#my starters usually are i'm trash

[rockethorse]

Day 3: Four fully-furnished starter tiny homes at varying budgets!

Most starter homes are meant to be blank canvases, but I wanted some that already had personality so you could jump right into playing. I was also inspired by “smallest home possible for X Sims/Y budget-” YouTube videos for TS4 and wanted to try it in TS2! Edit: I forgot to mention- as usual, these are CC free.

§20k Starters for up to 8 Sims

The first two are both your average 20k starter designed to house large families. The blue house has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and is furnished for four Sims by default, while the red house has four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and is furnished for eight Sims (!) by default.

Both have a whole 10x10 worth of backyard space, because that's kind of important when things are so crowded - but if you want to shave off even more space or money, the actual houses are built such that the lots can easily be shrunk with the Lot Adjuster to just 10x10 total.

§19,650 - 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom

§19,952 - 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom

Both lots have the same downstairs layout, while the red house has a smaller upstairs landing to facilitate an extra bedroom. By default, the red house assumes two baby/toddler residents, but you can sell both cribs and the potty to afford two more beds whilst staying under-budget.

The back yards are half-”paved” in free-to-own terrain paint in preparation for any outdoor furniture you might want to place. I recommend making use of neighbourhood decorations for free landscaping! Obviously they look boxy and a bit funny on their own, but they look good placed in a row, or squeezed into a small space in an already-populated suburb.

BE AWARE that neither house includes burglar or fire alarms/sprinklers; however, the blue house will leave you with enough Simoleons to afford both. You could also choose to buy enough supplies for a cat and/or a dog with the budget left over.

The staircases have been placed with Nopke’s mod which allows Sims to pass underneath spiral stairs, functionality which should stick even if you don’t have the same mod (unless you buy new stairs). However, the house still functions even if Sims can’t pass underneath the stairs.

The little 2x1 space by the back door ended up being quite useful in such a tight layout, especially the 4-bedroom, like so:

But if you use an open staircase mod, feel free to consider this alternative layout:

§10k Starter for Single Sim or Couple

This one is perfect for newcomer Sims saving up for a bigger house, retired Elders who want to leave the family estate to their adult kids, or frugal Sims who simply have no desire to start a family.

§9,919. The layout is not so large as to feel lonely but not too small that Sims can’t entertain a guest or two. No backyard to this one - it’s a true 1x1 lot.

§2k Shelter

And the ultimate budget challenge - trying to make a decent shack for Sims under 2k. I actually love how it turned out; it looks so cute and cottage-y from the outside and feels so cozy and safe on the inside.

§1,956. No shower, but Sims can sponge bathe in the sink if they get desperate. The toilet is outside but that’s honestly preferable in such a small space. Most of the walls are actually made from roofing to keep the price down but the house is fully weather-proof.

This looks a little silly - but it works! Sims can access the toilet through the cutout provided under this extra roof. Put some neighbourhood deco trees around for privacy and for the woodland fairy cottage vibes. This lot was mostly just a fun challenge, so it’s not super practical, but I do think it could be useful for down-on-their-luck Sims who need a place to crash in a hurry.

Download 4 Budget Starter Tiny Homes @ SFS

[circeyoru]

Hello you amazeing writer!! I'm here and for starters, I just wana say HOW MUCH I LOVE YOUR WRITEING HDHDGDGDG

*Cough cough* Anyways...I am here to add a sprinkle of angst, cause it feeds my blood-lust /j

I remember reading a non-canon version of your "Unwanted soul" fic, where the reader gets redemed (like Sir Pantious) and at the end, they het back to hell while keeping some of the angelic fetures (like the wings) and Alastor ripped them off, ignoreing readers crys (sience now he wasn't under contract).

I was wondering...what if, after all that, reader woldn't actulay fully forget Alastor? Personaly, I really REALLY hate feeling any kind of pain, even if it's as small as a paper-cut, so what if reader gets so upset over all that that they ignore Alastor and just start feeling mode down than usual?

Other than that, I HOPE U HAVE AN AMAZIENG DAY/NIGHT!! HOPE I DIDN'T BOTHER MUCH :3

HAD A STRESSFUL DAY! BUT I'M HERE TO DESTRESS!! NO BOTHER AT ALL!! Okay, back to normal.

Go to MASTERLIST for the works. This ask is for {Unwanted Souls}. The specific mentioned ask is this, so give them a read before this.

The angst is back. Prepare yourself, really, I mean it...

Yes. Reader/you will and do shut down after the stunt Alastor pulls. It's similar to the state you were in before your suicide on Earth. But! Alastor's keeping an eye out for everything and anything you do so you don't get the chance to plan your third death.

Needless to say, you regret coming back because Alastor was and is beyond your control. If you had his soul, you'd destroy it. Alastor knows, that's why he's not offering it anymore. He did consider it, but the way you were unresponsive to him, he trashes the idea.

You don't talk to him, you don't listen to him, you don't look at him, and you don't acknowledge him. You know, any form of reaction and attention you give him, be it good or bad, he'll take it all with gratitude, and you're not giving him that pleasure. Not what you went through because of him.

Alastor does everything to coax you into looking at him again, he knows he can't threaten you because that's what you want. If he was angered enough to kill you or attempt to do so, you win and he'll be left with nothing. No more you. He can't let that happen. He tried returning with wounds or accidentally harming himself while making your meals. No reaction.

He asks you what he did wrong, what can he do for you to at least go back to the way you were. He didn't like how you were like a doll or a broken puppet. It was so agonizing to see you like this, even worse when the reason was him. You didn't even touch the anime and books he brought for you, not even the phone, or tablet, or laptop. Nothing.

After a long long while, you made up your mind. A plan brewed. One that will give you your eternal sleep.

"I want a feast with my favourites." You spoke so softly one day. Yet Alastor heard it loud and clear, he nodded, it has been forever since he heard your voice. The last was when you were begging him not to rip off your wings and halo that took you away from him. He got to work, saying he'll be back soon and asked for your patience.

Patience. You've given him too much. Your eyes burned with fury when his presence left the apartment and your home domain. You took your blank notebooks, summoning angelic weapons one after another around your bed. The angelic steel stacked up as did your exhaustion. Your eyesight blurry and your body heavy. Just a little more and you'll sleep. The feeling was so similar to when you embraced death the first time. Then you fell asleep. Forever.

When Alastor returned, he was terrified to find you surrounded by angelic steel. His mind didn't register that you were the one to summon them, like the time you saved him all those years ago. He only rushed forward to you, ignoring all the wounds on his legs as he walked pass the deadly material. He tried shaking you awake. You're eyes didn't open, your body was cold. Heartbeat? It was so weak.

He shouted for you to wake up. He pleaded and begged. He apologized. He was wrong. He was all wrong. It was all his fault. Just wake up. Please! He needs you! He can't live without you! You can't abandon him again! Not again! Please!

Before, in the canon of my story, you woke up because Lucifer told Alastor what to do. But here, he never knew about your relationship with Lucifer, nor would Lucifer tell him how to wake you up. Lucifer watched from afar as you slowly died from your powers that drained your very soul. Saving you wasn't an option, he said he'd respect your choice and won't question them. He's keeping it, he's your friend. When you were going on with your plan, you too realized that the only true friend you had was Lucifer.

You can't handle Alastor, you shouldn't have thought you could. You shouldn't have accepted Alastor.

You shouldn't have saved him that day.

Alastor deserves to suffer while you enter your eternal slumber.

[spoocys-glade-of-dreams]

{starter for @pktearsoftazmily for the CLH universe}

*It's been a few days since Lucas had his leg amputated. He had been given a makeshift crutch to use while Ramon has been searching the junkyard for scrap and parts to get a new leg fastened for the boy. Floyd has also made another supply run. He grabbed things like a collection of hard candies for Ramon to eat when he got a cigarette craving, as well as a few cases of beer. Ramon had been drinking and smoking a lot more lately, so the hard candies were a help when he got that urge. He would even share some of them with Lucas. Floyd also picked up warmer clothes and soft, fuzzy blankets for Lucas on Ramon's request. Lucas would also see his dad try to call Raymona constantly with his cellphone. Each time with no answer.

*Murfy has been on the laptop constantly. He has been in contact with one of his group members, a guy only known by the alias "Rain Dancer." He never shows his face in their calls. From what was gathered during these calls is that Rain Dancer was trying to get a hold of the mayor of his city and was scheduling a meeting. This meeting would determine if they would allow Murfy and the family to move into their city. Murfy explained that the city was a highly secure utopia, and a prime target for Eden. Eden just never struck them because they are too heavily fortified. There were peace negotiations going on instead but they never seem to work out.

*It was quiet at the shelter, until the group could hear Ramon calling out to them in excitement. Bullfrog pulls the doors of the shelter open and Ramon runs through, almost tripping over himself. He runs all the way to Murfy and presents something to him. It was a prosthetic, straight from Eden's Military Redemption Program. Murfy let out a long whistle and grinned when he inspected the part*

"Holy shit, Ram. I was not expecting you to find such a treasure in the trash. A little banged up here and there. A bit of scorch marks, but those can come out with a good polish. I'm surprised. It's REAL good condition. Should be easy for me to fix up, no problem. Though if Mona were here, she'd probably get this done a lot faster than I could. I'm still waiting for Rain Dancer to get back to me, so I got time to kill. Ram? Bring me my tools, please."

*Ramon brings over a large toolbox and sets it down beside Murfy's mattress. Murfy puts on a pair of goggles, opens the lid of his tool box, pulls out a screwdriver, and begins working on the leg. - "How do you think it ended up in the junkyard?" - Ramon was curious. Why would this be in the junkyard of all places? Murfy didn't miss a beat when he responded as he worked - "Someone died, Ramon. These Military Redemption Program parts are usually built to fill a specific person's needs. When that person dies, they just rip the parts off of them and toss em. Though what has me curious is they usually make it so these are non functional to keep the poor people from reselling them or picking them apart for parts. This really is a rare find you got. I think Lucas is going to appreciate your hard work immensely."

[starsxchains]

To build a better world, you have to tear down the foundations of today.

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-Independent, low-activity, semi-selective Hydra!Steve Rogers roleplay account

-Inspired by the Marvel Movies + a metric fuck-ton of headcanons

-Continue Reading for the rest of it

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Known as HYDRA’s ‘Best Kept Secret’, Steve was an agent from the very beginning; from receiving the serum to joining SHIELD and leading the Avengers. Very, very few knew about Captain Rogers’ involvement, and those that did usually didn’t live long.

He ensures Bucky’s survival during the mock HYDRA takedown in the Alps and stays by his side during recovery until he crashes the Valkyrie, losing the tesseract and the Skull in the incident.

Once unfrozen, Steve is offered to lead a team, the Avengers, he agrees and HYDRA quickly comes knocking— Jumping at the chance to cement themselves inside the group.

Steve isn’t at all horrified at what they had done to Bucky, understanding that-

Sometimes, the greatest sacrifices lead to the greatest victories.

And he assumes the role of the Winter Soldier’s main handler as the Soldier behaves differently around him.

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˗ˏˋ ★ Avengers Assemble - (pre)2012 -> Civil War era, can technically be included in ✮Multiverse✮, Steve find and kills(?) the original Cap and assumes his position- Still acting as an Agent of HYDRA, but HYDRA does not win in this verse.

˗ˏˋ ★ Post-Endgame - HYDRA!Cap assumes the role of Steve once again after he disappears into the past, but still agrees to hand over the shield, since HYDRA would be long-gone by this point. He is just ‘off’ enough that those who were closest to him would know something is wrong.

˗ˏˋ ★ HYDRA Wins - This would be post-Insight, with the help of Captain Rogers and the Winter Soldier, HYDRA is successful in launching project Insight.

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[sinew-lattice]

I'm playing fucking galactic whack-a-mole here and I'm LOSING (mentally, in reality i will eventually win its just taking a toll on my brain)

TLDR: the entire galaxy wants me dead, is infiltrating my empire through like five wormholes, and I'm only staying alive by being Jeff bezos and throwing absurd amounts of cheap garbage at my enemies

For context, I'm playing determined exterminator machine and became the crisis, not to blow up the galaxy, I haven't even built one stage of the aetherophasic engine or used the star eaters (except once in an attempt to blow up a quantum catapult bc fuck the things, it did not work btw) I just wanted the combat buffs and cool ships.

But now I'm in forever war with the half of the galaxy I can't be asked to murder and they are weirdly competent?? For starters they're actually managing to field fleets at all which is impressive, and secondly, they're using the fucking wormholes! I've had to station several fleets on EVERY wormhole in my empire and every time they manage to beat a fleet I have to send the fleets that were supposed to be guarding another wormhole to beat them back, meanwhile the wormhole they were supposed to be guarding has even more fleets pouring through it! And while all of this is happening half of my entire navy is held up fighting fucking tempest!

The only reason I'm not going bankrupt is because a: I'm absurdly rich, actual millions of energy in the bank and I have that shard thingy that gives 60 months of energy when used and it's starting to give a million per use. And b: my ships are hilariously cheap while also being surprisingly powerful due to multiple factors. Due to the stellaris evolved mod, empires with the quantic forging civic can make alloys entirely out of energy, leaving minerals almost completely useless. But when I became the crisis I got access to dreadful corvettes, which can be made out of the minerals I'm not using. So I'm essentially powering my navy off of actual trash. Not to mention I'm at endgame tech level and a determined exterminator, so they're even cheaper and faster to build than usual, as well as being super powerful.

So overall, this is great! I'm actually struggling for once! Granted, the difficulty will fade once my mega shipyard finishes building so I can spit out ships slightly faster than they can be killed, and I kill the gray tempest so they aren't chewing on all my ships with their designs that perfectly counter mine. (Like. 9k fleets shredding 40k fleets easily) and the difficulty will be completely gone once I have celestial craft, and then I can go back to peacefully micromanaging untill I can build a birch world and some system craft to deal with the blokkats.

[stardew-obsessed-ora]

hi do you have any headcanons involving morris and the junimos (or maybe just magic in general) ?

Hiiii anon! Thank you so much for the ask! This was actually quite the interesting topic to think about, so thank you for that! I apologize for how long this took to pump out. I was so busy with college math that I wasn't really able to focus on writing. Regardless, I'm excited to finally be able to sit down and answer this!

(Some of this is going to be based on the before the farmer comic)

Word count: 1,621

tiny bit of angst but it gets better! ∼ ~~◡◡◡◡ ~~ ⥽ Ⅰ ⥼ ~~◡◡◡◡~~ ∽

For starters, the Junimos have made themselves somewhat known to Morris for quite some time. Not in a positive way, of course. They were there when Joja was first making its presence known within the valley. Maybe they were trying to ward the company off with what little mischief they could pull? Or maybe they just wanted to use what little remaining power they had to screw with the man before shriveling up due to the continued environmental damage from the corporation. 

From the first day he started working as a district manager onward, they would appear out of the corner of his eye. He thought it might’ve been flickers of light, or maybe he was just up too early? That was probably it. This went on for weeks, months even. It was maddening. It was hard enough setting up a new store in town, but with the added paranormal activity? That wasn’t what he signed up for. 

He would clock in at 5am sharp each day, do a routine check of everything and make a mental note of what needed to be done, the usual. And then- something would fall. Morris, being rather jumpy, would flinch every single time without fail. Whenever he checked the room where the source of the sound was, however, there was nothing on the ground. There wasn’t a single trace of what could’ve made the noise. Of course, there were boxes being perpetually scattered from their uniform positions, but they couldn’t have made such loud noises.  

There were numerous meetings with his employees regarding the incidents. If it wasn’t just him, it had to be some elaborate prank, right? These meetings would go from casual reminders of company policy regarding messing around on company time, threats that whoever was to be found wasting so much time on an elaborate scheme as opposed to getting the upper-hand working would be fired, to subtle pleas for whoever it was to turn themselves in and that their punishment wouldn’t actually be that bad. 

“What if it’s like- raccoons? Those little guys can go crazy all on their lonesome. I remember one time mom had accidentally messed up a recipe, so she threw the most burnt pieces out, and a few hours later we found like- all kinds of trash on our lawn!”

“Respectfully, I think I’d know if they were raccoons, Sam. I’d have come across the mess already. And- I’d probably have come across one of the raccoons on my daily searches. I’m very methodical with my process.” 

“Also… sorry to butt in- I’d probably hear them coming in. I’m always here early.” And then Claire yawns. “I hear a bit of rustling, but it’s not really… that obstructive.” 

“Seriously? So you’re inattentive. There’s no way you’re not hearing- well- what I’m referring to.”

“They say regions like this tend to be a bit haunted.” “Haunted? Seriously?!” “Yeah, next thing we know Morris’ll start seeing the lights flicker when nobody else does. Then, he’ll see his reflection laugh at him. And then-”

“Shane, enough. Seriously. Spirits aren’t real. They’re mere fairy-tales at best.” “Fine, alright. If it’s such an issue, why don’t you install cameras?” 

“For your information, we actually do have- wait.” And then he checked the cameras. It became somewhat routine for him to skim through the footage daily in an attempt to find anything incriminating. Maybe he’d catch the person putting him through this annoying, relentless hell if he remained vigilant?  

As much as he wanted to act like he wasn’t unnerved by the thought of the Jojamart being haunted or something, he was. Horror terrified him, he was the kid who dove behind the couch whenever something even slightly unnerving came on the television. He didn’t want to be living through a real life horror movie! Maybe he should’ve just accepted the raccoon suggestion… Thumbing through the camera footage, he became distraught. He, in fact, did not catch anything. The most paranormal thing he did catch, in his mind, were both Shane and Sam doing their jobs exactly as he had asked. Great, so that was a fruitless- wait. Checking the camera in the storage room, he saw something. He saw several of the boxes rustling, moving on their own then stopping. If all of his employees were at their stations, then what was..? 

He decided to investigate himself. 

“Hey, Mors. Don’t die back there, kay? It’s always the people going on investigations themselves that get caught in horror movies!” 

“Shane, I’ll dock your pay if you don’t get back to your station.”

“Goooot it.” 

The first time he stepped into the storage room and heard squeaking he assumed it was rats. Great, they had an infestation on their hands. Another lengthy email to corporate. And then- he saw a flicker of green, a dash of blue, and- an apple stem? There they were. The Junimos. It was ridiculous, but he wanted to run away. Even if they looked cutesy, they were spirits- ghosts- supernatural beings, for crying out loud! In his moment of panic he stood, pale and wide eyed as he observed the creatures. 

And then his panic quickly subsided, replaced with soft laughter.

“Is this a prank? Some kind of toy? Seriously…” When he tried to pick the creature up, it quickly hopped away, then reappeared behind him. Of course, Morris, being stubborn, doubled down on his internal viewpoint that they were toys. The squeaking didn’t help. Neither did their bouncy movements or overly cartoonish faces. He thought they were toys for the remainder of his encounters with them. 

Regardless of how much they tried to keep him on his toes, annoy him, make him resign and bring peace back to the valley. They couldn’t get under his skin as they had his first few months of working. 

I like imagining the Junimo are very determined little creatures, however. They both don’t understand human emotion very well, and also don’t understand the concept of knowing when to quit. They continued to make messes, hit against things to make unruly sounds, appear out of the corner of his eye, but it only made him crack down further on policies regarding workplace ethics and appropriate behavior. 

Of course, this wasn’t to say Morris didn’t humor the “toy” he had found. At times he’d act scared, or frantically pick the mess it had made up, or try again to pick it up, somewhat impressed at the fact it had such sharp reflexes. If only the person controlling it put those skills to something productive. 

When he’d spot one of a color other than green he wondered if the person who owned the toy had invested in multiple just to freak him out. 

He found them kind of cute, and almost endearing. A part of him thought about pitching an idea to corporate regarding Joja potentially making their own line of the little things. 

Before he knew it, however, the ruckus stopped. 

The little creatures stopped squeaking, they stopped rummaging through the back room of the store, they stopped appearing out of the corners of his eye. The Junimos were losing their magic within the valley, and the spread of Joja was at fault. They couldn’t even ward off one store chain from the valley with the best of their abilities. 

When he finds the last Junimo he almost jumps out of his skin at the sight of it. Anything unexpected caused him to jump, let alone one of the very things that had tried to annoy him for months on end. But now, there it was, its little leaf hung low and its eyes half shut in defeat. 

Of course he was confused. A toy shouldn’t have been that expressive. Maybe it was another one? Maybe it-

And then, it disappeared. Right in front of his eyes, to his own dismay. Its little leaf had withered away, followed by the rest of it. 

Panic, worry, and a strange sense of guilt filled his chest as he would bolt from the storage room. The realization they weren’t toys and that he had spent months pinning their appearances on employees embarrassed him, yet also, terrified him. Up until that moment he had assumed fairy tales, magic, and things of the like were fake.

Afterwards, he spent months making sure the Jojamart wasn’t haunted or anything like that. It was ridiculous, but nobody bothered stopping him. It took time he spent chewing them out for meticulous things away, and kept him preoccupied. 

For a while, he tried asking other townsfolk about what he saw, being met only with confused glances and a few remarks here and there regarding him possibly losing it. 

It made him feel crazy. 

When the farmer actually reaffirmed the existence of the little fellas he had seen, it lifted a weight off of his shoulders. He didn’t have to feel even remotely worried that his unhealthy work hours were actually taking a toll on him. Nope! 

And yet, it still made him feel bad. 

Bad, as in wondering if something had happened to them that might’ve been caused by him. Or- by the collective efforts of the corporation he had been working so tirelessly for, anyways. It ultimately helped feed into his doubt regarding whether or not what he was doing was truly right. 

It wasn’t until after the community center had been rebuilt that he saw the little fellas again. He was tending to his garden when he spotted something from the corner of his eye. He thought it was an animal, or perhaps just something blowing in the wind.

That's when he saw it, a Jumino making its way onto his property with a flower in tow. A white tulip.

It takes the Junimos a while to grasp the concept, but they realize Morris wasn't intentionally trying to fuck up the valley. He was just a victim of circumstance. So, after coming to this profound realization, I like imagining they occasionally drop off little flowers of varying positive meanings at his door to both reassure him that he didn't help permanently ward them off and to show that there's no hard feelings.

(also this takes away from the more serious nature of these hcs but if he could grab one of the little guys i do think he'd squish it in his hand. he finds them really cute outside of the initial five nights at junimos encounter he had)

[bleakbluejay]

have the guts to read hamas's actual documents. i'd settle for the charter, even. if you can't reckon with the actual antisemitism happening, you cannot reasonably advocate for peace. recognizing it doesn't mean you don't have to even change your mind on many things. but what this conflict doesn't need is another fucking white kid with no skin in the game spewing bs b/c they've made i/p into their fandom. understand that this is complicated and that a lot of people involved really do mean "kill all the jews here" when they say "from the river to the sea." that doesn't mean what's happening is okay. but you fuckers ensure we'll never live in peace when you turn violent actors like hamas into your blorbos. especially when palestinians live under their thumb too.

can you tell me where is the last time i spoke about hamas in particular at all

like seriously

at all??

or is this a copy-paste bitching you send to everyone who is anti-zionist?

what i care about are the civilians being cruelly killed and starved and tortured and displaced. that is what i focus on. i focus on children receiving amputations without anesthesia, because i was a child amputee. i care about brown and black indigenous people getting kicked out of their homes and disproportionately killed, raped, imprisoned, because i am indigenous. i care about humans being hurt, because i am human.

i care about the jewish palestinians that are treated as much like trash as the muslim ones for the sin of being palestinian. i care about the historical sites that have been reduced to rubble by israeli firepower. i care about the centuries-old olive groves that have been cut down and razed, just as colonizers did to my cousins' buffalo and coca. i care about the devastation to the environment that will take decades if not centuries to undo, if it can be fixed at all. i care about my palestinian friends watching their whole bloodlines dwindle into drops. i care about every single dead palestinian baby i've been forced to see these past several months, every child's leg sticking out of a bloody bag, every mourning mother, every grieving father.

i understand that as an american, i cannot know the full nuance of hamas. i know they've said some truly antisemitic things in previous charters. ultimately. i don't talk about hamas, because i don't know. i don't reblog information about hamas, for the most part. if i have, it's likely to be a blurb of a link on an ever-growing list of links to funds to help civilians. i make this a conscious decision. so i know you can't be one of my followers, and you have to be some shit-starter.

i understand that as a gentile, i do not have a full scope of what is and isn't antisemitic, and i understand that a lot of the anti-zionist movement, especially misinformed LARPing liberals, throw around truly abhorrent shit. i've witnessed it. in person. my university campus has had increasingly violent antisemitic messaging and flyers and graffiti as of the past year and a half, and especially the past few months. i try to scan everything i reblog for dog whistles that i recognize. usually if something gives even the least bit of a red flag to me, i opt not to share it, but i'm sure things come through the cracks. i'd like to hope there's a good likelihood of someone letting me know. when someone has, ive deleted the reblog immediately.

hope that fucking covers it.

[romance-of-three-memes]

You guys don't even know what I'd do for a Dynasty Warriors version of Pokemon Conquest... The possibilities. Half of me thinks it would be fun to assign each kingdom a type based on their associated color, so Wu gets fire types, Shu gets grass types, Wei gets water types, Jin gets ice types, and people with 'other' affiliations can have different types, both because of the usual water-grass-fire starter pokemon trifecta, and because it would contrast nicely with the Samurai Warriors characters in Pokemon Conquest since they tend to vary a lot in color schemes and pokemon types since it fits the relative disunity of the politics of the time.

But that'd feel really restrictive and leave a lot of potentially interesting pair-ups out in the cold, and not every pokemon of a certain type is the same color as the color most commonly associated with that type. Also water types are the most common type at least as of this writing, so they'd offer the biggest variety. Grass types are third most common, but there are considerably fewer fire types. Ice is one of the least common types but Jin also has the fewest amount of people categorized as being affiliated with it by far, so that's not as big of a deal. But I'm ambivalent about the whole concept of kingdom-assigned types because of all of that.

*cough* Also I have to admit fire types are overall my least favorite of the starter types, despite uh. My favorite pokemon, chandelure, being a fire type. It's partially because I just coincidentally tend to like fire starters the least out of their regional trios, but also because of how annoying and entitled charizard stans were back in the day and how they'd always feel the need to trash talk bulbasaur in particular, plus how the pokemon devs show blatant favoritism towards charizard. And Wu of course is my favorite kingdom while Shu is my least favorite. So I *may* be a lil bit biased here. Still.

[corvids-cryptids]

I'm seeing posts about diets again and I'm throwing in my needed two cents as a coeliac.

Gluten free diets are trash. They're trash. You will not lose weight on a gluten free diet. You will not get more nutrients on a gluten free diet.

For starters, gluten is a major protein in western cuisine. You need to replace that protein. Replacing it is trickier than you think.

They're also shockingly low in fibre, which is again very hard to replace.

And any food that's directly replacing a food containing gluten (think gf bread) is usually incredibly bad on the no protein no fibre front.

These diets are not good diets. They're incredibly tricky to balance and most coeliacs are advised to see a dietician on and off to help us balance our diets. And I don't mean that in a weight sense either, although they are shit for losing weight (I'm a fat cub and I'm very happy being a fat cub). I mean that you've always got at least one deficiency going on. A lot of the research on coeliac disease is dedicated to working out how to make us less sensitive to gluten so we can consume some to bolster our diets.

Also if you do go gluten free and it helps some ongoing digestive issue or fatigue you need to start eating gluten again and see a doctor for a coeliac blood test. The tests for coeliac disease only work when you're consuming gluten, and depending on your level of damage coeliac disease can come with a weird mix of permanent shit, so it's important to know that you have it (I absorb vitamin D very poorly from food and need to take supplements because I'm also too pale to absorb it safely from the sun here in Australia, I developed an intolerance to something in cow's milk that could be lactose or could be a specific protein, and because I had such a high degree of damage it's assumed my spleen was also damaged). Coeliac disease also comes with a bunch of co-occuring conditions, like every other autoimmune disorder. This goes double if you have coeliacs in your family because it's genetic.

In conclusion, gluten free diets are medical diets. All the benefits that you hear about are either due to studies on coeliacs (being gf does decrease my risk of cancer significantly because my body is not constantly replacing villi), or due to coeliac disease being underdiagnosed (Carol from accounting likely feels a lot more energetic now that she's absorbing her food properly). If you're not coeliac and haven't been advised to eat gf by a doctor, you probably shouldn't be eating gf.

[crossxxbones]

☠ main ☠ bio ☠ face ☠ muse ☠ wishlist ☠

about:

This is a sideblog, and I follow back from my main @grimmusings. Please direct IMs there, since it's easier for me to keep all my messages on one blog. It's also easier to start interactions with me there, where I regularly post open starters and meme prompts. For a full list of rules and verses, see my main. Honesty hour questions will largely be answered IC and treated as anonymous unless signed by a muse.

And now, some warnings! Brock is a villain, and I will be writing him as such. Even when he’s not actively being a villain, his interactions tend to be manipulative, abusive, and problematic af. This blog will feature content such as murder, torture, manipulation, gaslighting, abusive relationships, and some hit or miss loyalty to Hydra and/or Red Skull. If you’re not comfortable with those, that’s perfectly fine, but this isn’t the muse for you. I will check with you before anything major so we can better plot things out. Likewise, if you prefer to plot Brock’s death, I’m happy to work with you on that. Being a villain has consequences, but communication is key.

Please note that I do not write Hydra Trash Party, but I don't care if you choose to. I'm not into non-con, nor is Brock (for more on that, see my headcanons on Brock as a handler). However, my blogs are emphatically anti-censorship. If you don't understand the line between reality and fiction, we're not a good match.

default verses:

I’m happy to write Brock into AUs and fandom crossovers, but for ease, I typically write him in one of the following two verses.

mcu: An MCU-only verse where Brock joins the military at eighteen and works his way to Commander on a Navy SEALS team. He's in black ops when he's recruited by Hydra and sent to infiltrate SHIELD. I'm happy to pick up anywhere in this timeline, from his early days with SHIELD to his post-Hydra vengeance streak after Cap drops a building on him. If there's a redemption arc for Brock, it usually takes place in this verse.

616: A blend of MCU, comics, and headcanon where Crossbones was trained at Taskmaster's school for criminals before pledging loyalty to Red Skull during WWII, where he was given some version of the super soldier serum. He's fought for various organizations and villains over the decades before infiltrating SHIELD as a Hydra agent, where his timeline crosses over with the MCU. Brock is an unrepentant villain in this verse, and he's not interested in redemption.

verses by request only:

I'm happy to write these, but since they're more specific AUs, I don't default on them for asks/memes.

running on empty: Same beginning as 616, but where Brock defects from Hydra at some point well before Insight for various reasons. He spends decades living on the run and fighting back at Hydra, is recaptured and tortured (where he receives the extensive scarring he has in the MCU), and escapes again to continue the fight.

hydra!verse: Insight is successful, and Hydra is able to take out all or most of their targets at once. Brock is promoted, and Hydra is on the verge of world domination, with only a few rebels left to fight back.

hydra!world: Earth-85826, where fascist dictator Armin Zola rules the world with Hydra.

wanted connections:

This is by no means a comprehensive list, and I can roll with most muses as far as basic interactions. I’m happy to ship Brock with other Marvel characters and OCs/fandom crossovers based on chemistry, but unless they’re on my OTP list, they need plotting and interaction first. There is never any pressure to ship with me, even if they’re on my list.

OTPs: Sinthea Schmidt, Jack Rollins, Bucky Barnes NOTPs: Johann Schmidt, Alexander Pierce Other: Frank Castle, Billy Russo (AU where Brock is assigned to the Cerberus Squad), Negan Smith (he would totally join the Saviors in a TWD verse)

[bledf1rst]

@arachnidiots said : " if you are writing a wrong reply that’s not working out, do you save what you have to be continued at another date, or do you scrap it and rewrite? "

SCRAP IT!!!!!!!! there's the very rare instance where i'll write something up that's vague enough that i can rework it as a starter, but i slam dunk most stuff i'm not vibing with STRAIGHT in the trash. all of my replies are done in one sitting cause i'm usually following a very specific train of thought, so i don't think i'd be very good at reworking a pre-written reply at a later date

roleplaying habits, STILL ACCEPTING

[daily-humdinger]

Pups Save a Hum-ñata

I had the lowest possible expectations from the episode with Humdinger’s birthday, because when it comes to the PAW Patrol, I don’t expect a slightly adult plot, and I already understand that Humdinger will not get out of his “funny” role. You need to entertain the children, don't you?

Fortunately, for starters, Humdinger invited at least someone to his party. Marshall took the initiative to make him a cup, knowing the mayor well, and this is the first thing that stuck in my memory. The pups know how much Humdinger wants to win wherever he competes, so they gave him this gift.

Let's just say my expectations:

Kitten Marshall will get stuck in the piñata, Humdinger will worry and call the PAW Patrol, and they will pull him out.

Reality: well... Almost the same thing, only Humdinger appeared in his even funnier role with an unhealthy addiction to his piñata. Although, considering that the creators of the show always make him a child in the body of an adult, it is acceptable that he runs around with the piñata as if it was a new toy.

There was a lot of interaction between Ryder and Humdinger. I can't believe a man like Humdinger is the villain in The Mighty Movie, out to do harm with pups, huh, Cal Brunker?

The end of the episode was better than I imagined. I saw many episodes in which Humdinger was left with nothing, completely alone in Foggy Bottom. In the same episode, Humdinger felt happy for the first time in a long time, surrounded by gifts and familiar friends. True, I see hackwork on the part of the screenwriter here - Mayor Humdinger and Miss Marjorie were never friends. I was surprised to see her here, but Goodway, with whom he is definitely friends, was not there. It seems that at least some kind of extras were needed for the holiday, and it didn’t matter who would be there.

I'd say 9/10, although I'm not sure it would be my favorite episode. The main disadvantage is that Helga Humdinger was not on her son's party.

I can say a little less about the second one episode, because it was one of the passable ones for Humdinger.

Pups Stop the Foggy Skies

The only thing I would focus on is the character animation. It's outstanding as always, and there are a couple of good screenshots to be snatched from this episode.

The end of the episode is what it should always be for Humdinger. He screws up - he corrects it. Without the cruelty that was given to him in both films.

I guess I won't stop telling Brunker to fuck off now. He's ruined everything he touched.

The next two episodes will begin the superpowered pups arc in the show - not sure if I'm going to go into them because I hate that arc in the show. If they come up with something outstanding, great, but I wildly doubt it, and most likely that Cheetah and Harold will treat the mayor Humdinger like trash, and to show their strength, Humdinger will suddenly be made even more stupid than he usually is.

[jewwyfeesh]

To The Gentle You 3

Writer: Mitsuki

Character(s): Kagehira Mika, Hakaze Kaoru, Aoba Tsumugi

Translated by: stcrfeesh

CN Proof by: jewwyfeesh

Tsumugi: Ahaha ♪ Well, it’s not like I could have heard something that you’ve never really said, no~?

Please read the translator notes at the end!

Season: Summer

Location: Seishou Hall Common Room

Mika: (Ugh… the hell was I even on about, tellin’ Tsumu-chan-senpai I’d make a design so perfect it’d impress Naru-chan…)

(I kept thinkin’ ‘bout what Naru-chan might like while designin’ and ended up drawin’ a whole buncha drafts. Now I dunno which one ‘ta choose.)

(Back when I took on a jewellery designin’ gig, I got Naru-chan ‘ta model fer me and successfully designed a necklace that everyone liked.)

(Or maybe it's ‘cause this time ‘round, t’was only outta my personal desire ‘ta gift Naru-chan a brooch that's uniquely fer her and her alone, an’ not for anyone else. So now……)

???: Kagehira-kun, are you currently struggling with something very important?

Mika: Nnah~ bingo…

???: If that's the case, do you need this kind and considerate nii-san to give you some advice~?

Mika: That’ll do me a world of good— hold up, who the hell are ya?!

Kaoru: Ah, sorry, my bad. Did I interrupt your musings?

Mika: Eh?! Ha-Hakaze-senpai?! How long have ‘ya been standin’ there?! Have I been unconsciously sayin’ my thoughts out loud?

Kaoru: Ahaha, it’s nothing like that~ It’s just because your thoughts are clearly written on your face. I’m free right now, so you can talk to me if you have any worries.

Mika: Sorry ya had ta see me so unkempt… I actually wanted ta make a unique brooch as a gift, but I just ended up gettin’ stuck with the design.

When it comes ta usin’ cute elements as the design’s main theme, I just kept thinkin’ how all of them suit each other — I couldn’t pick. So now I’m here, mullin’ over the design drafts.

Kaoru: Huh… if you don’t mind, could you show me those design drafts?

(Hm… looking at it, it seems that most of these brooches have flowers, bows, hearts, and the like as the design’s core, which is rather cute. It’s definitely something a girl would like—)

(Wait, didn’t Kagehira-kun say he wanted to hand make a brooch as a gift? Is he going to give it to a girl?)

(For him to go to such lengths, then it must certainly be for someone who’s important to him, right…?)

Mika: …Hakaze-senpai? I see yer lookin’ like ya’ve got some stuff ya wanna ask me?

Kaoru: Ah, well, you see… What I'm trying to say is that, if you’re aiming for a design that’s more intimate, why not try getting inspiration from the mundanes of their everyday life?

For starters, you can go with how they dress — whether their usual style is more suitable for simpler or fancier jewellery, and identify colour palettes that would act as a complement to them. Just things like that.

Oh, yeah! How about using your outfits during your date as a starting point? It’ll be something rather memorable ♪

Mika: Woah… as expected of senpai who’s a part of the “Date Plan” project [1], ya really know a lot ‘bout these type of things.

Hmm~ If I were ta look at it from an everyday-life perspective, then I do wanna make this brooch suitable for goin’ out on dates too. I’ll trash these, then.

But it’s so hard to choose the best one among the bunch, and I keep thinkin’ how it could be way better… Could I ask for yer help with this again?

Kaoru: Ahaha, no worries~ I’ve got you covered ♪

(…I was just testing the waters by mentioning the word “date” earlier, and he didn’t even try denying it? Could it really be that he actually came looking for me to ask about relationship advice?!)

(Now that I think about it, other than Anzu-chan, who else would he be close with that isn’t also a guy…?)

(………)

(N-N-Nah, it can’t be. It’s probably just a misunderstanding cause I care too much about Anzu-chan… it’s nothing, let’s calm down. My priority now is to help Kagehira-kun with his troubles.)

Location: Seishou Hall Library

(And so I ended up accompanying Kagehira-kun to look for info at the library. I’m a member of “Biblion” [2], so the library here at Seisou Hall isn’t really new to me.)

I remember seeing it here… Woah?!

Aoba-kun, what are you doing just standing behind the shelf and not saying a word? You scared me…

Tsumugi: Oh, it’s Kaoru-kun and Mika-kun~ Apologies, I’ve been so into arranging these books over here that I hadn’t noticed someone entering. 

Oh, I see. So you guys are looking for reference materials on jewellery making. You should find them on those shelves in the back row.

Kaoru: Uhh… about jewellery… not this one… not this either…

Aha~ found it! “Classic Jewellery Illustration and Design” and “A Selection of a Hundred Brooches”. Both books don't seem too shabby  ♪

Mika: You have a good eye for things, Hakaze-senpai~ I only found one, “A Manual on Jewellery Making”.

Tsumugi: Ah, Kaoru-kun just reminded me. There are a few brooch designs in that “Classic Jewellery Illustration and Design” book that are quite similar to Mika’s ideas for his design drafts. He could check those out…

Kaoru: Eh? You’ve already seen Kagehira-kun’s design drafts?

Mika: Uh-huh~senpai even gave me some real helpful advice. Both of ya are such reliable senpais ♪

Tsumugi: Ahaha, you flatter me too much, Mika-kun~ I’m also an amateur when it comes to designing jewellery, so I decided to skim through some of the books while I was rearranging the bookshelves today.

I was planning on recommending these books that would be useful to you, Mika-kun. Let’s take a look at them now, shall we ♪

Take the design on this page for example. A technique that can be used to convey the delicacy and elegance of flowers could be adding ribbons to a fretwork.

Or perhaps these types of simple yet stylish designs over here aren’t too bad either. I think it would go well with everyday wear.

Mika: Hmm…

Kaoru: …How about we approach it like this — Kagehira-kun, what do you think about going over the person’s likes and dislikes with us? This way, if it’s someone we know, it’ll be easier for us to help you narrow down those ideas.

Tsumugi: (Huh? Does Kaoru-kun not know for whom Mika is making the brooch?)

(He’s been uneasy since earlier, could it be that he’s misunderstood something…?)

Mika: Nnah… when it comes to the things Naru-chan likes, it should be anythin’ that’s beautiful ‘n cute—things that’re called “Pretty”, y’know?

Kaoru: I see I see, so it’s someone named Naru-chan and not Anzu-chan. That sounds like a really cute name too~

Mika: — Naru-chan’s style seems to be more handsome rather than cute when she’s doin’ idol jobs with Knights, but no matter how ya look at it, she’s still very charmin’ either way~ ♪

Kaoru: (Eh…? This “Naru-chan” is a member of Knights…? So are you telling me that I… I’ve been under the wrong impression about this whole situation the entire time?!)

Mika: Hmm? Were ya sayin’ somethin’, Hakaze-senpai? Sorry, I was talkin’ to myself earlier, so I missed what’cha said~

Kaoru: I-I didn’t, though? Haha, I didn’t say anything earlier, I prommy! Cross my heart and hope to die!

Tsumugi: Ahaha ♪ Well, it’s not like I could have heard something that you’ve never really said, no~?

(But there’s something about this recklessness that makes you feel like you’re reliving a spring from once upon a time… ♪)

Translator's notes:

[1]: Mika is referring to Kaoru’s shuffle unit project, √AtoZ. 

[2]: Biblion is an existing ES archive circle composed of the following members: Hajime, Kaoru, Nagisa, Tsukasa, and Tsumugi. The members gather out of their love for books of all genres.

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[klickbot]

Artificial Irreverence

"Ahh, Klick, good to see you. Please, come sit down- or well. Ahem. Come join me!" Boffle requested, only too late realizing that Klick's anatomy wasn't exactly one made for sitting. "Good afternoon sir. I do hope you don't intend to invite me for tea and biscuits next- I am quite busy this afternoon. If we could- why is it you've summoned me here?" Klick asked pointedly. Boffle fumbled a moment. He never did like scolding his staff, and usually preferred to ease into less pleasant topics after pleasantries. He reached over to a small stack of documents and sighed. "Well, unfortunately it seems there have been a number of complaints about you from the resort's guests." Boffle began, flipping through the pages, "Here it says when a guest complained, you told them to go to the other hotel. There's no other hotel on the island Klick!" "No, not on the island." Klick agreed slyly, "They're free to take a ferry back to the nearest city if they'd like." Boffle shook his head and moved on to the next complaint, "Another guest said when they asked you to take out the trash you responded you weren't looking for a relationship right now. Really now! Is that any way to treat a guest?" Klick chuckled a bit at his own joke at the guest's expense, "Well, it certainly isn't any way to treat me! Just because I'm a machine doesn't mean I'm a common servant! You of all people should know how hard I've worked to become more than that." The smaller robot shot back, his propeller whirring a bit faster than before. "Of course, and I do appreciate everything you do. You're absolutely irreplaceable." Boffle responded calmly. "However, the way you've been treating guests, well it's become an issue." he continued, gesturing with papers now in both hands. "I've seen it myself on a few occasions and I can't keep ignoring it. Why here... A guest complained they didn't like their room. You changed their reservation to a storage locker!" Klick chuckled lowly, "They didn't think their original room was too small- or expensive- after that. Besides, in some countries they'd consider those to be 'efficiency suites'." Boffle shook his head before placing a gloved hand where a face should be and thinking for moment. "With as much as you interact with guests, you really must behave more politely. Perhaps it is your lack of empathy!" Boffle projected, sitting straight up like an exclamation point, as if he'd simultaneously discovered both the cause and solution. "Or, just maybe, I'm overworked and overstressed." the smaller bot countered, "Have you by chance approved my request for an assistant... or five?" "Now now, don't try to change the subject. What you need is an opportunity to get to know our guests better. Understand them! Empathize with them. See them as people and not just obstacles to getting things done. Take the rest of the evening off from your regular work, and use that time to get to know some of our guests on a more personal level. I expect a full report by tomorrow morning!" Klick looked exasperatedly at Boffle, who had now materialized a smile running from nonexistent ear to nonexistent ear. Klick knew once that man got an idea like this in his head there was no convincing him otherwise. Unfortunately, Klick also knew that not doing his usual tasks that evening simply meant they wouldn't get done, and would mean even more work the following day. Abdicating his position Klick started to fly towards the door, and responded in a defeated voice, "If that is what you wish, sir." "Oh come now Klick, think of it as an opportunity! You might even make a new friend!"

Hey there, mun here! This open starter is meant to be used multiple times as a way for my muse, Klick, to start interactions with other muses who'd like to RP for the first time with us! If you're someone I've RPd with before feel free to respond! If not, and you'd like to RP with me, please shoot me a message on my mun account @electricrobotdreams so we can plot before an unknown muse joins! (I don't know every fandom, and while most are compatible there's a few I'd like to avoid.) You can think of this post as the start of a book, and everyone who adds a response as a new chapter of that book! Once you respond, I'll make a new post so all our replies to each other are separate from other ongoing RPs. Curious who Klick has met so far? I'll update this post with all ongoing chapters! Chapter 1: Artificial Irreverence: Boffle @bofflesresort [You are here!] Chapter 2: Lost & Foundations: Tanjiro @multiverseofmisfits [Link] Chapter 3: A Punctual guest: Cosmic @sansoftimeandspace [Link] Chapter 4: [Chapter name ] [Muse name] [Link] Chapter 5: [Chapter name ] [Muse name] [Link]

[franki-lew-yo]

Learning about the actual game mechanics of Pokemon makes me so mad. I'm anime/plushie trash, not gamer trash (sarcasmsarcasm), so finding out the rules imparted on some games are just stupid --ESPECIALLY the remakes! Apparently the idea of FireRed and LeafGreen was uping the graphics and nothing else because you couldn't breed pokemon or evolve them in order to be accurate to the kanto pokedex???

I'm sorry but what's even the point of making a more polished, updated game in your franchise and not introduce mechanics you've included like breeding or expanding the dex to at least include the kanto evolution's whole family??? That's just ridiculous. I don't care what the gen wunners want, just release a revised 'retro' edition for them with updated sound, mechanics and missing no. being obsolete. I think that's more in line w what they want anyway, seeing as how most gen oners are also sticklers about how pokemon need to be drawn or whatever. For a kid who grew up watching this franchise expand, which I was, I'd BETTER have the perks from the latter games in MY Kanto experience, you cowards...

And then there's the baby pokemon which they stopped doing with gen 5. I love them because again I'm plushie trash but it makes sense that they'd be awful pokemon to use in game cause babies don't usually make good fighters. BUT THEN I FOUND OUT- not only do you not reliably get a baby each time you breed your pokes and get an egg, but the pokemon you raise from babies DON'T have any super special abilities/hp/power up/connection to you the player??? I'm not a game designer but to me that seems so obvious with an animalmonster-husbandry game! I mean, what are the starters for if not for that mechanic? I'm sorry but if I were a gamer I'd want my Munchlax I hatched from an egg to be my powerhouse best-boy once it's a Snorelax!

[shiny-jr]

Been playing the recent Pokemon game (i got violet because Ceruledge grabbed me by the throat), how is ur experience with the new game? Whaddya think of it??

- big hat anon, actively trying to avoid Nemona

Oh god, here we go. Very long reply of my personal thoughts. Remember, these are just my personal opinions and I tend to be a heavy critic. Also, spoilers ahead if you haven't finished the game.

Where do I even begin? First off, this gen's starters were kinda trash. Not as bad as last gen, this gen was actually cute in the beginning but the designs for their last stage evolutions are kinda horrid. I picked the duck, purely so I could name him Quatrina and teach him Hurricane. I originally wanted to go with Sprigatito, but then he stood up on two legs and I was out.

Secondly, my team changed a lot but three remained on there the entire time. Quatrina, a Charcadet I named Charla, and a Fidough I named Conchas. Charla and Conchas? Carried.

Thirdly, I did the order of the story routes kinda weird.

First I did the Team Star route just because I wanted to see the "villains." And let me say, I'm glad they're actually kinda good. Like, maybe they're not as great as Team Skull, but they aren't horrible like Team Yell. The leaders of Team Star are actually interesting, and I wish we saw more of them. In my opinion, I thought they were actually more difficult than the gym leaders. Anyways, they're fun. Penny is a decent character too. I predicted she was the main boss literally before I even raided the first base. Also Clive? He's such a caring headmaster? Love that?? And how he went out of his way to try and understand the troubled students.

Second I did the Victory Road route. I wanted to do that last but it got to the point where became overpowered while playing the Star route and I had no gym badges yet, so new high level pokemon I had would not listen. Which got annoying because my main three: Quatrina, Charla, and Conchas were all higher leveled but they still listened. Anyways, I wanted to like Nemona, and I tried, I really did, but she got on my nerves so bad. She is one of the worst rivals by far. All she cared about was battles. Battles this battles that. That's literally all she ever talks about, its her whole personality, and it got so annoying. Especially because after the Star route, since I was so overleveled and the gyms don't change their levels no matter where you are, I breezed through all eight gyms within a few hours. The Elite Four was too easy, and so was the Champion, and so was Nemona. Actually, the only one that gave me trouble was Mr. Hassel, the fourth Elite Four. He was stronger than the Champion and Nemona. But I still breezed through that too. Anyways, not a fan of Nemona.

And last, I did the titan route. Arven? He is the GOAT. I love him so much, and he had such an interesting story. At first I didn't like him, I kinda thought he was a jerk, but then you learn his backstory and I fell hard. A guy with fluffy hair, Mommy/Daddy issues, cooks for you, and will fight off titans to heal his childhood pet? Sign me the fuck up. He is borderline himbo and I am so here for it. He is my favorite rival in this game by far, and probably one of my favorites of the whole Pokemon series. 10/10. Anyways, the titans were easy too. I usually one shot them most of the time, lol.

Finally, the end story, which I completed literally less than an hour ago. My theory is the crater was made by the same blast thousands of years ago mentioned in X and Y. If you know, you know. Kalos DLC, maybe??? Please?? Okay, so I have Violet meaning I got Professor Turo. When he only showed up during the last route with Arven, I knew it was super suspicious. Like he was absent almost the entire game, and now he wants us to travel to the crater? Red flag. Literally once I entered the cater and heard that beautiful but sorta eerie music, I thought to myself, "watch him be the bad guy." And guess what? I was right, he ended up being the bad guy. Although the whole AI thing and him actually being dead was not what I expected, but it was super interesting when his AI decided to destroy the time machine by going to the future that Turo obsessed over. Still, Turo really was a shit dad for spending his days on a time machine he knew could cause more harm than good and kinda just pushing his son off to the side. Arven deserved so much better. Also, Penny and Arven had a lot of good banter during this but I feel like they tried to make Nemona the peace between the two but she was just more annoying, at least to me. The way I got mad when I would say no to something and she would insist, pretty much giving you no actual choice.

That's all I can think of right now.