#mystic code william

[creature-wizard]

Scams, Hoaxes, Conspiracy Theories, & Cults Everyone Should Know About

Jilly Juice: Jillian Mai Thi Epperly claimed drinking sixteen cups of her super salty cabbage concoction each day could regrow missing limbs and cure everything from cancer to homosexuality. In reality, overdosing on so much salt caused followers a host of health issues that Epperley dismissed as "healing symptoms."

Nonhuman Body Hoax: Jaime Maussan attempted to pass off mummified human remains as nonhuman beings to the Mexican government. (This isn't even Maussan's first hoax, by the way. He has a history.)

Love Has Won: Amy Carlson, a woman who'd walked out on her own children, started a New Age cult in which she presented herself as "Mother God," the creator of the universe. She claimed to be in contact with dead celebrities and alien beings, and taught a conspiratorial worldview. As her health declined, she attempted to treat herself with colloidal silver and alcohol, and her behavior became increasingly abusive. When she finally died, her followers sincerely believed she would return to life and kept her body in a sleeping bag. (She did not return to life.)

Seed Faith Offerings: Reverend Gene Ewing came up with the perfect get-rich-quick scheme to prey on desperate Christian believers: tell believers that if they "sowed seed" by giving money to him, God would bless them with even more money in the future. He made millions of dollars from these donations, while most of his followers never saw the miraculous returns they were promised.

William Walker Atkinson: In the early 20th century, William Walker Atkinson wrote around one hundred books, many of which he wrote under various pseudonyms. Some of these pseudonyms included alleged Hindu mystics. That's right - this guy was practicing literary brownface to sell his mystical ideas.

The LDS Church: In the 19th century, a man named Joseph Smith claimed that an angel had told him where to dig up a set of golden plates that were supposedly written by ancient Hebrews who'd come to North America. Smith even had eleven close associates who vouched for the plates' existence. Yet the script they were allegedly written in bore no relation to actual ancient scripts of the Near East, and the the names the locations in the books he "translated" were very obviously derived from placenames he would have been familiar with. (For example, Oneida/Onidah.) Oh, and actual archaeology and DNA studies have discredited pretty much everything from this guy's weird racist narrative.

Fake Cancer, Fake Cure: Wellness entrepreneur Belle Gibson claimed that she'd cured her brain cancer with natural remedies. Gibson never actually had cancer in the first place.

Medbeds: Back in 2020, QAnons and QAnon-adjacent people started circulating claims that a new form of healing technology was about to become available to the public within the next several months or so. Depending on who you asked, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and even the Galactic Federation of Light were involved. The time of their supposed unveiling came and went, and what do you know, there are still no functioning medbeds used in actual medicine.

COVID Vaccine Zombies: Conspiracy theorists have been claiming the government practices high-tech mind control for ages now. One recent iteration of this is a conspiracy theory claiming that people who'd received COVID vaccinations would have malicious DNA code activated by 5G on October 4, 2023, turn into zombies, and riot. The time came and went, and no zombie outbreak happened.

Ms.Scribe: In the early 2000s, a Harry Potter fan known as "msscribe" or "Ms.Scribe" faked her own harassment through a number of sockpuppets, with the apparent goal of becoming friends with some Harry Potter fandom bigwigs. She manipulated the fandom for a few years until the deception was finally uncovered.

[chasingfictions]

"i'd rather be fighting you anyway" "mutual" isnt QUITE in the continuum of spuffy marriage moments but it is in the sense that it represents the ouroboros of their relationship that once they enter into knowing each other they are always already loving and losing each other forever the moment they meet in school hard fighting to the not-death they are already clasping hands in chosen full of love as he burns to ash for her. do u understand. anyway whats my line is like. spike's whole deal for his WHOLE LIFE is that he is obsessed with slayers he wants slayers all day every day meanwhile he finds out there are now TWO OF THEM. there's TWO. and he doesnt even ask any questions. this man is a slayerologist and he is presented with the impossible extstence of kendra and he's still like wait ok but i miss buffy where is she. i wanna fight her please. he does this same thing with faith in s7 like they are buds but he doesnt express any urge to like, mystically fight to the death with her or anything. like the teleology of spike's slayer obsession is then coded to actually just be about buffy the whole time. william the bloody gets obsessed with slayers in the 1880s bc buffy summers doesnt exist yet, but she one day will, so he has to get as close to her as possible. in a sense every slayer he kills gets him one step closer to buffy existing so she can kill him. DO YOU SEE. how i am losing my mind.

[overworkedblorbobattle]

Overworked Blorbo Battle Round 1!

Round 1 will be split into 8 waves of 8 week long polls with each wave being posted 24 hours after the previous begins. The first wave will start on Friday the 29th of July at 3pm BST

The matchups are listed under the readmore

The matchups were all randomised although I did make minor adjustments if I thought one was much too unfair.

Wave 1:

Ada Paige (Rythm Doctor) Vs Sips (Fools Gold)

Cliopher Mdang (The Hands Of The Emperor) Vs The Manager (The Hotel Podcast)

Adam Parrish (The Raven Cycle) Vs Five Pebbles (Rain World)

Almond Cookie (Cookie Run) Vs Steven Universe (Steven Universe)

Dot Campbell (The Wilds) Vs Hera (Wolf 359)

Arthur Lester (Malevolent Podcast) Vs Gordon Michael Schwinn (A New Brain)

Anthy Himemiya (Revolutionary Girl Utena) Vs Fu Hua (Honkai Impact 3rd)

Commander Peepers (Wander Over Yonder) Vs Kusuo Saiki (The Disastrous Life Of Saiki K.)

Wave 2:

Bucky Barnes (Marvel) Vs Percy Jackson (Percy Jackson)

Dana Scully (The X Files) Vs Gregor Samsa (Metamorphosis)

Danny Fenton (Danny Phantom) Vs Harrowhark Nonagesimus (Gideon The Ninth)

George Cubbins/Karim (Lockwood and Co) Vs Ling Wen (Heaven’s Official Blessing)

DC/GOV (Welcome To The Table) Vs Pandemonica (Helltaker)

David Jacobs (Newsies) Vs Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee)

Dean Winchester (Supernatural) Vs Squidward (SpongeBob SquarePants)

Ford Pines (Gravity Falls) Vs Charlie Magne (Hazbin Hotel)

Wave 3:

Gilgamesh Wulfenbach (Girl Genius) Vs Charlotte Dubois (Falsettos)

Jaehee Kang (Mystic Messenger) Vs Angela (Lobotomy Corporation)

Kevin Kandy (Spooky Month) Vs Robin (Smash Legends)

Kento Nanami (Jujutsu Kaisen) Vs Vera Oberlin (Monster Prom)

Homura Akemi (Madoka Magica) Vs Ratchet (Transformers)

Hunter (The Owl House) Vs Ponder Stibbons (Discworld)

Isabelle (Animal Crossing) Vs Aymeric De Borel (Final Fantasy)

Izzy Hands (Our Flag Means Death) Vs Luisa Madrigal (Encanto)

Wave 4:

Jean Gunnhildr (Genshin Impact) Vs Aki Hayakawa (Chainsaw Man)

Jonathan Sims (The Magnus Archives) Vs William T Spears (Black Butler)

Jotaro Kujo (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure) Vs Adora (She Ra)

Keito Hasumi (Ensemble Stars!) Vs Doppo Kannonzaka (Hypnosis Mic)

Jeremie Belpois (Code Lyoko) Vs Chip Revvington (Toontown: Corporate Clash)

Jamil Viper (Twisted Wonderland) Vs Lisa Wilbourn (Worm)

Guillermo de la Cruz (What We Do In The Shadows) Vs Buffy Summers (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)

Kim Dojka (Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint) Vs Shang Qinghua (Scum Villain's Self-Saving System)

Wave 5:

Kurapika (Hunter X Hunter) Vs Mafuyu Asahina (Project Sekai/Colorful Stage)

Lucifer (Obey Me!) Vs The Elsen (Off)

Marsh (Mistborn) Vs Lisa Cuddy (House MD)

Matthew Venn (The Long Call) Vs Carol Hathaway (ER)

Larry Needlemeyer (The Amazing World Of Gumball) Vs Kim Kitsuragi (Disco Elysium)

Merlin (BBC Merlin) Vs Dick Gumshoe (Ace Attorney)

Maedhros Feanorian (The Simarillion) Vs Riza Hawkeye (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Laerryn Coramar Seelie (Critical Role) Vs Lucretia (The Adventure Zone)

Wave 6:

Miles O’Brien (Star Trek) Vs Jonathan Harker (Dracula)

Miss Pauling (Team Fortress 2) Vs Susan Taxpayer (Susan Taxpayer)

MK (Lego Monkey Kid) Vs Kunikida Doppo (Bungo Stray Dogs)

Molly Blyndeff (Epithet Erased) Vs Emma Perkins (The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals)

Mrs Doyle (Father Ted) Vs Jess Jordan (Succession)

Nicholas Benedict (The Mysterious Benedict Society) Vs Jafar (Twisted: The Story Of A Royal Vizier)

Nishida (Yakuza) Vs Touta Matsuda (Death Note)

Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars) Vs Alfred Pennyworth (Batman)

Wave 7:

Olruggio (Witch Hat Atelier) Vs Walter Pensive (Hello From The Hallowoods)

Parsley Botch (Smile For Me) Vs Peppino Spaghetti (Pizza Tower)

Raphael Walt (My Next Life as a Villainess) Vs Hawkeye Pierce (MASH)

Sara Chidouin (Your Turn To Die) Vs Reim Lunettes (Pandora Hearts

SecUnit (The MurderBot Diaries) Vs Lamplighter (Oneshot)

The Captain (BBC Ghosts) Vs Munkustrap (Cats)

Retsuko (Aggretsuko) Vs Burgerpants (Undertale)

Ryotaro Dojima (Persona) Vs Kiyotaka Ishimaru (Danganronpa)

Wave 8:

Steven Alen Starphase (Blood Blockade Battlefront/Kekkai Sensen) Vs Trafalgar Law (One Piece)

Shota Aizawa (My Hero Academia) Vs Loid Forger (Spy X Family)

Stanley (The Stanley Parable) Vs Rory Williams (Doctor Who)

The Cabbage Merchant (Avatar The Last Airbender) Vs Larry (Pokémon)

Mario & Luigi (Super Mario Bros) Vs Link (The Legend Of Zelda)

Peregrine Mendicant (Homestuck) Vs Marinette Dupain-Cheng (Miraculous Ladybug)

Reagan Ridley (Inside Job) Vs Will Graham (Hannibal)

Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony) Vs Carmen Sandiego (Carmen Sandiego)

[trashrattt]

What instruments I associate with Code Lyoko characters and why:

(I am hyperfixated on both music and CL so bear with me)

Aelita - Flute

Wild and mysterious, a seemingly mystical being who serves purpose, who has a soft heart and motives

Yumi - Violin

Beautiful yet serene, there's something so precise about it, yet you have to wonder on who lies underneath the seemingly strict persona

Odd - Hyperpop

The life of the party! Chipper and funny! Yet it can also go with more serious tunes, keeping its energetic personality through most of the dread and resentment one can go through

William - Electric guitar

Quite intimidating and shrill when you first hear it, as it is amplified to make it sound the way it is, but once you take that away, a whole different tune begins to play

Jeremie - Lumatone

Such a unique instrument, it requires precision and studiousness. It attunes with the others once you find the rhythm, often fluctuating recklessly, but trying to bring the whole piece together with care

Sorry I don't have any ideas with Ulrich, apologies, feel free to comment tho 😸😸

[freyayuki]

Fate/Grand Order Saber Wars II Space Ishtar and Calamity Jane Banner Pulls

The Revival: SABER WARS 2 - To the Beginning of Space - Lite event just started in the Fate/Grand Order (FGO) mobile game.

This came with the Revival: SABER WARS 2 Pickup Summon banner which features the following chars:

5-star SSR Avenger, Space Ishtar

4-star SR Archer, Calamity Jane

Thoughts about Avenger Space Ishtar

I like 5-star SSR Avenger Space Ishtar from Fate/Grand Order (#ad) well enough, I suppose, but wouldn’t really call her a fave or anything. Well, I do like the art of her 3rd Ascension and her alt costume.

But right now, don’t really know much about Space Ishtar. That’s because I didn’t get to play through the Saber Wars 2 event when it first showed up.

Or at least, I’m nearly 100% certain that I was on a hiatus from FGO when the aforementioned event happened. So I don’t know anything about the story of said event.

What gives me pause and what makes me wonder though is the fact that I apparently have 1 copy of the 5-star SSR Craft Essence (CE) Princess of Red Bean Paste, 1 copy of the 4-star SR CE Planet Rock, and 1 or 3 copies of the 3-star CE Cultural and Martial Arts (Simultaneously). These Craft Essences are also on rate-up on the Saber Wars 2 banner.

Since I wasn’t playing the game when the Saber Wars II event was ongoing, have no idea where and how I got copies of the aforementioned CEs.

Pretty sure I really wasn’t playing FGO during Saber Wars 2 because I don’t even have any copies of the shop CEs, don’t have the featured Command Codes or Space Ishtar’s alt costume, the Mystic Code that apparently only came with this event, and don’t know anything about the story either.

Maybe these CEs were also featured on another event or something. I know I was able to play through the first Saber Wars event although that happened what feels like forever ago.

Anyway, my main interest in Space Ishtar is primarily because she’s a really good Arts looper under the so-called “Double CAstoria System”.

This involves using 2 5-star SSR Caster Altrias or Artorias plus 1 DPS who has an Arts Noble Phantasm (NP). Hoping to get at least 2 copies of Space Ishtar from the Saber Wars 2 banner.

Don’t know anything about Calamity Jane and not really interested in her. Doubt I’d get her anyway.

Because I can still remember how I failed to get 4-star SR Lancer, Mysterious Alter Ego Λ (also known as Mysterious Alter Ego Lambda, Lambdaryllis, and Meltryllis).

Threw all the Saint Quartz (SQ) and Summon Tickets that I had on her banner but sadly, Lancer Melt never showed up.

The 5-star SSR on that banner was Foreigner, Abigail Williams. Wasn’t interested in her. Only pulled on said banner for Summer Meltryllis.

But somehow I ended up with 3 copies of Abby and 0 copies of Summer Melt because eff this game. I talk more about that in another post.

Now I’m just hoping that I’ll be able to get Space Ishtar as “easily” as I was able to get 3 copies of Abigail Williams.

Also hoping that I can get at least 1 or 2 copies of the 5-star SSR CE The Black Grail. My copy of this CE is stuck at Level 60 of 60. Need 2 more copies in order to be able to fully MLB this CE.

Revival: SABER WARS 2 Pickup Summon Banner Pulls Results

Currently, have 135 SQ and 46 tickets on hand. Already got all the tickets in my gift box as well as the ones available in the shops and such.

As for the Saint Quartz - still have a lot in my gift box and as SQ fragments. Decided to roll with all these SQ and tickets first.

Fate/Grand Order now has a “pity system” but it costs 900 for 1 rate-up SSR. If you happen to get the rate-up SSR before spending 900 SQ, you’re not guaranteed to get another copy even if you keep pulling until you spend 900 SQ.

In short, this so-called pity system sucks. I doubt I even have 900 SQ even if I get all the Saint Quartz I have in my gift box and as fragments.

Don’t want to have to pity Space Ishtar anyway even if I can afford it because I’d like more than 1 copy in order to further increase her damage output.

Anyway, so I started using my tickets first. Here’s a list of the notable Servants and Craft Essences that I was able to get from this banner.

Didn’t bother to take screenshots of everything though, especially since more often than not, I just ended up getting bronze and silver trash.

One of my summon tickets gave me my first copy of 4-star SR Berserker, Frankenstein.

Well, at least she’s new. Still, wish I could have gotten Space Ishtar already. Also don’t really have a use for Fran since I already have other Berserkers.

Her NP isn’t even Arts so she doesn’t have synergy with Caster Altria. And, unfortunately, don’t have my own 5-star SSR Caster, Scáthach-Skadi, the premier support for Quick-type chars.

After a few more tickets, I was surprised but super pleased when a gold Avenger card showed up. Hell, yes!

So happy to see this turn into my very first copy of 5-star SSR Avenger, Space Ishtar.

Here are some more screenshots of Space Ishtar:

Was down to around 30 or so tickets when Space Ishtar showed up. IIRC, I got her a bit before the end of my second 10-draw.

Wasn’t keeping exact track of this since I was just tossing tickets on the Saber Wars 2 banner so can’t remember for sure anymore.

Still have 26 tickets left but for now, decided to try my luck with a multi-draw using 30 SQ. This brought my 135 SQ down to 105 SQ.

Was hoping to get another copy of Space Ishtar but instead I got my very first copy of 4-star SR Archer, Calamity Jane.

Well, at least she’s new. Not really interested in her though. And right now, I just find myself thinking back to my pulls on the Summer Meltryllis and Abigail Williams banner.

How come Melt who I really wanted never showed up at all and yet Jane who I’m not even interested in actually appeared on my first multi on the Saber Wars 2 banner? Sigh.

The rest of this multi didn’t give me any other gold which sucks. I did get a new 3-star CE but didn’t bother even looking up more details about it. This wasn’t even the rate-up 3-star CE. LOL.

Decided to do another multi-draw. This time, I got a gold Berserker card.

This turned into my very first copy of 4-star SR Berserker, Penthesilea or Berserker of El Dorado.

This reminds me of how I also got some off-banner 4-stars on the Summer Melt banner. Was really pissed off because how could I get these off-banner SRs and yet not a single copy of Lancer Meltryllis who was supposed to be on rate-up?

Anyway, this multi also gave me 1 copy of the 4-star rate-up CE and 1 copy of the 3-star rate-up CE. Other than that, the rest were all basically trash and useless.

Decided to go back to using my tickets since the results of my multi-draws weren’t really that good. Couldn’t even get the rate-up 5-star CE.

Thankfully, my tickets ended up coming through for me again since a bit later on, I was able to get another gold Avenger card. Hell, yes.

Yay for getting my second copy of Space Ishtar.

So happy that I was able to get Space Ishtar to NP2.

Used up the rest of my tickets but sadly, wasn’t able to get any more copies of Space Ishtar or anything else of worth.

Tried another multi-draw but this one turned out to be crap too. Well, I did get 2 copies of the rate-up 5-star CE plus 1 copy of the rate-up 3-star CE but still. It sucks that I wasn’t able to get even 1 gold Servant on this draw.

Technically, I should be done with this banner now since I was able to get NP2 Space Ishtar already. But since I still have some SQ, I’m wondering if maybe I should keep pulling.

Maybe I should try for NP3 Space Ishtar? Maybe my remaining resources will give me more copies of her. Maybe I can even get another copy of The Black Grail.

Of course, there’s no guarantee that I’ll be able to get anything good if I continue to pull here. I could just end up with crap and more crap.

Maybe I should just save the resources that I have left and just leave this banner alone already. But I don’t know. I kinda feel like pulling some more. Thought about this for a bit longer, considering the pros and cons, before deciding to just go for it.

Here are the results of the rest of my more notable pulls on the Saber Wars 2 banner. This time, I just stuck to doing single pulls.

Got more copies of the rate-up CEs but didn’t bother taking note of them anymore. Also didn’t bother to take screenshots if I got CEs that weren’t really of use to me.

5-star SSR CE, Volumen Hydrargyrum

This is like my second or third dupe of this CE. Not really pleased to see this. Can’t even remember the last time I used this Craft Essence.

Only bothered to take a screenshot of this because it’s a 5-star CE and - argh, if I was gonna get a 5-star CE, why couldn’t it have been another copy of The Black Grail instead? Sigh.

5-star SSR CE, Love’s Curse

This is my first copy of Love’s Curse. It seems like a decent enought CE, I suppose, but seeing as I only have 1 copy of this, I doubt I’ll ever bother to equip this when I can just use my fully leveled and maxed out Craft Essences like Aerial Drive and Golden Sumo.

4-star SR Saber, Rama

It was nice seeing a gold Servant card even though it turned out to be a Saber instead of an Avenger.

That Saber card then turned into my very first copy of 4-star SR Saber, Rama.

Well, at least I got a new Servant but still. Space Ishtar, doko da?

5-star SSR Lancer, Karna

A bit later on, got a gold Lancer card from a single draw. I thought I was gonna get a 4-star Servant again.

So I was really surprised when 5-star SSR Lancer, Karna showed up instead. Nice.

This is my very first copy of Karna. While I am pleased to see this, I do wish that I’d gotten another copy of Space Ishtar instead.

When I ran out of SQ, I went to exchange all my Saint Quartz fragments to get more.

When that ran out too, went to claim all the SQ I had yet to get from clearing missions like “complete x amount of interludes”, “complete x amount of rank up quests”, etc. Then I also started getting the SQ from my gift box.

Was able to get 37, 34, 42 and then 35 SQ from doing all of the above.

4-star SR Rider, Marie Antoinette

Another single draw gave me a gold Rider card.

This turned into a copy of 4-star SR Rider, Marie Antoinette. Ugh. Was really disappointed when I saw her because this is like my third or fourth dupe of Marie.

Haven’t even bothered to fuse the dupes of her that I already got because it’s been a long time since I last used her.

4-star SR Archer, Calamity Jane

Got my second copy of Calamity Jane although haven’t bothered to fuse them yet. After all, don’t really have any plans of using her.

Already have lots of other Archers that I can use so haven’t even bothered to level up Calamity Jane yet.

Continued pulling. A lot. Just kept on pulling and pulling and pulling some more. Even did another multi-draw. But it was all for nothing. Just kept on getting crap and more crap. No more gold Servants showed up. The few gold CEs I got were all useless.

I kinda regret continuing to pull on this banner. I could and should have stopped a few pulls ago like after I got Karna. Now it feels like I just wasted a lot of SQ for nothing.

I want to stop pulling already. But somehow, that’s easier said than done. For now, I’ve finally been able to tear myself away from this banner but I don’t know if I’ll be able to keep on resisting throwing more SQ here until the Saber Wars 2 event ends.

One moment, I really deeply regret continuing to pull here and want to just save what little Saint Quartz I have left for future banners. But the next, I feel the urge to keep on trying and hoping to get another copy of Space Ishtar and even The Black Grail.

I don’t know. I should stop. I should just walk away from this banner but I don’t know if I can. Maybe I’ll just keep on pulling until I’m completely out of SQ. I guess we’ll see how it goes.

5-star SSR Avenger, Space Ishtar

Anyway, I finally got ‘round to leveling up my Space Ishtar to the max. After getting her to Level 90, decided to Grail her to Level 100 to further increase her damage output.

Gave her the 3-star Fous. Would have given her the 4-star ones as well but I’m all out of those so will have to wait until the game gives me more.

Update: been playing through the Saber Wars 2 event so was able to get a few of the gold Fous already. Gave them all to Space Ishtar so she now has +1060 HP and +1040 ATK.

It’s gonna take a long time before I can get her to +2k ATK and +2k HP though since we only get a few gold Fous at a time.

Been using Space Ishtar already while I play through the Saber Wars 2 event so I now have her at Bond 5 of 10.

Got all of Ishtar’s skills to their max of Level 10. Unlocked her second Append skill (Load Magical Energy or Mana Loading) and maxed that out to Level 10 as well.

Still have some of her Servant Coins but I’m still trying to decide if I want to unlock her Extra Attack Boost Append skill 1, her Anti-Archer (ATK Up) Append skill 3, or level her up past 100. So I’ve just left her as-is for now.

Saber Wars II Story Event

Started playing through the Saber Wars 2 story event already. The story’s pretty good and interesting.

The event is pretty easy since we get damage-boosting CEs and I now have my own Space Ishtar for farming. Ishtar herself gets a damage boost in this event, which makes things even easier.

After clearing the main story, I was finally able to unlock Space Ishtar’s Ashtart Origin Spiritron Dress or alt costume.

Bought the item from the shop and spent the resources needed to unlock it so I have the option of changing Ishtar’s skin to this.

Revival: SABER WARS 2 Pickup Summon Banner Pulls Results Part 2

As I feared, couldn’t help but return to the Saber Wars 2 banner to keep on pulling some more.

Still just kept on getting crap and more crap though. It was really disheartening and frustrating. I wanted to stop but couldn’t seem to help it.

I felt like I might as well just keep on going until I was all out of SQ since I’d already wasted enough as it was anyway.

Aside from the useless trash I kept on getting, the rate-up CEs also kept on showing up. Ahh, if only the same can be said for the rate-up Servants. Sigh. Rate-up is a lie. LOL.

At one point, I got another new CE. Initially, I thought this was a 5-star CE but upon taking a closer look, this was actually just a 4-star one. Still wish this had been The Black Grail instead though.

The Craft Essence I got was called The Beginning of Ambition. It increases Arts card effectiveness by 10%. It also increases HP recovery amount by 10%.

Much, much later, just as I was once again lamenting the fact that no more gold Servants (not even 4-star dupes or something) have shown up even though I feel like I’ve already spent thousands of SQ on this banner, I was surprised when a gold card actually appeared.

Even more shocking was the fact that this turned out to be a gold Avenger card. I was trying to remember if there were other gold Avenger Servants in the non-limited pool but it was only now that I’m writing this down that I was able to clearly remember the existence of Hessian Lobo or the Avenger of Shinjuku.

Hessian Lobo is a 4-star SR Avenger that’s already spooked me twice. I’m so glad that that didn’t happen for the third time because this gold Avenger card turned into my third copy of Space Ishtar instead.

Hell, yes! NP3 Space Ishtar, let’s go! Yay! Really pleased to see this. Readily fused this copy of Ishtar to my main copy.

And that’s it. I really am done with this banner now. NP5 Space Ishtar would be really nice, of course, but I don’t think that’s gonna be possible unless I whale or get really, really lucky.

Don’t want to take my chances anymore. Besides, I’m close to running out of SQ by now so best to just cut my losses already.

Now I no longer regret continuing to pull even if it still sucks that I kept on getting lots of crap. At least I was able to get NP3 Space Ishtar and a few other gold Servants and CEs.

So, all things considered, this banner was actually pretty good to me. Hopefully, the next banner I pull on will be good to me as well.

On a side note, I ended up with multiple copies of the rate-up Craft Essences thanks to pulling on the Saber Wars 2 banner.

Got enough copies of the 3-star CE to be able to MLB 3 of them and then have 3 more left over. Was able to MLB 1 copy of the 4-star CE and then have 2 more left over. Was able to MLB 1 copy of the 5-star CE and then have 4 more left over.

I’m mostly done with the event now so the screenshots also show that I now have the shop CEs as well.

Conclusion

So, what about you? What do you think about the Revival: SABER WARS 2 - To the Beginning of Space - Lite event? Did you pull for Space Ishtar and/or Calamity Jane?

What do you think about these chars and the Saber Wars 2 event? Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below or by reblogging this post.

Notes:

screenshots are from my Fate/Grand Order game account

[artofskmoore]

#Shakespeare died over 400 years ago and no story captures the mysticism and brutality of #Scottish history quite like 'Macbeth'. This graphic novel aims to tell the darkest version yet of this tale of #witchcraft, murder, manipulation, and unbridled ambition...Basing his drawings on #Prague Shakespeare Company's adaptation of Shakespeare's masterpiece Scottish artist Stewart Kenneth Moore has pulled double duty by documenting a stage performance in Prague by illustrating it against the starkest memories, places and #myths of his own #homeland. The pacing of the panels and scene setting serves to clarify aspects of the play that can be hard to understand on the stage. In addition to this graphic novel adaptation, this volume also includes the original playscript by William Shakespeare. The combination of both the graphic novel and original script in a durable and handsome softcover makes this the perfect addition to the shelves of avid Shakespeare readers, #collectors, #librarians, #students, and #teachers. Retail: $24.99 Initial Due Date: 12/22/2022 FOC Date: 1/8/2023 In-Store Date: 4/5/2023 ISBN: 9781951038755 Product Code: 1222CP278 A new and definitive version of my graphic novel adaptation of #Macbeth lands this #april …#comicbookstores #comicbookstore @previewsworld @goshcomics @stateofcomics @fpglasgow @fpinternational @forbiddenplanethull @midtowncomics @2000adcomic @shiftcomic @acesweekly #williamshakespeare #shakespearesglobe #shakespeareinlove #shakespeareindia #scotland #horror #ghosts #witches #war #death #evil #ambition #regicide @pragueshakes @summershakespeareintensive @ntbookshop @bridgesbookshop @globebookstorecafe @waterstones @barnesandnoble @books_in_prague @barandbooksprague @kelvingrove_artgallery @comicbookpros @walmart https://www.instagram.com/p/CnEjDBRsbmg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[incorrect-mystics]

William: I am at a lost for words!

Eliot: [narrating] Despite being lost for words, William yelled at me for the next ten minutes.

[razzledazzlemfs]

Liam, struggling to hold the door closed: How would you react if I came home with 3 puppies?

Laura: Liam, what's behind the door?

Liam:

Laura:

Liam: I think you already know

[icant-choosename-help]

[xlysaaa]

does anyone play Mystic Code?

I love it👌 also William.. look.at.him! I love him.❤

When they announced the game it was love at first sight.

[apairofpsychotictwins]

MC: Aside from the obvious, are there any other reasons you hate Mondays?

William: Not really...

MC:

Theodore:

Eliot:

Leona:

Everyone in MIU:

Everyone in the damn game:

William:

William: Are you guys telling me that Eliot is now magically a non-obvious reason..?

[mallorygrayson]

Dentist: open up

William: i know i’m supposed to be “dark” and stuff but recently i’ve been having trouble with that concept because of mc,,, she just,,, makes me so soft just looking at her, she’s actually an angel??? like her smile makes the world go round and don’t even get me stARTED on her laugh i mean ??? she’s honestly just so-

Dentist: n-no i meant open your-

Leona: wait- let him finish

[overworkedblorbobattle]

The full list of characters in the Bracket!

The full list of characters who made it into the tournament are listed under the readmore.

Ada Paige- Rhythm Doctor

Adam Parrish- The Raven Cycle

Adora- She-Ra

Aki Hayakawa- Chainsaw man

Alfred Pennyworth- Batman

Almond Cookie - Cookie Run

Angela- Lobotomy Corporation

Anthy Himemiya- Revolutionary Girl Utena

Arthur Lester- Malevolent

Aymeric De Borel- Final Fantasy

Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce- MASH

Bucky Barnes- Marvel

Buffy Summers- Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Burgerpants- Undertale

Carmen Sandiego- Carmen Sandiego

Carol Hathaway- ER

Charlie Magne Morningstar- Hazbin hotel

Chip Revvington- Toontown: Corporate Clash

Cliopher "Kip" Mdang- The Hands of the Emperor

Commander Peepers- Wander Over Yonder

Dana Scully- The X Files

Danny Fenton- Danny Phantom

David Jacobs- Newsies

DC/GOV- Welcome to the table

Dean Winchester- Supernatural

Dick Gumshoe- Ace attorney

Doppo Kannonzaka- Hypnosis Mic

Dot Campbell- The Wilds

Dr Charlotte Dubois- Falsettos

Emma Perkins- The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals

Five Pebbles- Rain World

Ford Pines- Gravity Falls

Fu Hua- Honkai Impact 3rd

George Karim/Cubbins - Lockwood and Co

Gilgamesh "Gil" Wulfenbach- Girl Genius

Gordon Michael Schwinn- A New Brain

Gregor Samsa- The Metamorphosis

Guillermo de la Cruz- What We Do In The Shadows

Harrowhark Nonagesimus- The Locked Tomb

Hera- Wolf 359

Homura Akemi- Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Hunter- The Owl House

Isabelle - Animal Crossing

Izzy Hands- Our Flag Means Death

Jaehee Kang- Mystic Messenger

Jafar- Twisted

Jamil Viper- Twisted Wonderland

Jean Gunnhildr - Genshin Impact

Jeremie Belpois- Code Lyoko

Jess Jordan- Succession

Jonathan Harker- Dracula

Jonathan Sims- The Magnus Archives

Jotaro Kujo- Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure

Keito Hasumi- Ensemble Stars!

Kento Nanami- Jujutsu Kaisen

Kevin Kandy- Spooky Month

Kim Dokja- Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint

Kim Kitsuragi- Disco Elysium

Kiyotaka Ishimaru- Danganronpa

Kunikida Doppo- Bungo Stray Dogs

Kurapika- Hunter x Hunter

Kusuo Saiki - The disastrous life of saiki k

Laerryn Coramar Seelie- Critical Role

Lamplighter/plight- OneShot

Larry- Pokemon

Larry Needlemeyer - The Amazing World of Gumball

Ling Wen- Tian Guan Ci Fu (Heaven Official’s Blessing)

Link- The Legend of Zelda

Lisa Cuddy- House M.D

Lisa Wilbourn- Worm

Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre- The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Loid Forger/Twilight- Spy x Family

Lucifer- Obey Me!

Lucretia- The Adventure Zone

Luisa Madrigal- Encanto

Maedhros Feanorian- The Silmarillion

Mafuyu Asahina- Project Sekai/Colorful Stage

Marinette Dupain-Cheng- Miraculous Ladybug

Marsh- Mistborn

Matthew Venn- The Long Call

Merlin- BBC Merlin

Miles O’Brien- Star Trek

Miss Pauling- Team Fortress 2

MK- Lego Monkie Kid

Molly Blyndeff- Epithet Erased

Mrs Doyle- Father ted

Munkustrap- Cats 1998

Nicholas Benedict- The Mysterious Benedict Society

Nishida- Yakuza

Obi-Wan Kenobi- Star Wars

Olruggio- Witch Hat Atelier

Pandemonica- Helltaker

Parsley Botch- Smile for Me

Peppino Spaghetti- Pizza Tower

Percy Jackson- Percy Jackson

Peregrine Mendicant- Homestuck

Ponder Stibbons- Discworld

Raphael Walt/Sirius Dieke- My Next Life as a Villainess

Ratchet- Transformers

Reagan Ridley- Inside Job

Reim Lunettes- Pandora Hearts

Retsuko- Aggretsuko

Riza Hawkeye- Fullmetal Alchemist

Robin- Smash Legends

Rory Williams- Doctor Who

Ryotaro Dojima - Persona

Sara Chidouin- Your Turn To Die

SecUnit- The Murderbot Diaries

Shang Qinghua - Scum Villain's Self-Saving System

Shota Aizawa- My Hero Academia

Sips- Fool’s Gold

Squidward Tentacles- Spongebob Squarepants

Stanley- The Stanley Parable

Steven Alen Starphase- Blood Blockade Battlefront/Kekkai Sensen

Steven Universe- Steven Universe

Super Mario Bros.- Mario Series

Susan Taxpayer- Susan Taxpayer

The Cabbage Merchant- Avatar the Last Airbender

The Captain- BBC Ghosts

The Elsen- Off

The Manager- The Hotel Podcast

Touta Matsuda- Death Note

Trafalgar Law- One Piece

Twilight Sparkle- My Little Pony

Vera Oberlin- Monster Prom

Walter Pensive- Hello from the Hallowoods

Will Graham- Hannibal

William T Spears- Black Butler

[otometrashstash]

Who’s playing Mystic Code?

I haven’t had the time to binge play but so far, I have 1 normal ending and 1 bad ending! It’s so thrilling!!

And OMG Theo, Liam and Ansel are 🤤👌💦

- Thirsty Mod Bambi

[shinykoji]

[romantic moment currently happening between sehee & geonwook]: *me after you by Paul Kim plays in geonwook’s head*

[fullscoreshenanigans]

Guess who now owns two copies of the art book because she didn’t think they were ever going to translate it back in mid-2021. 🤡

I do appreciate that the English version comes in hardcover though. 👌😩

I’m not going to go over everything in this because @chidoroki​ has already gushed over it lovingly here and @1000sunnygo​ has the interviews translated here along with a lot of the art across various links here, but some initial thoughts and ramblings while looking through this book again.

• I’m slightly puzzled as to why VIZ decided to rearrange the placement of the interviews before the secret gallery Shirai mentions in the William Minerva note at the end

「この本の中に "秘密のギャラリー" がある。そこに未だ見ぬ......」

There is a "secret gallery" in this book. I haven't seen it yet ... (via Google Translate)

Morse Code: Read back from here

but it’s ultimately arbitrary. Since this is removed from the English version, the “secret gallery” Morse is also removed from those portions of the book:

With the replacement Minerva note at the end switched to:

Thank you for reading this art book!

Which is essentially this earlier page:

so it’s kind of 🤷 but I guess they needed replacement filler.

• It’s also kind of :/ that the English version puts page numbers on the art instead of in the margins but they probably didn’t want to shrink them.

• I am happy to have printed translated versions of the official site hidden comics for the trio’s name origins, the explanation for why Smee left the pen for Krone, and Norman’s message as William Minerva to the full scorers on the site’s IQ test:

I’m still unsure of what the exact timeline is for Isabella becoming the Mom of Plant #3, but I like to think the trio were the first children she raised entirely by herself, so I put it at roughly six to seven weeks before Ray was dropped off. (Although I guess she laid off on naming him at least until Norman showed up...? Shirai mentions in the Mystic Code Book that Grandma names the children, so I guess it’s just another 🤷 “you’re putting way too much thought into arbitrary things” moment for me.)

This is still such a crapshoot Smee kljsdfljk

And this is still very funny