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Ophélie et Eulalie

[foxingpeculiar]

Okay, I finished Disco Elysium. (Spoilers)

Had to sit with it for a while. Wasn’t sure how I felt at first, but now I think I’ve kind of got my head around it, or at least I’m starting to.

So, for the record, Ruby shot herself and the Tribunal did not go well. I didn’t save Elizabeth and Kim got shot (although did not die afaik), which means Cuno tagged along for the island and joined the squad. I’m assuming Kim would’ve done, had he been present.

I had to think about The Deserter for a while. Like who is this guy? What does he represent? But I think I understand. He’s an ideologue who couldn’t move on, who couldn’t let go. He’s stuck on his moment of failure. Which is what Harry isn’t. As much as he fucks up (and it’s a lot), he keeps going. So there’s that.

I also like the idea of it being a kind of random event, like not any of the suspects you’ve been investigating. I think that’s related to the Phasmid. Which, I KNEW IT. I knew that cryptozoology stuff was going to come back, that the game wanted me to keep believing. Like, the mystery’s essentially unsolvable from prior information—you have to follow the path, persevere, believe and you come upon something… weirdly beautiful, if probably not what you expected.

The ontological mystery never got solved, exactly. Like, it’s obviously working on a metaphorical level. And it’s alluding to more—all the stuff about power and gaming, the symbolism of Anodic Dance Music and such, I dunno, the fantasy around the edges. Maybe in a second playthrough, I can figure out more.

Cos I know there’s stuff I didn’t see. Whose bedroom was that that I broke into in the apartments? What’s up with the old lady hiding in the lorries who wouldn’t talk to me? What, exactly, is behind the secret doors in the Whirling? Why did Ruby think I worked for LMP? The fuck is with Cindy and Cunoesse? Etc.

(I did finally get in the cargo container, though, and… whoo, that guy. But also there’s the whole “this reality is subjective on a very literal level” thing that’s happening there. There’s so much weirdly interesting shit in here—it’s like batshit absurd but also very well thought-out. That seems to be the crux of the appeal.)

I dunno. I need to chew on this one for a while. It’s a game I look forward to revisiting in like, a year or two, when I’ve forgotten just enough of it to make it spicy. But yeah, it’s doing something big. Like there’s SO much going on, on both a literal plot and metaphorical level… I see why it has the reputation it does.

For now, I’m deciding what to play next. I have about a month until FF16–I’m thinking maybe TLOU2?

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Radical SR3 XXR, for fun on the track

Radical SR3 XXR, for fun on the track

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The moment she realized that she fell off her throne

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It was supposed to be just an light/shadow study. (really, I did not mean to harm the child...)

[ilovemygaydad]

40 prinxiety or 1 logince for the drabble and pairing

so, i’m sure you wanted romance, but.... it didn’t happen... YET

long story short, i only finished writing the first prompt, and i do want to write the second eventually, but i felt like it would be rude to leave you hanging for even longer so i could finish the second one, so you get one now.

anyway, your prompt was “Have I entered an alternate universe or did you really just crack a smile for me?” enjoy!

Summary: (kind of a Crazy Rich Asians!au so don’t read if you don’t want spoilers...? i guess???) Roman is a billionaire fashionista, but he’s struggling to find time to spend with his five-year-old son.

Pairings: past romantic roman/other, familial prinxiety, and (background) familial LMP, romantic logicality (Logan is Roman’s older brother and Patton is Logan’s fiance)

Warnings: guilt, anxiety, nightmares, divorce, food mentions, and possibly something else?

@adultmorelikeadolt @fluidityandgiggles @royallyanxious (since i know you love a good roman)

Roman quietly slipped through the door of his apartment, keeping sure to not wake up the sleeping child just a few rooms away. As he made his way down the front hall, his belongings were gently discarded on the ornate cabinet. It didn’t really matter where they were placed; the maid would pass by soon enough and organize everything. With a heavy sigh, Roman pushed the door open to his sleek bedroom. Item by item, Roman’s multi-million dollar personality was shed like snake skin.

Earrings, necklaces, rings, and bracelets were placed in small ceramic bowls that cost more than a house each. Roman tossed a hair clip that he’d bought for 3.2 million into an antique jewelry box valued at eight million. Louboutin pumps were kicked into the corner as he shrugged off the Versace dress that he’d picked up just last week. He rummaged around one of the drawers in his walk-in closet and pulled out a soft pair of Target brand pajamas that he’d gotten as a gift from Patton after… well, after Roman and Michael’s divorce.

While Roman buttoned up his nightshirt, the guilt of his own actions began to settle in. It had been over two weeks since he’d been home before Virgil had gone to sleep. Being glamorous and rich wasn’t as fun as it seemed. He was constantly being dragged away to events or meetings that he barely cared about, slowly but surely sucking away all of the time he had to spend with his child. And he felt so guilty about it. He placed responsibility on his almost-brother-in-law even though Patton had his own issues to deal with. Patton had his job and Logan and a social life outside of being a billionaire’s boyfriend, yet Roman was selfishly taking time away from him. He wasn’t even a good--

“Daddy!” Virgil cried out from his bedroom.

Roman barely took the time to put on his slippers before he ran into Virgil’s room, feeling sickening dread bubbling up in his stomach. Why was he calling out? Was Virgil hurt? He swung the door open, revealing the little five-year-old sitting curled up on his bed. “Oh, Starlight, what’s wrong?”

Virgil lifted his head, and Roman noticed the hair plastered to the little boy’s face from sweat. “Nigh’mare…”

“I’ll be right back, darling. Two seconds.” Entering “Dad Mode,” as Patton called it, Roman hurried around the apartment to grab a towel, blanket, and a juice box before making his way back to Virgil. “Hey, kiddo. I’ve got you.”

Gently, Roman unbuttoned Virgil’s nightshirt and removed it, wrapping him in the towel and swiping the sweat from his face. Virgil shuddered into the touch, and Roman’s heart broke. Could he have prevented this if he hadn’t been so busy? Was he doing something wrong?

As soon as Virgil was dry, he was wrapped up in the thick, fuzzy blanket that Roman had brought. “Do you want to talk about it?” Virgil shook his head, but his lip quivered as if he was trying to hold back tears. “Was it sad?” A nod. “Oh, honey…” Roman sighed, trying to collect his thoughts. “Virgil, sometimes knights don’t feel very good, and that’s okay! Everyone gets feelings, whether they’re good or bad. Even Lo and Pat get sad sometimes, my star.

“Your feelings are okay, and you shouldn’t hide them to be ‘strong.’ Strength isn’t determined by hiding what you’re feeling; it shows so much more strength to be open and honest about it. I will still love you, sweetheart. Always.”

By the end of the speech, Virgil’s tough exterior had dissolved into a tearful fit, but he looked up at his dad with wide eyes. “Really?”

“Of course. Now, I know that you’re supposed to have school tomorrow, but what do you say that we spend some times watching movies before we try to get you down for bed again? Big Hero 6 sounds extremely good, don’t you think?” Roman asked as he swept his son into his arms.

A little giggle escaped Virgil. “Okay, Daddy!”

“Oh my goodness! Have I entered an alternate universe, or did you just smile at me?” teased Roman.

“Don’t be mean, or I’m not gonna watch movies with you!”

“Mi amor, I’m truly hurt by your threat! Alas, I have one more trick up my sleeve!” without a semblance of grace, Roman dumped Virgil onto the living room couch, eliciting more giggles out of the small child.

“I give up! I give up, Daddy!”

“I accept your surrender,” Roman said. “Now, would you like popcorn or ice cream with your movie?”

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The Petrolhead Corner – Homologation Specials

The inspiration for many great road cars often lies in racing, and at the same time the greatest racing cars ever can be based upon sometimes rather mundane road cars. For decades, rules in racing have sometimes stipulated that a minimum number of road legal variants had to be built in order to be eligible to compete in a racing category, the so-called Homologation Specials. And as it turns out, this can lead to some rather unusual but astonishing cars!

Not only does a motorsports governing body have the option to stipulate the exact type of car and its specifications, it can also mandate any given number of a production version to be built by the constructor. While investigating another story for The Petrolhead Corner I came across a specific section of the Petrolicious website; the Member Series; Homologation Specials. Spread over two seasons of eight episodes each, several iconic cars that constructors built to comply with regulations are put to the test. The result is some rather incredible footage of the most unusual, rarest cars ever built. Iconic cars like the Lancia Stratos, Mercedes 2.5-16 190E EVO II, the Audi Sport Quattro S1 or the stunning Maserati MC12 and Ferrari 288 GTO. 

In honour of that very fine array of cars, we take a closer look into a few of them and supplement them with a couple of other very interesting homologation specials. It is an eclectic mix of vehicles for sure! 

1997-1999 Mitsubishi Pajero EVO 

This is perhaps the most unexpected car to feature in Petrolicious’ Member Series on homologation specials. It is however a road legal car to comply with regulations for the gruelling international Dakar rally. The Mitsubishi Pajero is the most successful entry to ever compete at the Dakar rally, with 12 victory’s between 1985 and 2007 with various renditions of the Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution. 

The homologation special of the Pajero was built between 1997 and 1999 to enter it into the production car based T2 category. Despite the fact of not running in the fastest category on paper, it managed to not only dominate their own class but also win the Dakar Rally outright. In 1997 it came in first, second, third and fourth. A year later it would take up the first four positions again. 

The road-going version of the Pajero Evolution features a meaty 3.5 V6 in the front, producing 276bhp. Underneath the changes included heavier suspension, a different gearbox and new differentials. The car also has a much beefier look thanks to the wider bodykit, Recaro bucket seats, additional air intakes, skid-plates on the underside, and quintessential nineties-style mud flaps. A total of 2500 Pajero Evolutions were built over the three year span, all right hand drive, and it remains a bit of a bargain compared to other cars that are considered homologation specials. 

The entire history of the 1997-1999 generation of Mitsubishi Pajero Evolutions was penned by Jalopnik, including some very cool period images from the Dakar Rally and advertisement details of the production version. 

1998 Toyota GT-One road car

By the end of the nineties Mazda was still the only Japanese manufacturer to win outright during the 1991 24 hours of Le Mans but that wasn’t due to a lack of trying by Japanese manufacturers. Their iconic Mazda 787B with that screaming rotary engine is just one of the remarkable and iconic cars to blast down the French countryside. After the cancellation of Group C which brought forth cars like the Porsche 956 and 962, the Jaguar XJR-9, the Mazda 787B or the Sauber C9, the new top tier category for the Le Mans 24 hour race was the GT1 class. The GT1 era is a sort-of in between class, as endurance racing was in the process of re-inventing itself. It was sandwiched between the bonkers Group C era and the purpose built prototype era known as LMP class racing.  

Up to 1998 GT1 regulations stipulated that at least 25 road cars had to be built and as a result we have the Porsche 911 GT1 Straβenversion and the Mercedes CLK-GTR as the most famous examples. The 1998 Toyota GT One road car is a real oddity and a direct result of dropping the limit of 25 to a single functioning, road-legal car to be offered for sale to the public. This allowed Toyota back into the challenge of winning Le Mans without too much hassle. Toyota built just two working versions or their GT1 contender, complete with a passenger’s seat, indicators, a horn, a windshield wiper and of course a licence plate. 

The final result was a rules compliant pair of cars, but not really practical to use on the road. The cockpit was an ergonomic nightmare and the very limited ride height would get the car stuck on a bump in no time. The 3.6 litre V8 behind the driver (and possible passenger) is the same 600bhp unit as the race car had. In theory this meant the car should be able to reach a top speed of 380kph but neither of the cars ever ran on public roads as far as I know. Toyota built no more than two of these incredible machines, one of which resides in Toyota Motorsport GmbH’s museum in Cologne, Germany while the other is on display in a museum in Japan. 

The story on the 1998 Toyota GT-One car with all its quirks and details can be found on The Drive. 

Dauer 962 Le Mans

One of the most baffling, and perhaps simultaneously most confusing stories on a homologation special is the story of the Dauer 962 Le Mans. During the eighties Porsche had pretty much dominated endurance racing through their factory team or through factory supported teams. The Porsche 956 and 962 race cars were virtually bulletproof and a sure fire way to be able fight for the win. If a capable pilot was at the controls of course…

In the early nineties, Jochen Dauer bought five 962 chassis brand new from Porsche and decided to convert two of these for road use. Now, we’ve covered a road-legal Porsche 956/962 in Japan but this is an interesting story on a whole other level. The cars were stripped down, and rebuilt with updated suspension and chassis parts. Also a full interior was fitted and you could opt to have a DVD player built in, and select automatic opening doors and engine cover for that added wow-factor.

The hart of the Porsche 962 was a three litre flat-6 producing about 780bhp. The Dauer was fitted with the same engine but with minor changes, and as such it was slightly less powerful at 730bhp. The insane car would even out-perform the legendary McLaren F1 as in 1998 it achieved a top speed of just over 400 kilometres an hour during a test run. 

Thanks to a change in regulations the Porsche 962 was no longer competitive in the field of endurance racing. Seeking a way to still continue on their sports car racing program, they conveniently exploited a rule change that was introduced in 1993 for the GT category. This stated that a GT-class endurance racer was to be based, albeit loosely, on a road legal car. As the Dauer was a road legal Porsche 962, it needed only minor changes to comply with regulations.  

This weird loophole allowed Porsche to score their 13th overall victory with a second car coming in third. As far as homologation specials are concerned, this is a most unusual but nonetheless very interesting story. A race car turned road legal, which served as a homologation special for a race car a few years down the line. 

DriveTribe has the story on the conversion from Porsche 962 to the Dauer 962 Le Mans. 

1985 MG Metro 6R4 ‘Clubman’

If we’re talking about rally cars and homologation specials some other cars would pop into your mind instantaneously. The Lancia Delta Integrale for instance, or the Ford Escort Cosworth with its iconic spoiler. The obvious choices are just that; obvious choices. It is much more interesting, to me at least, to learn more about one of the hairiest road cars based on a Group B spec rally car, the 1985 MG Metro 6R4. 

A bit late to the game and thus never able to make a true impact, it did offer an interesting take on the Group B regulations. The recipe was simple; chuff the biggest engine possible in the smallest car available. The Austin Mini Metro was quite a bland, run-of-the-mill compact built by Austin-Rover but fit it with a big powerful engine, throw in four wheel drive, dress it up with scaffolding and you end up with the insane MG Metro 6R4.

The chassis was specially developed by Williams Grand Prix and in the back they planted a normally aspirated 2.5 litre V6, much like the Renault 5 Turbo had. This engine produced around 400 horsepower and had no trouble to propel the car to insane speeds. Zero to a hundred kilometres an hour took just over three seconds, on just about any surface. Sadly reliability issues plagued the car to really take the fight to Audi and Lancia and the cancellation of Group B rallying in midway during the 1986 season didn’t exactly help either.

To comply with regulations Austin-Rover built 200 road-going versions of the car, as a turn-key rally car without a license plate. This means you had to do some minor installations on the car, and have it approved in order to obtain a license. The homologation model of the MG Metro 6R4, known as the Clubman, had been down tuned to about 250bhp but there are examples that have been brought back up to produce 400 to 450 horsepower. After the cancellation of Group B prices dropped from GBP 40.000 to GBP 16.000 so it was a relative bargain of a road legal rally car. Every so often one comes up for auction, fetching prices around the GBP 200.000 mark.

Road & Track offers an insight to the MG Metro 6R4 while EVO Magazine has an in-depth story on what it’s like to drive one of the 200 homologation specials.

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Faut-il louer en meublé ou vide ? Le Match LMNP / LMP vs location nue

Faut-il louer en meublé ou vide ? Le Match LMNP / LMP vs location nue

Faut-il louer en meublé ou vide ? Quelle est la formule la plus rentable pour les propriétaires ? La plus économe en temps de gestion ? Quelle fiscalité est la plus avantageuse ? Bref, location meublée ou vide, qui remporte le match? (spoiler, la location BIP gagne haut la main, vous le découvrirez au fil de cet article de référence sur Eldorado Immobilier)

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