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[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

Show: NINJAGO Legends: Monstrosity (Kai mini-series)

Song: To Ashes and Blood - WOODKID

So anyone else a changed man after watching this? Because this sure did something to my brain chemistry i MISSED 2D animation SO FREAKING MUCH

[moriaarts]

I finally got a new job so the frequency of my posts might come down. But for now - The corrie guard r not fuckin stupid

[torksmithtruther]

folks, i’m currently in the process of watching every episode and writing down moments where Peter and Mike interact or are in close proximity or whatever. because apparently i’m fucking insane? idk but anyway when i’m done i’ll release it on here. it will have the timestamp and ep number and name.

it doesn’t have every single time, but the majority.

i’m currently on episode 20 so still gotta while to go but i’m having a grand old time.

[definitelynotshouting]

Okay, so, question I've had for a while but never got around to asking, what the FUCK is up with Grian's wings?

If all physical differences in players (like those particularly ascribed to 'Hybrids' in mcyt fanon) in Hunger AU are a result of conscious altering of your own code for the express purpose of achieving YOUR IDEAL BODY(tm) then what does that mean for Grian and his wings? No one seems to regard Grian's wings as "What The Fuck, You Can DO That?!?" so presumably wings aren't so big of a change from normal biology that players can't do that. If so, why is it not more common? Man, if I could have wings I'd jump on that in seconds. Especially with the sheer utility the ability to fucking FLY gives players. Are wings (and maybe other larger alterations) just like, REALLY HARD to code in? If so, that might add a really cool layer of "Oh wow! They must be a really good coder!" to players who meet people like that.

On a related note, Grian seems to have a positive regard for his wings, which is interesting because I would be willing to bet he didn't have that before *insert sounds of worm-bursting and non-consensual body modification*. I imagine seeing his wings would likely feel like a reminder of the Watchers and what they did to him. BUT, Watchers manipulate their own code when they change like Grian did to, y'know, not be a worm anymore so Grian probably specifically chose how he looked, right? So, unless he did so really rushed and somehow made a mistake while doing so (which he might not be able to risk the structural damage of correcting), keeping the wings was a conscious decision. Does Grian just not associate his wings with the Watchers or is it something else? Does he just really enjoy having wings?

HELLO I AM SO GLAD YOU'VE ASKED THIS BECAUSE I HAVE ‼️‼️‼️‼️ MANY THOUGHTS ABOUT IT ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

Okay okay so these are all SUCH valid questions, lemme go through them one by one. Wings are indeed something anyone could have if they wanted to code them in-- and in fact, i do believe many other Players have wings throughout the universe!!! As far as body mods go, i like to think of them as decently popular, so its definitely not anything too weird to see. In chapter 5, i even make a mention to Pearl having moth wings she occasionally codes in due to preference!!! So wings of many different types are definitely available-- but the catch is that they're real fiddly to code. You cant just give yourself wings, you have to code in the bone structure, the muscles, the tendons, etc etc, and then you have to change your entire body structure as well to work with and fully support them. They can be awkward and unwieldy, as ive tried to show in the fic itself, and i think that alone can be a big discouragement for Players considering coding in wings, along with the sheer coding effort needed to obtain them and make them functional

And the thing is, elytra already exist-- they're far more compact, they dont take up as much space, you can take them on and off super easily without having to mess with your coding, and they basically do the same thing. Sure, its a pain to get one, but a lot of Players really enjoy the sense of accomplishment, and i think theres a bit of cultural prestige too in that regard. Server milestones are a huge thing in Player culture, and getting your first pair of elytra is a big one!!! So it makes sense to me that people who just dont want to go through the effort of coding in wings (which can then in turn complicate how they code other future modifications) primarily stick to elytra.

And everybody is different-- some people prefer attributes that arent wings. I like to think everyone in hermitcraft generally is a mix of "jeez thats effort, i could be building my base instead of doing that" and "eh im fine how i am, i like it" and "well we have elytra shops everywhere so why bother".

So in short, yeah!! Wings are a bit complex to code in. They're still pretty popular, i think plenty of Players do choose to incorporate them, but it takes a lot of hard and thorough work to make sure they function right and wont bug you out when you use them. There are billions of Players scattered across the universe, so what you're seeing in the fic right now is truly just a drop in the ocean when it comes to Player body diversity :] and then, elytra basically already help Players achieve a form of flight without the hassle of recoding their entire body structure, so i think the majority of Players just prefer to use them instead.

AS FOR GRIAN'S WINGS IN PARTICULAR......

Well..... its complicated. Particularly his feelings about them-- in the fic, i referenced them as the only good thing the Watchers ever gave him, and thats how he sees it, i think: a thin silver lining. He's had many, many years to get used to them, and i think he goes through periods where he hates them and the memories attached, too. Ultimately, he's kinda stuck with them, so i think he hit a form of acceptance (as bitter-tinged as it may be) out of sheer necessity for his own sanity.

As for why he has them, and hasnt coded them out: i think of it as a particular quirk of biology/structural coding. Watchers have a more instinctive way of coding than Players, but a Player-minded Watcher is still going to think like a Player, and thats going to muddle things a lot. Grian essentially had to relearn how to code, in a way that satisfied both Player and Watcher-style coding, and the results at first were.... a little rough around the edges. Once he managed to finally take on his original former appearance, the wings from his true form just kind of.... stuck. I like to think it took a few increasingly desperate tries before he realized he just could not figure out how to get rid of them (bc of how different his new code was), and had to accept that this was just how he was gonna have to live for a while until he finally figured it out. And then, well.... you can get used to anything, if you're stuck with it long enough. I think after a while it just stopped being a huge priority, and then he reached a point where it would be more awkward to live without them than with them, and he eventually dropped the idea altogether. And i think sometimes, they function almost like a scar, to him-- a reminder of what he went through, yes, but a reminder that he did manage to escape. And, ofc, he also just really, really likes flying skdjskdjdj

So yeah, loads of complicated feelings there about his wings, and its stuff i do plan on exploring later in the fic!!! This got a little rambly, but i hope this makes sense and answers your questions!!!! :D its a fun little complicated knot that im glad someone has gotten curious enough to ask about!!!!

[the-everqueen]

i feel like i've seen a lot of anxiety from people who grade around students using chatgpt to write their papers, and apart from - how is THAT the thing you're worried about, given the Everything Else happening in the world, i'm also more anxious about just returning my students' assignments with comments that might be useful BEFORE they get to finals. like i barely have the bandwidth to do my job, i can't also pretend to be a cop on top of that.

[zipquips]

three days into thr academic year and i feel like I crashed ;-;

[thru-ur-alarms]

venigni midnight thoughts, spoilers ahoy

tldr: i get it now venigni lovers i love him too now wtf 😭

i legitimately thought venigni is gonna be one of those arrogant narcissistic bastard that is successful type of character. but over time his character is growing on me.

got to the hermit's cave and found medoro's last diaries. said lorenzini lost hope. he really tried to stop this disaster from happening, to unveil the truth. kinda got persona 4 there but ya get what i mean.

and then the cryptic vessels, he said something about being tired of the high society gossips and secrets. understandable, honestly. feel like behind all his talk about the prince of high society and being brilliant and all is just someone who is. so tired. and wants to rest his head with someone he truly trusts. the song lyric below seems to summarize what i think his stance on relationships are. (the oh hellos - hello my old heart)

i feel like p is the first person that he's seen in a while that's legitimately coming at him from the point of comradeship, not from a worker standpoint, not from secret alchemist shenanigans, or high society bs. he likes p's presence because it's about the only time he could be himself, a nerdy and kinda offbeat guy.

he might be feeling a bit guilty for not being a fighter either, all he could do is talk and support. he could have used puppets to help him but they're all kinda. going nucking futs. so. he doesn't feel enough, he feels like he's gotta be out there but he can't and it's probably just. not good on him.

[b-blushes]

i was trying (somewhat) hard to avoid it but scramble zone has caught me, because i was at the hospital on tuesday i couldn't do my regular tuesday clothes laundry because even if i put it on a timer it would have been a bad time to hang up wet laundry by the time i got back (not enough time to start drying before the night starts) so i did my wednesday laundry (towels, go in the dryer) on tuesday and my tuesday clothes laundry on wednesday, and then because of this i couldn't do my friday clothes laundry on friday because there wasn't enough days for them to dry as thoroughly as i like them to between wednesday and friday morning when i switch the clothes on the drying rack, so i did my saturday laundry on friday and did my friday laundry instead and because yesterday evening when i folded my laundry form the dryer (saturday laundry goes in the dryer) i felt like it was saturday, i got out sunday's dinner to defrost from the freezer so i could eat it today. but today's not sunday!!!! much to my surprise. and now my meals are unbalanced. minor issue but it does highlight what a precarious setup my whole reality feels like sometimes :P almost completely self-made also

[danse--macabre]

most sexy things about astarion, ranked, according to ch'lakhou (dark urge):

he bites

he fights viciously

he looks fantastic dripping in blood. his own or others.

he's funny. he doesn't even realise he's funny half the time, which makes this sexier, given he's cocky in other respects.

teeth / fangs.

oh, just that he's cocky.

hands

"he's silly" (they do not explain this one)

foppishness, admittedly.

shoulders

"great hair. i wonder if he'll ever let me pull it." (answer: maybe)

this one is just crude but: cock. and balls, even.

the malnourished undead aura.

voice, which WOULD rank higher if it weren't for his accent, which is as plummy as a september harvest. as a self-respecting Brampton kid, ch'lakhou has to dock points here.

"his face is shockingly pretty, i guess :|"

[thedevotionaltour]

just withdrew from my sci fi course ohhh i feel sick

[pochapal]

genji this is LITERALLY all your doing do not play cute here!!

[pretty-idol-hell]

As announced after the 9/15 maintenance, starting after the maintenance on 9/20, we will no longer be able to change our character nicknames in Idol Land PriPara. So make sure you've finalized your character nickname by then. Supposedly this is a countermeasure to prevent the mass buying/selling of accounts.

I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, rerolling is pretty common in gatcha games so I don't see what the big deal is. They claim all the extra accounts is creating an especially high load on the server, but what doesn't at this point?

On the other hand, we were never able to change the nicknames of our arcade characters so this isn't too unreasonable to me. Hopefully this will help eliminate "illegitimate" extra accounts and help differentiate somewhat more legit extra accounts from people living in the same household/casually playing as extra characters. Technically they don't want us creating extra accounts at all, but I assume that's more aimed at the buying/selling/mass rerolling problem. (In a way, they are now encouraging casual extra accounts by doing this, but... Well, we'll see I guess.)

[loversrkive]

writing my 2do list here in hopes i’ll actually do it:

- clean my bathroom

- put my clothes in the wash (+ then remember to put them in the dryer!!)

- go to my therapy appt!!!

- put away my other clothes

- finish my math assignment

[unlikelyapricot]

so much to do so little time,,,

[awkward-teabag]

I've lost count of how many times I've had to reload a game because a critical NPC/doodad/event doesn't spawn because they get lumped in below scenery half a mile away in where their load priority is.

Elevator/niche squeezing as a way to hide loading gets clowned on but at least it meant not having to reload several times. Optimize your damned games!

[supersaiyajopping]

finally replaced my 10 yr old laptop and my first thoughts were "I need to watch shalala 4k" and "wow this thing would run open morrowind beautifully"