our feelings that if I didn't marry your mother I would have rather returned to Peridea myself." Ezra teased stroking your sleeping head gently.

"Now sleep you two. You did really well Rey, I'm proud of you too and I'm sure your parents wherever and whoever they may be, are as well. Good night kids." Ezra added, as he really did went to sleep.

As night turned to day and you were all packing your things, Rey saw you off as you boarded your ship, still you asked if she wanted to join, but she said no. Well she said maybe one day and you believed that this wasn't the last time you'll see her. Leaving her with some credits to feed herself for about a month as that's all you had with you. You all departed Tatooine and returned to where you all should be.

Rey never expected to meet you three or to understand things about you and Ezra but now she knew you two to be more than just saviours of the universe. You were first and foremost just good people who love their children very much.

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Note: holy smokes I did it! Also I might make a small drabble about Kanan and his twin Ephraim, and who knows I might make a lil doodle because I need copium while having no star wars content XD

Til next week! Bye bye

[amethystfairy1]

Hey, just in my break at qork and couldn't stop thinking of the Avian trio and the other hybrids in the over-city. I wonder how everybody would act around phrases like "Taken under their wing," and "Birds of a feather." Or other phrases that some may get anxious about that relate to shaared hybrid features or maybe use as an inside joke or other specific feelings about those types of phrases.

I literally love your writings so much, they live in my head rent free aand have started to become bothersome to the point to satiate my brain I juggle rereading them with tasks like wrapping presents and watching TV. One time I was doodling the under-city of my mind whilst watching Impulse's phasmophobia VOD. I cannot drae so it was awful but it got my rough mental image out a lil bit. Thank you so much for writing these, just wanted to pop in and ask a silly little question xxx

Hello, hello!

Hm, I think those sorts of saying could definitely be inside jokes between some of them. Like a sort of 'nudge nudge, wink wink' and I could also see some of our more anxious friends of the AU cough cough Jimmy cough cough having a bit of a spook if they were said by people who didn't know the secret.

I'm so glad you love my stories! The under-city taking over your brain as you were watching Impy stream is the best thing 😆 I have a map I've drawn of the under-city, it's not very good and I need to go over it again because I've recently added more stuff that I need to kind of account for, and right now it basically looks like a demented layer cake...whoops. I love silly little questions! By all means, send them my way!

Thanks for coming by! 💖

[employee052]

guess who spent an hr fleshing out the lore for my tsp universe (aka what my blog is based off of, and also narry rn)

puttin this under the cut bc its long as fuck n i dont wanna clog up your dash djehfjsjf

(this was written on the bus so im so sorry for any errors skfjs)

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Fourth Wall AU

Characters:

The Narrator

Player/Oswin

Stanley

The Adventure Line/Lynne

Plot:

• The Stanley Parable (2013) started off as nothing more than a video game with a basic ai Narrator repeating a script with minor changes every run.

• Eventually, the Narrator gains consciousness but keeps to the game, trapping himself in repetition as opposed to trying to escape

• He has major issues with the endings such as the zending and the confusion ending. While he knows he was purely artificial originally, he prefers to ignore it and believe he is a real being with free will.

• Aside from the Narrator, everything in the game is coded. Stanley is just a vessel for the player, all the objects don't really talk, ad everything is planned, despite what the Narrator believes.

• He remembers every reset. Though not every ending in incredible detail. Endings like the Zending, Confusion, and the Skip Button are vague memories in his head. The skip button being a time-sped up ending and becoming a blur to him that he forgets normally.

• The Narrator knows about the developers, but cannot speak to them.

• All Stanley's input is from the players. The Narrator doesn't know this and just thinks that Stanley either has terrible memory or has vastly different mood swings.

• In the Not Stanley Ending, he realises that the player isnt the Stanley he believes he knows and splits them. Leaving the Player above the two doors room.

• The Narrator, in the HD remake, cant believe that there are real people. He knows of them, but knowing that they are with him in the game will give him an existential crisis/make him distressed, and as a result, reset the game (see: confusion, zending). So the game has a feature where it wipes his memories from the Player unplugging the phone up until they split.

• Things change when Ultra Deluxe comes out.

• The game is revamped completely, The Narrator can feel how smoother the game feels, especially since its running in unity despite it looking exactly like its 2013 version on the source engine (? fact check this)

• One major change is that the Narrator can hear some players as they play the game. Given that they have a working mic and all.

• Surprisingly he doesn't mind it. Enjoying getting reactions from his script despite the fact its real people.

• Ultra Deluxe loses the feature to reset the game if the Narrator gets too upset. Instead, its a plannes forced reset.

• Eventually, he ends up with a player whom he enjoys hearing the responses to. Responding to the Narrator like they were in a conversation as the player rambles. Internally, he's scared to break the fourth wall. Afraid it might spook the player and lose this one shred of genuine connection.

• They continue like this for a while. The narrator subtly changing the delivery of his lines to better suit the players moods. In turn the player responds as usual, without noticing that the Narrators dialogue is changing.

• Its subtle. Being more harsh and boring when they hear the player talking about an exam they should be studying for and not here playing the game so they can leave and do well. Being more soft when theres that all too familiar hurt tone in their voice while they play. Being a bit more snarky when they laugh at everything he says. The player even goes to the starry dome to study, and the Narrator feels like he is hanging out with a friend, knowing that the player would never go into the other room. (They have, once. then never again)

• At some point, the Narrator slips up and responds to something the player says and as while he fears a negative reaction, he gets a surprised gasp followed by a few noises he cant place before a "Is that new Narry dialogue?! lets fucking go!"

• The narrator sighs in relief before chuckling a bit. "Language, dear player."

• The player pauses. Now there is the silence he was afraid of.

• "...Hello?"

• "Hello, Player."

• More silence.

• "This... this isnt prerecorded right? No voice recognition system in the game-?"

• "Prerecorded?! I'll have you know I do all of my voice lines live for you players, thank you." He scoffs, somewhat offended

• "Have you been listening to every players reactions this whole time?!"

• "Well not every player of the Stanley Parable. But right now its just been you that ive been hearing for the past few months."

• "Oh my god you must've heard me talk about your voice so much- im so sorry."

• He laughs, surprisingly genuine. "Nonsense! It's been a delight hearing your responses and your voice, Player-"

• "Oswin." The player says gently, "My name is Oswin, Narrator."

• "...Well, Oswin. To be perfectly honest, I adore hearing your responses to the game and to my script. You are one of the rare few who respond as though we were in conversation and truth be told, its a welcome change to the players who tell me to piss off or talk to themselves."

• They snort. "You mean the youtubers?"

• "Definitely."

• Thus starts A friendship between Oswin and the Narrator

• With this new connection, the Narrator slowly gets used to the idea of sentience and the real world. Feeling more and more human as the friendship helps him understand his world and beyond.

• He gets used to manipulating the game around him. Locking the game to be only on Oswin's computer and being able to interact with him through screens.

• While this happens, the game slowly starts to glitch. Stanley becomes sentient, going through the same dillema the Narrator had, however the Narrator is able to reassure him and help him understand.

• It takes a bit of work, considering that Stanley up until their instance of the game locked onto Oswin's PC had undergone every ending an unfathomable amount of times. With his sentience he has to process the fact that both he and the narrator were trapped in the game with no free will.

• At this time, the Narrator manages to enter the real world. With some help of coding magic and Oswin's powers alowing him to exist in the real world.

• The Adventure Line grows sentient too. However due to the fact that the Line was never fully fleshed out as a character, when it came to the real world, it turned into a teenage girl by the name of Lynne.

• Stanley also enters the real world.

The three of them are able to pop in and out of the Parable. It being treated more like their second home

[silken-threads-bah]

i'd like to request 2 headmates in one pack, if i'm able! both are fictives from monster high and i'd like the longer template

the first is generation 1 twyla, the second is generation 3 toralei

tyvm in advance!

I went with the shorter template but added roles, sorry :( Feel free to change anything you don't like, I'm not familiar with the newer monster high content so they might be not accurate to what you wanted

Name: twyla, twilight, nyx

Age: 14

Pronouns: she/spook/boo

Gender: ghostgirl

Orientation: sapphic

Source: gen 1 monster high

Role: dream weaver

Personality: shy, quiet, slow to open up to people, very loyal if you manage to catch spook and get boo to talk, prefers not to be the center of attention but loves when a joke she makes gets everyone to laugh, reserved, has a dark sense if humor that surprises people because spook is so quiet, sarcastic, sees booself as inherently bad so she tries her best to be good

Likes/interests: psychology, dream interpretation, gothic fashion and architecture, blue and purple, black and purple, nightmares, moving around silently, shadows

Emoji/signoff: 👻,💙💜

Faceclaim:

Name: torelai, katie/kitty

Age: 15

Pronouns: she/claw

Gender: female

Orientation: sapphic

Role: verbal protector

Source: gen 3 monster high

Personality: she can be very catty, taking small slights against her incredibly personally. They get their revenge very quickly and is often seen as an abrasive, sarcastic person. She does however help people in need, not wanting to kick people while they're down. She's overall basically one of those popular girl bullies from highschool and can be extremely mean for what seems like no reason other than to prove she's better than you.

Likes/interests: watching makeup tutorials on YouTube and tiktok, talking shit about influencers (even though claw watches their content religiously), and will go into rabbit holes about conspiracy theories and argue tooth and claw that they're actually real.

Faceclaim:

[derpu-doodles]

I should put an intro post here too shouldn't I it's gonna be a lot nicer-looking than the one on my reblog blog

hello! i'm Derpu :> tis nice to meet you! I am An Adult™ (19 to be exact), but i will not post NSFW here, other than perhaps a somewhat suggestive joke—nothing more. these will be tagged with "#nsfw" regardless. any potentially triggering content is tagged "#cw [thing]", and i tag fandoms and characters! please let me know if you would like me to add a content warning tag to a post :) (i may decline based on if i agree that it needs the tag or not)

There Is No Post Schedule In Ba Sing Se, i just post whenever—which ends up leading to A Bunch Of Posts For A Month Followed By Radio Silence For Two which i apologize for KLJDSLJA

i'm currently hyperfixated on Persona so that is what i'll be drawing and writing a lot!! previous hyperfixations that I've posted about (and may post more of): Danganronpa, Kingdom Hearts, The Owl House, Zelda

now for links ye e h a w

for more just. Basic Info™, check my profile carrd! for commission information, pricing, and specs, check my commissions carrd! i will post whenever i open and close them :) disclaimer they are . almost never open o7

TAGS

#derpu-drabbles—my writing tag! kind of Barren™ but . I Will Post More Eventually,

#askie asks—my ask tag!

#resources—useful art-related resources, both reblogs of other artists' things as well as posts of my own! :) feel free to ask for anything pertaining to how i draw!

#random stuff—basically just . Random Stuff™ unrelated to drawing KLJDSL like the whole April First 2024 fiasco, or any miscellaneous Brain Thoughts™

#p5r shenanigans™—any posts I make pertaining to my playthrough of Persona 5 Royal!! I'm not going into this blind, as I've gone through the story up to the third semester—though, I only know the overarching storyline for that part of the game

oh, also—I reply to tags added to my posts!! so please don't be spooked if you're suddenly pinged in a reply AHAHAHA i just wanna appreciate you :) <3

thank you for reading, and i hope you enjoy your visit!!

[sohannabarberaesque]

Postcards from Snagglepuss

Scenes from the deli section of a Hy-Vee in Mason City, Iowa

"SNAGGLEPUSS--!!"

"TC--!!"

(And as it turned out, Top Cat brought along his clowder to help in the selection of the delicatessen.)

"And if I may say so, Snag old buddy ... yours truly thought it worthwhile to get a few deli meats and cheeses out of the way--not to mention some bread--for some of the run up to the Convocation."

"In Clear Lake, I take it," Huckleberry Hound chimed it.

"Where else?" was all TC could rejoinder. "Not to mention maybe having a modest little welcome center for the early coners to the July 4th weekend."

"Understood to be especially popular," a clerk at the deli section was quick to note. To which I added, "And it will interest you to know where a number of characters of the Hanna-Barberian persuasion will be over for Clear Lake's July 4th festivities!"

"Hopefully," Huckleberry Hound added, "you and your friends will be able to join your past Saturday-morning favourites over the holiday weekend."

"At any rate," TC remarked to the deli person, "what we have in mind are a few basic deli meats for such among our characters as will likely be arriving early. Maybe some sort of slap-up sandwiches."

"You know Scooby-Doo?" asked another worker at the deli.

"After all," Benny the Ball, TC's trusted leftennant, "we of the Hanna-Barbera Funtastic persuasion KNOW Scooby-Doo!"

To which Choo-Choo rejoindered, "And pretty much everybody else."

Brain, ever the clueless and confused one, took note of the deli selection including "double-smoked ham," prompting a request for a sample to just get an idea of what double-smoked ham tasted like.

"You think maybe our guests will go for double smoked ham, TC?" was Brain's query in response to his tasting.

"Now THAT, boys, will certainly be a novelty!" was how TC responded. "And maybe some more conventional deli ham!"

"Maybe some roast beef as well!" was how Fancy-Fancy added to the discussuion, oh so arrogant and everything.

"And, uh, like, pastrami?", to hear Spook enquire.

"Good choices, there, Fancy-Fancy and Spook, as if a couple of ham varieties weren't good enough," quoth TC. "Though it might not be a bad idea to maybe add some turkey breast of the smoked sort!"

Huck chimed in in agreement, adding where he and I might go looking for worthwhile and apropos bread and rolls. I myself suggested a rather hearty multi-grain loaf and Huck recommended a peasant loaf-type bread. We purchased both. TC couldn't have welcomed the choice more, adding that the peasant loaf had a sort of basic charm to it.

"Oh, to imagine a roast beef and ham sandwich done up in some multi-grain loaf," rhapsodised Choo-Choo.

Getting things finally squared away, Huck and I explained that our early arrival was to get some of the early-stage planning for the Convocation out of the way just before the actual weekend got started ... "but we wouldn't mind some sandwiches as well," added Huck.

"Feel free to join my clowder, boys," TC remarked.

And you'll likely imagine how things will go from here ...

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[caniidaze]

I'm caniidaze, AKA spook!

What's worth knowing about me;

I'm a mixed indigenous/latino teenager from the south, I have two cats, and I'm both neurodivergent & physically disabled. You can refer to me however you'd like, though androgynous/masculine terms are usually preferred.

I'm a shadowing EMT with a passion for all things medically related, this includes general biology! I'm a really big fan of speculative science, and sci-fi/fantasy in general.

I'm extremely reblog heavy, I don't post often but to those who do enjoy my content I also invite you to my corner of the internet.

interests, tags, etc below the cut

INTERESTS

Special interests; Entomology, Pokemon, Aerospace, 00's and older Tech.

Fixations; Alien, CM-SS13, Halo, My own OCs.

General stuff I'm passionate about; Mechs, The SCP foundation, The Military, Cars (BMW especially), Dragons, Sci-fi, Horror, Cinematography, Niche Electronic & Post-Punk Music.

Theres plenty more but I do get rather intense about my interests, so proceed with caution. I don't like being told 'im a bigger fan than you', and will often react sorely or just ignore you.

WHERE TO FIND ME

I go by Caniidaze or Ciitrusbeetle on almost all platforms, though I rarely use anything besides Toyhou.se, Tumblr, and Discord. Avoid adding/DMing me unless we're mutuals or I know you, and even then I'm not likely to respond unless its important or art related; this has nothing to do with you, I'm just not very social.

Feel free to tag me in whatever you want, or ask to be mutuals. I really don't mind it.

No specific DNI besides the basics, TERFS, homophobes, racists, etc fuck off. I also support Palestine, Ukraine, Congo, etc. I am extremely anti-fascist, and believe in ACAB. I am also a queer inclusionist, don't be a dick about other peoples identities!

OTHER BLOGS

@smith-shimano-corpro — unofficial/parody lancer blog

@techn1color-teeth — lancer OC RP blog

TAGS

#ciitrusbeetle - (FORMER USER!) original posts made by me #pencilbug - my art #bugbin - OC related posts #weevil rambling - textposts or shitposts

Current profile credits

PFP/HEADER ➜ Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon BLOG HTML ➜ Lowlife by Ricecodes

[areyoumissingpieces]

Oh the Advertising Woes

I don’t think it is possible for me to grow organically. I feel like you have to be lucky with the algorithm of all the sites, an overnight social media star, or know enough influential people to talk about your business in order to make it successful organically.

I have had over one thousand sales and a total of three of those were on my own website.  The rest of these were from ebay, tcgplayer, at shows, and through my wholesale account. I know the product I’m selling is good.  It moves on third party sites and at the store where my wholesale account is.  The product I sell is in a pretty saturated market online, but I am comforted by the fact that it is successful in some locations.  Naturally I want more sales going through my website where I have way fewer fees than at shows, on other websites, or at a wholesale rate. I just need some well placed advertising and I think I will be on my way. 

I have been trying to promote myself on tiktok, instagram, and facebook. Most of my followers are friends and family. I love that they support me but I’m not reaching buyers.  

I also have a fairly decent presence on Pinterest.  I can see on my analytics that people do go to my website from there.  My first sale on my website was thanks to a pin. That only happened once in 2018. It is now 2023. 

Now I am on tumblr as yet another attempt to promote myself for free.  Truth be told, I’m also on tumblr because it is nice to get all these thoughts out of my head and onto a page. I hope it will help me think clearer and maybe give me a few customers.

I use business cards to help promote myself.  They have some basic information and a QR code to make it easy for people to access my website.  I throw a business card in every sale I make on ebay, tcgplayer, or at shows. I always keep a few in my phone case in case I bump into someone who asks if I have a website. If I am at a coffee shop or someplace that has a local bulletin board where people can put business cards I will put one of mine up. When I go to physical shows I also have my business cards available for people to grab. Some of my wonderful family and friends have received a little handful to disperse if they desire.  I think there have been a few visits to my site from all of these different approaches but no sales. 

 I would love for my business to grow organically through any of my existing channels but I don’t think that is likely. At least in the last five years of me attempting organic growth it really hasn’t happened. 

The problem is I am a little bit spooked by advertising. I hate having to give a company money to force ads in front of people. I don’t particularly like ads most of the time.  Sometimes I see a product I like and look at the website but know I’m not going to get anything. I worry that will be the mindset of most people.  “Oh look!” They’d think, “That stuff is amazing! I love that! I can’t afford luxuries right now. I could make that.” I don’t want to spend money on so many maybes.  

I’ve also worked for a few online companies that have gone down the advertising path.  I’m a little bit scared by their experiences. One company did mail out fliers.  I have no idea how much they spent, but they got two customers out of the deal.  The same company also paid to have a couple page blurb in a business magazine. That, as far as I can tell, did not drum up any business.  Another company hired a professional marketing  team.  This did result in a huge bump in business.  It also resulted in way more work while only breaking even. They were never able to profit out of it and have some regrets about how much they spent.  These stories do make me worry about the validity of marketing campaigns. I know everyone has their own advertising stories, and just because the people in my life haven’t had a very good result with advertising doesn’t mean I won’t.

 I was worried for a long time that I don’t have enough merchandise available online and was embarrassed at the idea of promoting it. After my last show, in May, I realized that I do have enough merchandise posted.  I have mailed so many orders now I am confident in my systems I have in place.  I AM ready for business.  I need to put on my boss lady kick ass pants and get my first advertising campaign rolling! Let’s aim for the beginning of October. Please hold me accountable for this statement. Stay tuned for updates!

[moxogeni]

>what exactly is preventing your society from arranging itself into a feudal society just as existed the last time humanity lived in pre-industrial conditions? The goal of my political project is about minimizing coercion. I have attempted to do this by creating material conditions in which people have little leverage over others, and social/political conditions which are free of spooks. When individuals aren't dependent on each other, then the conditions under which hierarchy develops do not arise.

>Collective, industrial labor can protect you from starvation a lot better than individual "primitive" labor can, and so I feel any "humiliation" one may experience by having to work alongside other people towards a collective goal is offset by the benefits of collectivization. Collectivization necessitates the atomization and negligibility of the individual, but I think we'd just have to agree to disagree on this one, since it's a matter of preference between an easy, less free life and a harder, freer life.

>My first disagreement is that Kaczynski (and you by extension) routinely conflate industrial technology with the social system of capitalism and thus assume that there exists a unique "industrial society" separate from capitalism that is responsible for all modern socio-psychological ills, and so if we were to abandon capitalism but retain industrial technology, then these socio-psychological ills would remain despite our best efforts. As a former leftist myself, the reason I left is because I read ISAIF, which laid out those problems which are inherent to Industrialism, regardless of the system that runs it. Nobody is saying that if we were to get rid of capitalism, life would not be better. In many ways it would. But the point of Neo-Luddism are those problems which no system can solve, the inherent aspects of Industrialism.

>My second disagreement is with Kaczynski's concept of the "power process", which his ideas of "surrogate activities" and his conception of autonomy come from. He is quite frankly just extrapolating his own experience as a middle-class white man living in the US to be a universal experience, and his own particular complexes with regards to individual power and autonomy as necessary for the human psyche with a "biological basis". This is the U.S. population by race and income. Obviously what Kaczynski wrote about was mostly applicable to the middle-class, because that's what a majority of people are.

https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2024/05/31/the-state-of-the-american-middle-class/

Kaczynski's analysis is irrelevant to his race, and is completely relevant to his material conditions, so I don't know why you added "white" into there. Anyway, basically all philosophy is extrapolating off your own personal experiences, and It'd be hard to find a psychological blueprint of the self that did not do this to some degree. Kaczynski gives good examples and sufficient reasoning to back his idea of the self. Kaczynski himself admitted that his manifesto was a very rough sketch of his ideas, but I would say that a need for autonomy and work are at least to some degree prevalent amongst the population. I, myself, do not agree with the idea that every human being follows this psychological model, but it is applicable to most.

>If I were to give him the greatest benefit of the doubt, I would say that what he is describing is in actuality the alienation of capitalist society. However, where Kaczynski inverts the Marxist conception of alienation is in presupposing that the pursuit of one's means of subsistence as an individual in the wilderness is inherently less alienating than industrial labor. He doesn't "presuppose" it; he spends most of the manifesto explaining why he feels that way.

>In any case, the Unabomber's manifesto is a thoroughly reactionary work that decries the modern decline in "traditional values", explicitly proclaiming racial and gender equality and LGBT rights to be socially negative. Kaczynski doesn't "decry" the decline of traditionalism. He outright mocks those who do, saying conservatives "whine about the decay of traditional values". What he does do is say that this decline in traditional values instead represents decline of small-scale social groups. I would disagree with Kaczynski on this front: Industrialism does not necessarily degrade social groups (Communism is a good example of the maintenance of these smaller groups). I think that you're speaking of his hatred of leftism. Yes, he does spend a good part of the manifesto spewing mostly unjustified nonsense about leftists, but he makes sure to explicitly say that he is not against their inherent ideas (he says abuse of women is a bad thing), just the psychological profile of leftism, saying "We do not mean to suggest that women, Indians, etc. are inferior; we are only making a point about leftist psychology." Kaczynski does however state some socially right-wing things, which I disagree with him on. He implies that transgenderism is a bad thing, which I would wholeheartedly disagree with (I am, in fact, transgender).

>He mythologizes the US settler colonial frontier lifestyle, treating it as an example of the type of society he thinks is ideal while ignoring the fact that these settlers were dependent on both the "collectivist" indigenous nations and the industrial cities they left behind for their survival. Kaczynski's accolades of the frontier lifestyle are based on his analysis of their material conditions, rather than their political ones. Futhermore, I wouldn't say that they were "dependent" on an Industrialized society. They lived mostly self-sufficient lives. Even if they were, he mostly uses it to point out how autonomy in labor leads to greater freedom and a satisfaction of the power process.

>He harps on about how we must only organize into "SMALL" groups of six people or less to preserve individual freedom and autonomy [...] despite the fact that humans routinely organize themselves into groups of hundreds of people within contemporary hunter-gatherer societies. "In those days an entire county might have only a couple of hundred inhabitants and was a far more isolated and autonomous entity than a modern county is. Hence the pioneer farmer participated as a member of a relatively small group in the creation of a new, ordered community. One may well question whether the creation of this community was an improvement, but at any rate it satisfied the pioneer’s need for the power process." Here, Kaczynski, while leaving the question of the group's creation up for the reader's discretion, does say that a group of a few hundred people could serve the need for the power process, and by extension, it is a satisfactory social arrangement. He does not "harp on" about "six people or less", he doesn't mention that at all.

>Kaczynski was an ignorant and bigoted man who thought he knew what was best for everyone else and murdered innocent people to make a statement. Besides the ad hominem, it's interesting to see you decry Kaczynski's killings despite supporting Lenin's revolution, which killed far more people. At any rate, all political philosophers more or less think they know what's best for everyone else, that's why they write: to improve the world.

>I would not agree that death is preferable. Explain why my reasoning is faulty.

>Kaczynski himself admits that what he calls surrogate activities are not universally unsatisfying. He asserts that either "many" or "most" people are unsatisfied, but he does not go so far as to say that all people are. I was generalizing, but wouldn't it be best to work toward a society where most people are satisfied (from a moralist perspective at least).

>then I say we can set aside some plot of land sufficient enough for however many people who want to live this lifestyle. If they decide to stay, then they can. If they don't, then they can come back. This is a very good segue into another problem I have with Industrialism: sustainability. No matter how conservatively you allocate resources, eventually, the mines will dry up, and the pastures will become infertile. There simply isn't a way to get around that Industrialism is built on the idea that there will always be replacement parts. Sometimes, you just have to throw things away. When enough stuff gets thrown away, we run out of resources, and the system will collapse. When this happens, the population will be so bloated and so many people will be alive that the consequences will be disastrous, far worse than if we simply dismantled or destroyed the system right now. The organized and industrialized agriculture would collapse, and when this happens there will be a famine unlike the world has ever seen. It is better to get rid of it now than later.

>But you arbitrarily declare the pride one feels from collective achievement to be the result of a "surrogate activity" and thus inherently lesser than individual achievement. The original point I was making was that you were alienated from the objects you used on a day-to-day basis. You did not create any of them, you were given them in exchange for your labor in a (usually) completely unrelated task relative to that thing's production. When you asked why that mattered, I said that when you used something you had made, you feel proud and good about it and yourself.

>Kaczynski did not make a distinction between individual and collective activities when defining his surrogate activity, his distinction was between whether or not the goal satisfied one's physical needs Not the definition of surrogate activity. This is: "Given a person who devotes much time and energy to the pursuit of goal X, ask yourself this: If he had to devote most of his time and energy to satisfying his biological needs, and if that effort required him to use his physical and mental faculties in a varied and interesting way, would he feel seriously deprived because he did not attain goal X? If the answer is no, then the person’s pursuit of goal X is a surrogate activity".

>I don't believe that activities that do not contribute to satisfying one's physical needs are "decadent" (in Kaczynski's words) or otherwise mentally harmful to the individual. You misunderstand the definition of surrogate activity, which is defined in the paragraph above. You said yourself that Kaczynski did not think that all non-subsistence activities are surrogate.

>That one can imagine a thing does not mean that thing can exist in the real world. By "imagine" I meant that such a social order could exist, obviously. You can "imagine" anything.

>And I'm perfectly fine with people who think like you being free to live in the wilderness as autonomously as you want, so long as you aren't hurting anyone else. (Bold and italics mine) That's where we have a disagreement: should a government be allowed to stop me from hurting others, from exercising my freedom without restriction?

>But why wouldn't more people specialize? I'm not saying that they wouldn't or that it'd be inherently bad. It's entirely possible everyone might have some kind of specialization (placed on top of their basic skills).

>How do you think we got to where we are today? Are the anarcho-primitivist egoists going to form a special order and go around burning down farms and pastures every time someone tries to re-invent agriculture? It's absurd to think that everyone will just abandon farming out of their own free will. Hunter-gatherers actually had a more varied and healthy diet than their farming counterparts*. I'd say it's absurd to think that everyone will just abandon hunter-gathering out of their own free will. Given that people did, in fact, abandon hunter-gatherer lifestyles in exchange for farming, I'd like to clarify. The level of technological order I propose would make living a quasi-primitive lifestyle much more consistent and easier than a primitive society (I'm not an anprim). I don't even think that practicing agriculture is inherently bad, it just tends to lead to coercive social arrangements that can be avoided via self-sufficient hunter-gatherer lifestyles

*https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2106743119

>What is the mechanism through which your egoist anarcho-primitivist society could be achieved The question of revolution is an important one. Personally, I'm a fan of "shadow cell" organization and direct-action. The first step to revolution is mass-radicalization. This will be easier in the coming years as everything goes to shit under the Trump Administration.

>what is the mechanism through which it would be maintained? Self-sufficency: the ability to eliminate coercion of dependence.

alright.

I'll start with Lenin first, then move to Marx. Lenin was an autocrat and a dictator. There's no way around it. He was unelected and created a one-party state. This was due to the fact that the revolution was led by a vanguard, which the members of, once they succeeded in overthrowing the old government, could easily set up a self-serving dictatorship. He's not a Marxist, and he's not a Socialist.

Since Lenin obviously did not in any way uphold the vision of Marx, I'll tackle him separately. A (stateless) communist society does eliminate many hierarchies, but leaves the most coercive systems untouched. Those being: the hierarchy of the collective over the individual and that coercion required of industrialism. In a commune, one's individual vote is negligible, since the outcome is only affected by one person's vote in very rare circumstances. Once the votes are tallied, the individual is expected to conform to the decisions of the majority, and to accept the commune's laws and customs. This leads to the individual becoming feeling helpless and weak.

Secondly, Marxism fails to address the coercion required to make an industrial society function. In order to have products, you must have a payroll of workers to stand where they are told to stand and do what they are told to do and go home and show up to work when they are told to do it. Instead of working towards goals that are immediate, which directly affect one's condition (such as building a house to live in), one must do a task or set of tasks that ultimately has little to do directly with one's own material well-being. Instead, the hyperspecialized work required in an industrial society is made livable indirectly via trade. This leads to a dependence on the industrial system as a whole, which requires a massive amount of cohesion to function.

Humans are no longer permitted to act autonomously since doing so would be a hindrance to the system. Behaviors which are not conducive to the system are disallowed, but all unimportant facets of our life which do not interfere with the functioning of the system are permitted to grow within said limits.

Lenin was elected as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars by the Congress of Soviets a total of nine times before his death. His position was not one elected by the people directly, but rather he was elected by the congressional representatives of the soviets who were themselves elected by the people. You can argue that his position should have been directly elected if you want, but you cannot say he was unelected. Regardless, while the Chairman of the CPC was the head of government of the RSFSR, and later the Soviet Union, the CPC was not a one-person council and the council as a whole was subordinate to the Central Executive Committee, which was in turn subordinate to the Congress of Soviets. Lenin was not an autocrat or a dictator; he did not hold sole legal authority and the Soviet government had numerous checks and balances.

I see no reason to believe a vanguard party or a one-party state is undemocratic. The USSR was a dictatorship, but not a dictatorship of one person. It was a dictatorship of the proletariat, as the bourgeoisie were stripped of the right to vote and to be elected. You can object to this if you like, but I personally don't think that was a bad decision.

You seem to be arguing that Lenin was neither Marxist nor socialist because the nascent Soviet Union was not yet classless or stateless. Yet why should it have been expected to be? Communism is not something that can be achieved overnight, or even in one generation. In the meantime, there must be some mechanism for suppressing and overthrowing the bourgeoisie. No matter how democratic, how horizontal, and how people-oriented that mechanism is, it still constitutes a state insofar as it constitutes an organ for the oppression of one class by another. Unless you are arguing that the rights of the bourgeoisie should be maintained and protected, you cannot escape this fact.

At the point of achieving a stateless, classless communist society, I don't see why decision-making would necessarily be performed through simple majority vote. While it's rather pointless in my mind to be speculating about how a hypothetical communist society of the future might function, I think it's safe to say they'd be far more capable of exploring alternative forms of decision-making than we are now. In any case, the question of how a future communist society might function is entirely separate from questions of past and present systems of government.

You are right to point out that the industrial mode of production requires collective and specialized activity in order to function, but I fail to see what the alternative is. Humans are a social animal, our production has always been collective and we have always benefited from specialization in labor. The advancement in industry has made possible a reduction in socially necessary labor time, not an increase. It is capitalism and the profit motive that has mandated long hours and low autonomy in the workplace, not industry itself.

People are not inherently stupid or self-centered. They can understand very well the relationship between one sector of industry and another. You do not need to be building a house to understand how, for instance, the nails you are manufacturing will be used to build houses and other goods. You do not need to be manufacturing nails to understand how the iron you are mining will be used to make nails and other goods. The idea that it is alienating to be engaged in a task that is socially beneficial rather than merely individually beneficial is absurd.

You talk about social cohesion as if it is impossible or undesirable. But again, what is the alternative? An incoherent, fragmented society? No society at all, and people just fend for themselves as individuals? I fail to see how anything less than social cohesion is desirable.

You say that industrial society is coercive and prevents people from acting autonomously. I say, what does it mean to act autonomously? Humans must satisfy our basic needs before we can think about engaging in autonomous activity. If you are starving, you are compelled to seek food. If you are freezing, you are compelled to seek shelter. Individual freedom is subordinate to our material conditions, and only through improving our material conditions can we satisfy our basic needs and guarantee individual freedom.

If we are to have a society where the individual freedoms of everyone are maximized, then we must have a society which guarantees everyone their basic needs. Food, shelter, clothing, medicine, education, transportation, communication, etc. All of these must be secured before a person has full freedom to act autonomously. Improving the quality of these things and the efficiency of their production improves the standard of living and reduces socially necessary labor time, which allows for greater degrees of freedom.

You say behaviors which are not conducive to the system are disallowed. I do not necessarily disagree, but I feel you are intentionally obscuring the nature of such behaviors. What is “the system” here? The system is society. So a behavior not conducive to society is an anti-social behavior, a behavior that impedes or harms other members of society. Why should these behaviors be allowed? Is it maximizing autonomy and freedom to allow someone to steal or rape or murder with impunity? No, it is merely trading someone else's freedom and autonomy for your own.

You can certainly maximize your own freedom and autonomy at the expense of others, but if we are to live in a society where the freedom and autonomy of everyone is to be maximized, then there must be certain limits to individual behavior for the sake of others. Maybe someday humanity will evolve to a state where one can live in their own private world with maximum freedom to do as they please without worrying about impacting others, but until that day we will have to live in a society with other people and the social restrictions that come with that. Personally, I don't think it's such a burden to have to care about other people.

Society as it stands today is indeed imperfect and often oppressive. Socialist states in the past and present have yet to achieve the classlessness and statelessness that marks higher-stage socialism, i.e. communism. They too are imperfect and have restricted people's behavior in various ways, some I would argue are necessary, and some I would argue are unnecessary. However, I believe that socialism offers us the greatest opportunity to improve society as a whole and liberate humanity from oppressive structures. I believe that capitalism remains the central impediment to the advancement of society and the pursuit of human freedom. I believe that a vanguard party and a dictatorship of the proletariat have been the most effective means of combating the bourgeoisie so far. And I believe that the advancement of science and industry has been the most effective means of securing and improving the basic needs of the people as a whole.

My question to you remains: what is the alternative? You can criticize all you want, and thoughtful and rational critique of all things is both important and beneficial, but unless you have an alternative to socialist revolution and industrial society, then you're just throwing the baby out with the bathwater. How are we to combat the bourgeoisie without a vanguard or a state? How are we to provide people with their basic needs without industrial production?