#nothing is wrong with any of this cc

[simmer-until-tender]

types of cc I don't fuck with

outerwear - my game doesn't have a winter and I can't stand when sims are constantly changing back and forth between outerwear and their normal clothes. there's also just not a lot of outerwear cc that matches my game's aesthetic anyway.

accessory socks - the finickiness around which bottoms they do and don't work with is too frustrating for me

body shapes - i feel bad about this one because the sims 2 is terribly lacking in body diversity, but having to download corresponding outfits for every category and skins(?) is just too much for me. my catalog is bursting at the seams as it is

default replacements that are just a slight texture edit of the maxis thing - i am not detail oriented enough to care about stuff like this

mods that make the game way easier - imo the game is already too easy

townified skins - I micromanage the looks of my NPCs too much for this

multi-PT mods: one is enough for me, I don't want extra sims cloggin my neighborhood

anything that comes in multiple wood tones - TOO MUCH BROWN

bed blankets - I don't like how wonky they look when sims use the bed

deco sims - heebie-jeebies

basically all CAS stuff that comes in 10+ colors - I hate when you get to a page in the catalog and the whole page is just recolors of the same thing. Don't need that many of anything.

teenage pregnancy mods - nah

those old cc clothes that make female sims ridiculously thin - heebie-jeebies

omsps and poseboxes that require them - too much work for me

story progression - i am a control freak

[wolfxdreamersims]

It's done guys! I finished the porch column, a lot quicker than I thought I would! Like it says in the name, this is just a very simple metal porch column, nothing fancy. I've been wanting these in my game for ages, and I searched the internet for them for a long time to no avail. So I decided to take on the challenge of creating them myself! Keep in mind this is my first ever piece of CC that I created mesh for from scratch. I ran into a few snags, but ultimately it seems to have worked out. I tested them in my game, and they work fine and look good! Please let me know if you run into any issues, and be patient with me while I try to fix them if anything is wrong lol

Information:

These are not actual columns, but objects/sculptures. So you can't use them on taller wall heights. they only work with short walls for now. (someday I'll make more variations or make them into stretchable columns)

Comes in 2 swatches: black, and white.

Feel free to use these however you want, include them with your build downloads, whatever! Just don't claim as your own or paywall them pretty pleaseee <3

Download on Patreon (Freeee)

[tedsies]

i caved and bought the legacy collection out of curiosity

i bought it on steam by the way, no way am I going anywhere near the ea app

random thoughts as i go along:

game loaded up straight away with no issues (what a strange feeling)

got into pleasantview within 2 minutes (obvs I have no cc installed right now so its gonna be faster anyway)

a bit of a jumpscare to see the game again without reshade ngl

straight into the lothario household. don you look... different without all my defaults

screen resolution defaulted to the right size without me having to change anything by the way, which was nice

turned up all the graphics setting to max and going to visit the goth household as that always gives me lag, even vanilla

this experience is already making me realise I need to cut down my 12gb downloads folder, cos man this is so smooth and fast without all of that in my game

well everything is working perfectly straight out of the box. had no issues with multiple sims on the big goth lot

going to quit and load up again with my ui mods and defaults next (along with hugelunatic's ikea pack as cc)

legacy collection has an entirely different file path by the way, so won't mess with existing ultimate collection installs (i wouldn't have dared to do this otherwise)

okay all my defaults, ui mods and some others are now in (downloads folder is up to 3.64gb now) and everything is working fine still

ikea items as cc don't seem to be fully appearing in the catalog though? that might be a me problem but i dont know

adding in all my cas cc now, along with hood defaults and hood deco cc (downloads folder is up to 6.5gb now). i'm also adding in anything else I can think of like camera mods, user startup cheat etc etc

getting into pleasantview in less than 2 mins still

heading into cas for the first time now...

... and it loaded up within 10 seconds even with ALL of my cas cc? and this is the first time too so I would've expected major lag. normally cas takes about 60 seconds to load in my game

update on the ikea pack as cc... the build items are definitely there, but not the buy for some reason?

biting the bullet and adding in the remaining 6gb of my 12gb downloads folder

all of my cc is now in the game and loading times were about 30 seconds longer than before. still no issues

took darren dreamer to a community lot and there were no crashes/issues/lag. normally going to a community lot is very dangerous for me cos its where I get the most crashes or issues, its why all my community lots are incredibly small lot sizes

also I have the hood deco view set to extra large... normally I have to have it set to extra small just to play in a small household

i dont think I'm being delulu here to say things are running better

next up is adding in all of my mods, then after that I might dare putting in my mega populated uberhood save, and try reshade?

another ikea update: everything is showing up now. it was me being an idiot

so all of my mods are now also in (so my entire downloads folder now) and i haven't been able to trigger any crashes or pink soup yet through normal gameplay? even with extra large hood view from lots

reshade keeps crashing my game on startup... damn, what am I doing wrong

RESHADE IS NOW WORKING (ver 6.1.1)! thanks to this guide

I finally added in my uberhood save (which is packed with hood deco and and has 35 playable families).... and it's working! I also played with a household for a bit and everything was working fine

final update before I go to bed (as its gone midnight here lol)

i now have all of my mods, cc, saves, and reshade installed, and I've yet to have any pink soup or crashes (apart from the crashes when I was *incorrectly* trying to install reshade). honestly... i'm surprised. i dont want to speak too soon obviously, but things seem better. i was just playing in a household with extra large lot view on and that would usually IMMEDIATELY crash my game, but nothing happened. tomorrow i'll actually play for an extended period of time, so i'll be able to tell more for sure then.

i hope this has been helpful to at least a couple of people, and i'll leave with you a shot of my pleasantview newly loaded up in the legacy collection 😅

[crazy-hazy-sims]

I've been seeing alot of people felling discouraged from simblr and feeling like they don't belong

Especially when there is alot of posts going around telling you not to focus on popularity etc

But im here to tell you ITS NOT YOU

You did nothing worng you do infact belong here its not your fault people in this community are not interactive (and yes its just this community im in two other fandom spaces and they work just fine people here are the outlier)

And my proof that its not your fault?

I have 3200 follower (all real people i removed the bots myself)

So you would think i would get alot of notes and feel included right?

WRONG

3k+ followers and this year the most notes i got on any non cc post i made was 15 and on cc posts it was 56

The only post that got alot of notes all year was my simblreen treats post and you would think with 3k people watching it would be 1000 notes or something but no last time i checked it was barely over 100

There are like 3 people that occasionally talk to me sometimes on my posts lol (very thankful i know no one owes me anything)

And i have had this blog for 6+ years

My point is

You belong just fine and i personally am happy you are here

Its not your fault people are being stubborn and refusing to reblog on the reblog website

(imma be real with you if i owened this website im removing the like option this is the reblog website you don't need to only like stuff but i dont own it so 🤷‍♂️)

[libraryofgage]

Been watching sooooo much say yes to the dress so.....

Steve and Robin are consultants and co-designers at Kleinsfeld. Robin especially loves designing and Steve really loves that moment brides find The Dress because they light up and he helped make that happen and it just makes him smile

Enter Eddie Munson, rockstar and definitely not in a relationship but at Kleinsfeld to find a dress he can wear for an upcoming music video that's a little corpse bride vibes re revenge and murder (dead bride raised by necromancer and given opportunity to get revenge on her killer ex)

Eddie shows up with the guys and Steve/Robin are their consultants (they can't be separated bad things happen like Robin knocking over a rack of dresses bc Steve isn't there to pull her back in time) and when Steve (knows who Eddie is, doesn't care that much, they get celebrities all the time) asks who the bride is neither blink at Eddie raising his hand with a shit eating grin

They just go right into the design/style/budget questions and Eddie is almost disappointed he didn't get to cause more of a scene lmao

Anyway Steve is the one helping in the dressing room and he's getting Eddie into this big dramatic ballgown when Eddie asks why he's a consultant

Steve inadvertently just rambles about helping brides and making them feel the center of attention and cared for and special during their appointments. He also talks about designing affordable but fashionable dresses with Robin since he has experience with high fashion and general design and she knows best about keeping costs down without making things ugly

Obviously Eddie Munson is immediately heart eyes listening to this guy describe all of this while expertly lacing a ballgown corset and getting clips in place so it fits right and before he knows it Steve is leading him to where Robin and the band are waiting

The guys are immediately all giving Looks (derogatory) but can't describe what's wrong until Robin looks at Eddie and asks if he's adverse to negative feedback

Eddie is like "???? No, I guess???"

And is just even more confused when Robin goes, "No. Really, think about it."

So when he says it's fine Robin pushes Steve forward and tells him to let loose. Eddie is surprised cuz Steve is so sweet? How could he possibly be mean? And then Steve just holds nothing back like "the color washes you out, that beading makes your chest look uneven, the ballgown is actually a horrible silhouette on you because you just look uncomfortable having so much dress hanging off you"

And he says it all with this little popped out hip and slightly pursed mouth and raised eyebrow and it's so so bitchy and Eddie is fucking in love okay, he's gone, he needs to make fun of other people with Steve immediately

But also he's a gremlin so he's like "can a guy even look good in a wedding dress tho, like, does it matter?"

And Robin immediately jumps in like "of course it does you plebian especially if you want the music video to be any good"

This leads to Eddie and the guys not believing them so Robin and Steve share A Look and they do love proving people wrong so they're both like "bet" and tell Eddie to wait there

Cue them grabbing a sample dress (click to see what I'm thinking literally this is such a pretty dress holy shit) from their collection, putting Steve in it, and then showing it off

Eddie is dead. Immediately. Steve's arms? His legs? His chest? His confident little smirk as he spins in front of them?? 4 braincells dead and 28 injured in Eddie’s head

Anyway he literally ends up on his knees begging Steve to be in the music video, Steve agrees cuz he thinks Eddie is hot and funny, and CC fans lose their shit over the bride and his dress in the music video, especially when he and Eddie kiss at the end after the revenge murdering

[whereispearlescentmoon]

Do you think Scarlet/5am Pearl ever truly returned in any season after double life?

Honestly? No, not really. The only exception is the murder camel.

In short every time Pearl has broken out the Scarlet Pearl skin since DL she has failed to be the PERCEPTION of what Scarlet Pearl is. She hasn't been a cold blooded killer, hunting down players ruthlessly and taunting them as she does. Again, this is with the exception of the murder camel, which frankly only adds to my idea that Pearl was just bending to other players' perception of her. In DL they saw her as dangerous and unhinged so she became that. In SL, Gem knew who Scarlet Pearl was and wanted to see it, so Pearl performed the persona for a brief time. But that wasn't really Scarlet Pearl, just Pearl putting on an act to show off to a friend.

I don't think Scarlet Pearl CAN exist in any other season, and that's for a few reasons (warning that this is long and probably rambling)

The first reason being the literal time change of when they record. I believe it’s around 8-9 am her time now, rather than 5 am. So actual CC!Pearl isn’t sleep deprivation loopy.

The second is that I think the fandom perception of Scarlet Pearl as someone who is like, cool and crazy and dangerous, is only really true in the last session of Double Life, after the reds tricked her and tried to kill her and after a bunch of her dogs had been killed. That is when she gets violent. When she breaks out the axe and starts quoting Macbeth. She hunts down Impulse and Bdubs out of part revenge and part because they are just the only people left other than the other members of the Divorce Quartet who, while she isn't allied with, she can't just attack. When they are gone, she doesn't even hunt down Cleo and Martyn. They go to her and attack her first.

In every other session besides the last (if you're watching Pearl's POV), you would see that it's mostly someone who's very lonely and trying desperately to make friends with people who just Don't Want Her. She is crazy, don't get me wrong, in the sense that she keeps going to Scott even after he says he wants nothing to do with her, and that she doesn't care about taking damage. She also decides a dog is her soulmate, which is crazy depending on who you ask. But mostly it's someone who wants connection and can't get it. Even in moments of community, like the 'pool party' at Impulse and Bdubs' house, she stands away from the main action, because when she does get involved things tend to go wrong. She watches up in her tower as the reds hunt down Grian and Scar and narrates the action to the air because she doesn't have anyone to talk to.

The other reasons are more about the fact that Double Life Pearl was just in such a different circumstance than Pearl has been in in any other life series. She had no allies, which changes her whole way of playing in later series. Pearl is always trying to get her allies the win, and you can't go around antagonizing people if you want BigB/Bdubs/Joel/Impulse to survive. She tries to mess with people for one session in Limited Life and it falls flat because as it turns out, everyone else was busy also being unhinged. And you can't take damage on purpose if you want to get to the end so your ally can win. She also doesn't want to take damage on purpose because the only one it's hurting is herself and the whole point of not caring about it in DL was to bother Scott.

It's also why none of her other pets have been as impactful as Tilly. Tilly was her only friend, her soulmate. She was who Pearl talked to in lieu of another player. And, importantly, Pearl brought her into battle. She was by her side constantly. Froggy wouldn't have been useful in battle anyways, and with her other wolves, Pearl just sat them down at the base in what she thought was a safe place. When you have allies, wolves are actually dangerous because they might accidentally hit you. The reason she was able to build such a large wolf army in DL is because there was no one around to risk accidentally setting them off.

[taurasiluvr]

Can I request CC being pissed asf after losing a game so she fks her gf with strap using all that pent up anger

absolutely need that

caitlin was nothing short of pissed.

the game had been a disaster from start to finish. the opposing team had taken an early lead, scoring within the first few minutes, and things had only gone downhill from there. despite their best efforts, her team had been outplayed at every turn. passes were intercepted, shots missed the mark, and their defense was like a sieve, letting through shot after shot.

by the time the final whistle blew, the scoreboard read a humiliating defeat. caitlin had given it her all, running herself ragged trying to turn the tide, but it hadn’t been enough. she could feel the frustration boiling over as she stormed off the court, barely acknowledging the half-hearted pats on the back from her teammates.

in the locker room, the atmosphere was tense. no one dared to speak, each player lost in their own thoughts of what had gone wrong. caitlin ripped off her basketball shoes, throwing them against the wall with a loud thud. she slumped onto the bench, her head in her hands, trying to calm the raging storm inside her.

she was glad she had someone back home, who could soothe her frustration and help her get back the confidence she needed to have for the next game.

that was how you ended up on your stomach, getting absolutely wrecked by caitlin's favorite strap. your face was pushed against the pillows however, it didn't do much to stop your noises from echoing throughout your bedroom.

"fuck," caitlin muttered, her hips snapping harshly. she was absolutely relentless, her pace punishing and unyielding. each thrust drove you deeper into the mattress, your body writhing with the intensity of it all.

"you like that?" she growled, her voice low and rough. "like being my stress relief, baby?"

you could only moan in response, your hands clutching the sheets as you tried to hold on. the pressure was building inside you, each powerful thrust bringing you closer and closer to the edge.

caitlin's hand came down on your ass with a sharp smack, making you yelp. "answer me," she demanded, her pace never faltering.

"yes," you gasped, your voice muffled by the pillow. "love it, i love being yours."

"good," she hissed, her hand sliding up your back, pressing you further into the bed. "because i’m not stopping until i’ve fucked all that frustration out of my system."

her words sent a shiver down your spine, the intensity of her need driving you wild. she pounded into you harder, the rhythm of her hips merciless and precise. the sensation was overwhelming, the pleasure mixed with just the right amount of pain.

caitlin’s free hand reached around to your front, her fingers finding your clit. she began to rub in tight circles, adding another layer of sensation that made your body quiver. "cum for me," she commanded, her voice dark and demanding. "wanna feel you cum around my cock."

you were on the brink, the combination of her relentless thrusts and the pressure on your clit pushing you over the edge. with a cry, you came hard, your body convulsing with the intensity of your orgasm. your inner walls clenched around her strap, your vision blurring as waves of pleasure crashed over you.

caitlin didn’t stop, riding out your orgasm with powerful thrusts, her fingers never ceasing their movement. she watched you in the mirror, her eyes dark with satisfaction as you fell apart beneath her.

when you finally came down from your high, your body trembling and spent, caitlin slowed her pace, gently easing out of you. she leaned down, pressing soft kisses to your back, her earlier anger and frustration replaced with a tender affection.

if you enjoyed, any interaction is greatly appreciated!

with love, rylin 𝜗𝜚

[omg-its-mcyt-ship-ask]

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[tubbytarchia]

Wild Life finale spoilers: It's seriously so tragic that the interesting themes and drama Wild Life was leading up to came to such a full-stop after struggling to get off the ground with all the hampering from the gimmicks

This isn't me being a girlie kicking my feet at yuri, I'm genuinely upset that Gem and Pearl didn't end up reaching any real conclusion or even any development, and based on what CC Pearl has been saying, I cant help but feel that things just didn't end up playing out the way she wanted. Remember when she said she had "plans" way back in episode 1? It feels like she's desperately trying to kickstart this at several points and especially in the last episode, only to come out of it calling herself and her finale pathetic. And that's just one example of a storybeat I wish were given the chance to go somewhere. I think what exemplifies this whole point well is Scar's rollercoaster, which didn't get a chance to be built till the finale, and even then it failed to kill anyone (aside from zombie Skizz) like he'd wanted since episode 2 before his own unceremonious death

This isn't the fault of any CCs but I do feel like the gimmicks being so intrusive can't be understated, there's nothing wrong with them in a vacuum but for anyone including the CCs seeking out a Life Series experience it's an obstacle. I'm happy for the player who won but I'm so sad that of all seasons they win the one with the least tension or meaningful viewer retention or investment in the characters. To call it underwhelming would be putting it kindly. In the end this has all just felt like bare explorations of interesting themes being presented and done, the series is over now. Nothing about Wild Life will keep me awake at night like the previous seasons aside from what COULD have been and that's really, really sad to me

[prettycottonmouthlamia]

How the Arknights Community was Wrong on One of Arknight's Most Powerful Classes

Or, alternatively, you all need to apologize to Rosmontis right now.

Flingers are experiencing a modern Renaissance right now. Thanks to the release of Wis'adel and the introduction of Rosmontis's absolutely busted IS module, it seems like things are on the up and up for Flingers. Even Greyy the Lightningbearer is a common sight in high level IS runs, and he doesn't even have a broken module.

How on Earth did this happen, when it wasn't very long ago that Flingers were the butt and punchline of their own joke?

The Original Let's start with how the archetype was introduced into the game: Rosmontis. Rosmontis was released alongside Mudrock for the Chapter 8 release event, and the reception was pretty mixed. Rosmontis was a limited operator, and to this point, limited operators in Arknights had been pretty middling. Nian wasn't really conclusively better than Hoshiguma, and W was good but nothing special. We were not at the point yet where Dusk or Skadi the Corrupting Heart had been released, so the running joke was typically to roll on the other operator on a limited banner. Mudrock was a really strong laneholder that still sees a lot of use today, and Weedy is by far the strongest shifter operator ever released.

It's also worth noting that Rosmontis was released during a general downturn of opinions on AoE ranged operators. Leonhardt and Meteorite were considered actually quite strong in the early days of Arknights, and I know this must sound crazy, but Mostima and W were actually super hyped for their release. People thought Mostima, base-ass Mostima with no modules, was good. But after CC Blade, and a general stint of CCs where AoE operators made relatively poor performances, the tide had shifted. Operators like Eyjafjalla and Angelina (god remember when Angelina was considered really good. Well I guess she is now. Regardless) had AoE capabilities but were much cheaper in DP and had solid secondary skills for dealing with single enemies. So people were generally pretty down on AoE operators, which wasn't helped later on by the release of Passenger, an operator considered so bad it resulted in several attempts by Hypergryph to make him better (the retrospective view is that while Passenger was bad, he was made out to be a lot worse than he was, a view I agree with).

These two factors did not help the views of Rosmontis as an operator, but it was also further not helped by what content was available to use Rosmontis in: Contingency Contract. Rosmontis, tragically, released after the first theme of Integrated Strategies came and went, and so the only high level content available to use her in was CC. CC is particularly harsh to Flingers as we'll discuss, but this is also something that Wis'adel has managed to avoid as there hasn't been a CC since her release. The only difficult content since Wis'adel's release has been IS and RA, two game modes that honestly favor Flingers as we'll discuss later on. There was just nowhere to use Rosmontis in more difficult content where she didn't feel bad.

Flingers are a pretty interesting subclass, and Arknights has really not designed any subclasses to be like them, ultimately. They have a very impressive attack range, higher bulk than other ranged operators, and a unique gimmick to their attacks: they will deal an additional hit of damage, but one that only has 50% of their ATK. In addition to this, Flingers are the only Sniper subclass that cannot hit aerial enemies without certain conditions being met (Wis'adel's S3, Rosmontis S3 with an aerial blocker).

In general, this results in a class that is very good at dealing with large groups of enemies with only modest DEF stats. This is because DEF ends up having an increased effect on Rosmontis' damage, because it will apply to both of her hits. An enemy with 375 DEF will, after the 175 Def ignore from her talent, reduce her attack damage by a total of 400.

This for a lot of people was sort of the final straw that broke the Rosmontis back. Her vulnerability to enemies having DEF was a problem, and it was generally stated to be in a way that other DPS checks would avoid. In addition, if we take a look at ideal DPS scenarios with the introductory 6-star for each Sniper class:

Ray: 1,346.22 Narantuya: 1,062 Schwarz: 880.28 Exusiai: 815.99 Chen the Holungday: 647.17 Rosmontis: 601.71 Fartooth: 583.88 Rosa: 539 W: 373.93

Rosmontis is very middle of the pack, losing in particular to Exusiai. Now, Exusiai also had the problem of being very soft to enemy DEF stats. Honestly, it should be noted that Rosmontis was always hitting higher DPH than Exusiai would for her normal attack damage.

(I've been getting really into Desmos lately)

Now this is all just auto-attack stuff and I don't want this to be exclusively a Rosmontis analysis by any means (although it's coming). The point here is that there was a pretty common conception that Rosmontis didn't really have a place in the meta, because Exusiai was so dominant in that spot. It's not hard to understand why. If we look at their S3 DPS really quickly...

At low DEF values, Exusiai is overdominant. This isn't super surprising, as she has a lot of factors working in her favor: a busted 5 hit S3, an attack interval reduction as well as a sizable ASPD buff from her talent. But it doesn't take a huge amount of defense for Rosmontis to come out on top. The specific DEF number is 580, roughly. Then, the perks of Rosmontis's S3 come to light: it's larger DEF ignore, it's halved attack interval, and it's much larger ATK buff.

This being said, there are still things working against Rosmontis, like her skill cycle being very long, and her own ATK buff resulting in Warfarin's buff being diluted compared to Exusiai. If you take a look at CC results, it is true that Rosmontis only has one top to her name: CC Spectrum, where she is part of a Risk 31 clear alongside Exusiai, which is pretty cool. But CCs, which often increase enemy DEF while reducing friendly ATK, are just very harsh to Flingers. Given that it is a class so sensitive to DEF and ATK changes to hit breakpoints, most CCs just hit Rosmontis in a double bind.

Funnily enough, Exusiai also doesn't have any top clears in CC past this point too, which is interesting to point out.

(For those counting: Rosmontis: CC5 Exusiai: CC1, CC5)

Rosmontis' position probably wasn't helped past this point by the release of Chen the Holungday either, and the rest is history. Rosmontis goes down as one of the weaker 6-stars in the game. People feel bad when they roll her. People on this website nurse weird ass grudges against her.

The Blip

It would be remiss of me to not remind people about Greyy the Lightningbearer. Greyy was a 5-star, which means that 99% of players ignored his existence, Gamepress made a dogshit summary about him that was made by people who don't play the game, and life moved on. We're going to talk about Greyy in more detail later on because he is important to talk about...

Oh well right now

Lone Trail: The Update That Should Have Changed Everything

Lone Trail was a super massive event, releasing three 6-stars that can be kindly regarded as "good but nothing amazing, bad, and my wife". It also introduced to the game the Flinger Modules, and I'm going to tell you all a secret. You and me, real close now.

It's fucked up these modules didn't receive more hype.

These modules gave Flingers a second shockwave hit. Now that doesn't seem all that impressive. After all, you might think to yourself, that shockwave still deals 50% damage. But the addition of an extra shockwave really changed the numbers of the game, because it meant a huge chunk more damage.

At minimum (673 DEF roughly) this module improves her damage by about 45%. That's pretty crazy for a module as it stands, but if you want to see the full chart, here you go. Arknights Youtubers hire me.

The extremely high peak there, where Rosmontis is doing more than triple the damage she was originally is actually getting to the exact point where Rosmontis without a module moves towards dealing scratch damage. This is pretty common with modules involving physical DPS operators, such as Blaze, to have very unique high points.

But this is 45% just off of, what is essentially

An extra shockwave

60 more points of DEF Ignore

+75 ATK attribute

This is a remarkably tame talent upgrade. The base effect, the second shockwave, is pulling so much work here. These numbers will be a bit more tame when you compare with S2 (already comes with +2 shockwaves) or S3 (already has some DEF shred) but this is still a very impactful module.

It also impacts the stun chance on her S2. Without her module, and having 4 total hits per attack, this puts her stun chance at roughly 59.04% per attack. The additional hit raises those chances to 67.232%. Not a massive increase, but it does help to patch up her odds.

This is also why Greyy's module was so important. Greyy's slow is tied to his talent, and hence the jump from 2 hits to 3 hits is very notable. Without his module, Greyy has a 64% chance to slow the enemy with every attack. With his module, those chances go up to 78.4%! That's pretty significant! He also deals 15% more damage to Slowed enemies too, which is a pretty strong mod on top of the extra shockwave. I haven't actually done Greyy's numbers, but it really does make him a lot more consistent at slowing enemies.

So now we're here, with Flinger's getting a surprisingly good module. They now deal 3 hits per attack, with Rosmontis dealing 5 hits per attack with her S2, which is actually relevant for Lone Trail (Rosmontis can remove a clean 250 DEF with every one of her attacks during her S2 against Arc Screenguards). So what happened?

Well...Flingers weren't popular, were widely regarded as a flawed class, and mostly passed over. It just wasn't worth it to people to raise Rosmontis or Greyy the Lightningbringer even if you had some inkling their module was good.

The Return of Integrated Strategies and Reclamation Algorithm

A miracle the likes of which Hypergryph may never do again...well okay maybe they will, they do be kind of nailing it on the alternate gamemodes, we have the return of Integrated Strategies and Reclamation Algorithm. These modes are actually uniquely situated in comparison to CC to benefit Flingers over other classes. This is largely because of how these modes chose to scale difficulty and the tools they give you to combat this.

In IS, enemy difficulty typically results in scaling HP and ATK buffs, and that's it. It's rare to see enemy DEF buffs in IS. In addition, many relics in IS focus on increasing ATK or ASPD or improving damage dealt. Flingers get much and much better when they deal damage with their shockwaves, and it is pretty easy to do that in IS. Rosmontis's S2 is of special note here: with her module, it deals 5 hits of damage, which means it benefits from ATK buffs to the same degree as Exusiai does, but with a lot of added perks. DEF ignore, a moderate AoE radius, and a chance to stun. This skill is way more dangerous with additional ASPD.

Greyy also benefits a ton here. Extra ASPD allows him to basically permanently lock down entire groups of enemies with slow. This is something that can also sort of be done with Chain Casters, but notably, Chain Casters can only slow down a certain number of enemies at a time with each of their attacks. Since slowed enemies tend to create clusters, Greyy can slow down entire waves of enemies with his attacks, while still dealing pretty impressive damage.

The only issue is the aerial enemies. I haven't mentioned this up until now, because in my opinion, it is the single most overhyped drawback in the entire game. There are tons of events and chapter releases where this basically doesn't matter. Aerial enemies are, for all intents and purposes, rather rare in Arknights. But in IS this is important. Flingers need some degree of map knowledge to use well. But your Sniper ticket is not necessarily the only solution to aerial enemies in any IS, and chances are you'll find more than one. For IS3, you can pick up Kroos Alter and Rosmontis and in the grand majority of situations be completely fine.

Of course, if you play IS5, this basically isn't an issue and Rosmontis is the second stronger Flinger in the game, and I think arguably the second strongest Sniper pick?

I almost forgot RA by the time I went to post this, so it's a good thing I went back because, yes, Flingers and Rosmontis are also good there too. It's literally designed for Flingers to be good, it's huge mobs of enemies all clustered closely around each other. You can use Provisions to give Rosmontis a ton of ATK or ASPD and watch her go ham on like 115 exploding spiders. They also have amazing range for vision on resource maps and have multi-hit mechanics for those stupid locks.

It's like, impressive how nicely Flingers slot in here. I'm really curious how Greyy feels when you give him one of the ASPD provisions so he has +60 ASPD.

Rosmontis CRAVES your Coagulate Supplements!!!!

The End-Times: Wis'adel and Rosmontis's Busted Module

If you've ever wanted to know how we got to this renaissance, it was Wis'adel being released, having absolutely busted numbers on her kit that basically ensured that her shockwaves would always do damage, and then going and soloing IS3 A15 like it was fucking nothing.

Wis'adel proved Flingers could be fucking fantastic.

Rosmontis has actual problems in her kit, she's ultimately a pretty early Limited operator with all the design choices that carries. Wis'adel is what you get when you ask "how far can a Flinger go?" The shockwave mechanic works well with her huge numbers and her shadow status effect. Her summons work to keep as many enemies as possible attached with a shadow. Her blast radius is massive. Honestly the fact she can blow up the UFOs in IS3 barely matters.

Soon after that, Rosmontis got her specialized Module. I've seen people complain about this. You're wrong. There's no fucking way this module should be allowed to be used in general content. It is, in fact, maybe the most busted specialized module they've released. It completely changes Rosmontis as an operator. Benefitting from Caster relics is insane for themes like IS3 which has a ton of genuinely broken ones, her new and improved equipment are insanely powerful, and the fact that she allows every Sniper and Caster to create a free rather tanky blocker with a crazy debuff effect is like

You understand this module is nuts? Surely?

The trait wouldn't really make Rosmontis meta anyhow. It would improve her damage by a lot but puts her, rather frustratingly, into the camp of mixed offensive operators who now have to worry about enemy RES values coming into play. Plenty of the enemies with decent DEF stats that Rosmontis struggles with now also come with sizable RES stats. As I've mentioned in my brief thoughts on Dagda, there are a ton of enemies Dagda hits harder by brute force than Indra does by trying to side-step the bigger stat.

It's also okay that the module is IS only, because IS is where Flingers are just at their best. Nothing is stopping you from using Rosmontis in general content, especially with her still really good BOM-X module!

Flingers, ultimately, are just a well-designed class. They have great range, AoE, and having extra instances of damage is always incredibly powerful. I do think Rosmontis has some kit issues, but I also think that a lot of people immediately dismissed her as bad based on community consensus. You want to know a cool thing about Rosmontis I haven't brought up yet? She can attack invisible enemies with her S3. Invisible enemies feel a lot more common than aerial enemies do, hell Lappland the Decadenza's event is literally a bunch of invisible enemies.

But like, that's never seen as a positive to Rosmontis unless you're a Sniperknights player and then you might just say Totter is better (and I get that, he is a bit more consistent). Rosmontis can hit an entire enemy type with her S3 that Wis'adel can't, but it's seemingly never mentioned. It's just...this community is very strange, you know?

Try Rosmontis out, hell try her out with Shamare or Warfarin. If you use Exusiai a bunch (godspeed soldier it's been rough since the Chen days), you probably already have those operators. Try Greyy out too. Then, if you really want the challenge, E0 Level 1 Wis'adel. Come on. You know that's better than like half the cas-

[bemboob]

yes, minecraft youtube is going to shit right now. but dsmp and qsmp ≠ mcyt.

i don’t want to see people saying “all minecraft youtubers are freaks, abusers or pedos”.

yes, some are. you’ll find that in any group of people. it’s sickening that they happen to be in a group where lots of younger audiences congregate. but generalising them as a mcyt fan yourself, saying that all the content creators are bad - it doesn’t do any favours to the general public view of mcyt.

hermitcraft members deserve better than that. people like the hermitcraft people, lizzie, scott, shelby, fwhip, sausage. the people who are actually safe for children, the people who pioneered mcyt.

they did nothing wrong. they don’t deserve that generalisation. most of them are married or in long term relationships, and many of them have children, daughters of their own.

it’s not fair to them or their fans to generalise.

acting as though these two groups - the dsmp side of mcyt vs. the hermitcraft/pg side are one and the same, is a disservice.

plus some of the hermits literally have openly disliked dteam long before any allegations of any kind came out LMAOO

** please don’t take this as me acting as though the other mcyt are the victims in this situation. they’re not. support the real victims of abuse. what i’m pointing out is an unfortunate side product of these situations that are exacerbated by both fans and non fans.

also edit: ive read some of ur comments abt the fact that them having kids does not mean they aren't abusers. this is unfortunately true. it's not really what i meant, although reading this post back, it certainly comes across that way. i more mean that it's not fair to cc's kids or spouses to see that they are being painted as abusers when they potentially aren't. seeing that could really mess a person up.

also yes. do not put any creator on a pedestal. i personally admire many of the content creators on hermitcraft for their creativity, humor, personality, etc. they have traits that are admirable about each of them. but if anything credible comes out, i'd immediately drop them. i don't care if they saved my life, if i watch them every single day, i drop them. doing anything else is unhealthy.

[deathbypufferfish]

Why did you abandon simmers against curseforge? Palestine/Gaza needs any support that they can get even if it's online.

To be brutally honest it's because it failed it's main purpose of getting creators off curseforge. And I felt like I failed. There was only ONE creator who I knew actually left. People who said they would take their stuff down, didn't. I hope this brings this topic back up on simblr, because I'm done being nice about it when the creators who responded to me were nothing but selfish assholes. Or called me pro-hamas with their big platforms (looking at you littlemssam)

The good that came out of that blog was people being aware and spreading the word. It's never going to reach everyone who uses curseforge, but we can do our best to make everyone aware, and not use it.

Creators who are still on curseforge are doing it because of greed plain and simple. They make big money from doing so. That's what they care about. We are too far into this for it to be anything but that.

They even hide it on their blogs because they know it's wrong, so go ahead and check out your favorite cc creators name on curseforge and see what you find! Because I can guarantee you the majority of them are there 💗💗💗

[seulvgi]

2k followers gift | sim dump, cc included. by seulvgi

thank you all for supporting me this community has been nothing but nice and welcoming to me and i’m beyond grateful for each and every single one of you. (çok teşekkürler, desteğiniz her şey demek!)

more info and download link under the cut.

about the sims:

› four maxis/mix sims › young adults › aspirations and traits are randomized › one outfit only

other notes:

› outfits (aside from the everyday outfit) are removed › hair and makeup are applied to all other categories › feel free to change anything you want just don’t claim it’s yours › kindly, tag me if you used any of the sims › here’s how to install sims tray & cc › cc has been included, (all credit goes to the creators) but if any of the creators don’t want their cc to be included in the .rar, please do not hesitate to contact me and i will remove it! › let me know if something is wrong or if there’s any missing cc

📁 download link on my patreon

[imbaebi]

June Stars

ִֶָ࣪☾. 이민호 —

paring: bsf!lee know x gn!reader

genre: fluff, hurt/comfort, best friends stargazing, crush

warnings: minor burn mentioned(reader burns their tongue), and crying? lemme know if there's anymore!

wc / cc : 3.0k / 16.1k

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synopsis —---

you had a terrible week, everything just went wrong. Of course that leads to a break down. But what happens when your best friend cheers you up and you start to see him in a new light?

—-- ⪩⪨⪩⪨

The week was just terrible, it felt like everything went wrong and you could do nothing to prevent it.

Tuesday you missed your alarm and woke up almost an hour later. You had to rush to get ready for work, multitasking when able to. You quickly start your coffee machine before you went to take a shower.

Finally you were ready to leave. On your way to work you burnt your tongue from your coffee leaving an annoying feeling in your mouth for the rest of the day.

Wednesday, your morning was way better than yesterday. You woke up earlier than your alarm so you had extra time to yourself. But at the office, it was terrible. Your supervisor was pissed and was yelling at everyone for God knows why. Typically that wouldn't bother you as much if it wasn't for the fact that he gave you another report to do that he needed "urgently" by tomorrow on top of two more other reports that needed to be done by Friday. And when you thought the day couldn't get any worse, your car's check engine light came on. You had no idea what was wrong with it and you didn't want to risk it being major problem so you left it at a nearby repair shop and took a bus home.

Thursday, you woke up with bags under your eyes from the lack of sleep. You stayed up to finish this stupid report only to find out the next day your supervisor said he didn't need it urgently you could have given it to him on Friday but thanked you anyway. You turned to leave when Bump! You walk into an intern and they split their drink onto your white blouse. Just great. Paper towels only did so much. Thankfully one of your coworkers had an extra black shirt you could borrow. That's when you got a call from the mechanic. He told you that your engine had a computer problem. The price to fix it was costly and you were just a girl living with minimum wage.

Friday, it wasn't all too bad but cause the week was already terrible, a dark cloud followed you around. You stayed extra hours to complete all your work so you wouldn't have anything to do over the weekend. You were the last person to leave. You check the time and quickly gather your stuff. The last bus leaves in five minutes! You run as fast as you can but of course with your luck this week, you manage to see it leave and turn down the next street. You sit down on the bench and you let the tears fall for the first time this week. Everything just went horribly wrong and it made you stressed. You stand up and begin walking the hour long walk back to your apartment.

When you finally reached home, you didn't even bother changing. You couldn't even walk the short path to your bedroom, instead you flop onto the couch and went straight to sleep.

The next day you wake up with a sore neck and a headache. You stretch your limbs and then  pick up your phone. You had 3 miss calls, one from the mechanic and two from your best friend, Minho. You send him a text that you'll call him back in a bit. You look at the time, it read 5 pm. Your stomach growls. You hadn't eaten anything in the pass twenty-four hours, that explained the headache. You take a Tylenol before taking a long warm shower. After the shower you finally call the mechanic back as you put some bread in the toaster. He had fixed your car and it was ready to pick it up. After hanging up you quickly butter your toast and grab your car keys, phone and wallet before tossing them into your crossbody bag. The bus stop wasn't far from your apartment, only like a 3 minute walk thankfully.

You reach the repair shop after 21 minutes. You were screaming and crying internally as you completed the pricey payment and thanked the machnic.

You drive back to apartment in silence. Back home you plopped onto your bed and cuddled into your covers. You finally dial Minho. Maybe his voice could lessen this looming dark cloud over you.

    “Y/N! You haven't spoken to me in a whole week.” His voice masks with feign annoyance.

    “I know, I know. Sorry.” there was a pause.

    “Something's wrong,” Minho asks but it sounded less like a question. Of course he could tell. He knew you better than anyone else.

    “Kinda?” You sigh. “Just had a shitty week, that's all. I just want to punch something.”

    “Your supervisor again?”

    “Well, he's just part of the shitty week episode. Everything just went... Wrong.” You sigh again.

    “You wanna talk about it?” He asks gently, a deep contrast to his usual tsundere self.

And so you did. You poured all your feelings into words your brain was capable of explaining with. You told him all the details and he listened with no rebuttal. There was no judgement from him when you explained how you really wanted to hit something or when you told him how you just cried when you missed the bus even though as childish as it made you sound. Tears pricked at your eyes as you relived the annoying inconveniences but it felt nice. Like stress relieving. It also brought you some comfort too, that he cared enough to just listen to you ramble and complain.

You wipe your tears and sniffle a bit.

    “Enough about me... How was your day, Min?” You ask, you kinda felt bad about leaking the darkness on to his day since he was probably having an okay weekend.

    “It was alright, I didn't do much today. But cheer up, kitten. Listen, I gotta go Y/N. Love youuu.”

“Uh, love you too—?”

and he hangs up, leaving you stund.

You sit blinking at your phone till it turned off. Did you make him uncomfortable? That was unlikely, since you two always confined in each other. You couldn't think why he left so abruptly. Maybe he had just remembered of something he had to do. And you left it at that.

You turn on some music and stare at your ceiling for awhile. You must have fallen asleep because next thing you knew you were being shaken awake.

    “..Minho? How did you get in here?” You rubbed your eyes.

    “Spare key, duh. Now get up, we're going on a little trip!”

    “What?”

You were being dragged to his car with no explanation or knowledge of where you were going. He played a playlist of your favorite songs, you were humming along quietly as you stared out the window. He wouldn't tell you were you were going, no matter how much you asked. Finally after awhile you arrived. It was a 45 minute trip to some camping site away from the city. It was already dark and you weren't an outdoorsy person so you had a slight look of horror.

    “We're not gonna stay the night, you dummy.” Minho reads your mind. “We're just gonna look at the stars. I come here whenever I'm stressed. And from the bags under your eyes, you seem like you need a destress.”

You were taken aback to stay the least. Someone's never done something like this for you before. You both step out of the car, Minho goes to take a blanket from the back seat.

    “Catch.” He barely says before throwing a tote bag at you. You hardly manage to catch it, sending a small glare at him. He only smiled. The bag was kinda heavy, you wonder what was in it.

He takes out a flashlight and turns it on. You follow him onto the trail into the darkness. You two had only walk five minutes before he turns off the trail and walks directly between the trees.

    “Minho.” You warn, subconsciously leaning closer to him.

    “Relax, I know where I'm going. I've been here countless times. Just trust me.” Of course you trusted him but it was dark ...and kinda scary.

You take his hand and stay close to him. You did not want to get mauled by a bear or whatever animals that were in this place. You were careful as you walk, taking caution of the roots and branches in the way. A soft breeze ruffles the tree leaves giving this place an even more eerie feel. It wasn't a long walk, thankfully cause you definitely didn't have the right shoes for it if it was. The walk took you both to a clearing in-between all the trees. You let go of his hand and look around as Minho proceeds to unfold the blanket he had tucked under his arm. The clearing wasn't that big, the grass was dewy and from what little you could see in the dark, there were tiny flowers in some places.

You turn back to Minho, finding him sitting down on the blanket. He pats the space next to him. You go and sit by him. The trees lowkey looked scarier from this height but Minho didn't look bothered.

    “Are there any animals in the woods?” Dumb question, so you correct yourself, “Dangerous animals I mean.”

    “Probably,” he answers nonchalantly as he reaches for the tote bag.

    “..Probably?” You frown.

    “They won't come hurt you if that's what you're worried about. Anyways you shouldn't be worrying right now, you should be destressing.” He pulls out a box of your favorite chocolate. “You need some sugar.”

You take the box and thank him. He turns off the flashlight. It wasn't as dark as you thought it would be once your eyes adjusted, the moon bringing light onto the both of you and the clearing. You eat some chocolate and look at your best friend. He takes out your favorite chips and some peach tea. He places them right next to you before laying down with a sigh. His eyes fixates on the sky above but yours were on his face. This whole thing was uncharacteristic for him, yeah he was nice to you sometimes, getting you snacks or letting you lay on his shoulder. But today felt different, a whole little trip to comfort you out of the blue was not typical Minho behavior. But you also couldn't help but feel warm that he just planned this out because he cares about you. You look down and play with your fingers a bit, feeling a little weird but you didn't know why.

    “Do you not like those anymore?” You look up to see he is staring at you now.

    “No, I do. They're are still my favorites.” You reassure him. “Thank you again, Min.”

    “Yeah yeah. Anyway, we're here to look at stars remember? Not my face.”

    “Right...” You blush, he notice you had spent more time looking at him and not once had you glanced up to the sky above you. You lay down and get comfy next to him, there was a bit of space in between you both of course.

You glance up and look at the stars that liter the sky. You weren't a person who loved the outdoors much, but you were glad that he dragged you out here. It was beautiful, amazing. In the city you've never seen the stars like this before due to light pollution.

    “Wow. Why haven't you taken me here sooner?” You ask, eyes fixated on the twinkling stars.

    “I tried but you hate the outdoors, Y/N. You turned me down so many times.” Minho reminds you.

    “Not once did you mention the view here. then maybe—” Your hand accidentally brushs against his arm causing you to stop mid sentence. You pull our hand back to your side, your heart stuttered. “...m-maybe I would have gone.”

You suddenly became very aware of Minho right next to you.

    “Yeah right.” He scoffs. “But at least you're here now, idiot. Regret turning me down yet?”

    “Yeah.. maybe.” You mumble. You couldn't count the stars if you tried, there were so many it was breath taking. Whatever was left of the dark cloud had finally left, you felt refreshed. It was slowly getting replaced by a new cloud, the rosier kind.

You turn your head only to find Minho looking directly at you. He didn't turn away nor said a thing. Your heart races as your eyes dart away from his. The air turned a tiny bit awkward and you were sure it was your fault. And whatever nervousness that you were feeling right now was on your part and not his. You felt him sit up, you didn't look at him. Too afraid of your stuttering heart. He comes into your view and shoves a piece of chocolate into your mouth in a forcible yet gentle way. Your eyebrows furrow in confusion as you finally look at him.

    “What was that for?” You whine, mouth full of chocolate but you didn't really care.

    “I felt like it.” He grins that stupid grin of his. You sit up too and hug your knees.

You didn't really need to ask why he did it, you already knew of his random antics. But really even though you didn't know, he just wanted to clear whatever awkward tension that was around. And it worked. You shook your head not really bothered by his randomness. Sometimes you found it endearing.

    “Do you feel better?” He asks gently all of a sudden. He mimicsyour position by pulling his knees to his chest. He then rests his cheek on his knees. His eyes were on you, trying to read you. Your heart felt loud in your chest.

A pause. “Yeah. A lot better.”

    “Good.” He closes his eyes. “You know, I was actually worried when you told me how you wanted to hit something because you're not typically a violent person. I knew then that you just had a terrible time this week.”

He speaks softly, a different kind of tone that he never spoken to you or anyone with. You stare at him, your lips slightly apart.

    “I was also scared you might hurt yourself if you really did try to hit something.” He continued. He opens his eyes, amusement glimmers again in them. “You're really tiny y'know? Like if you were to hit something you'd receive lots of damage from a single strike.”

The softness could only last so long without teasing. You tried to fiend annoyance. You couldn't help but smile.

    “Oh yeah? Is that what you think of me?”

    “You are small.” He says as if that was a valid reason. “But don't worry, I'll be here and do the hitting for you.”

Silence looms over them again, this time it was comfortable. A faint sound of crickets was heard in the distance. Shimmery stars above, and a faint breeze rustled the tree leaves. In this clearing, it felt like only the two of them in a peaceful world.

    “I love you, Y/N.” Minho has told you he loved you countless times before but tonight it made your heart stop. “Really. Even if I may call you names or be mean to you sometimes, I really love you.”

    “I-I love you.” You shiver a bit and pulled the hoodie over your knees. From the breeze or his love confession, you didn't know. Maybe you should have worn sweatpants instead of shorts.

    “Are you cold?” You nod. “It's probably time to go back home now.”

You pout a little bit, you didn't want to leave just yet. You wanted this moment to last forever, just you, him and silent world that couldn't get in even if it tried. He stands up and holds his hand out for you.

    “Come on lazybones.”

You take his hand and he pulls you up. You two then start picking up the untouched chips, peach tea and chocolate putting them into the bag again. He folds the blanket.

    “I do hope you know how to get us out of here and didn't lose us in the middle of no where.” You had looked at the woods again, the flashlight wasn't on so it looked more horrifying than before since the moonlight didn't reach the ground due to the trees' thick branches and leaves.

    “Nonsense. Of course I know how to get us out. I've been here many times before, how did you forget that already? Now hold my before you get lost.” Maybe that was just a ploy to hold your hand again, we'll never know. But what we do know is that you weren't hesitant to grab his hand.

Your eyes were round as you stare into the darkness but you felt safe holding his hand. He turns on the flashlight just like before and you two start walking back to the carpark. And just like he said he brings you both out of the woods. When you both were finally out of those creepy woods your heart quickens again as you realize you were holding hands. You and Minho held hands before, heck you held hands an hour ago so why was it different now? Letting go of his hand, you go to sit in the passenger seat. He throws the things in the backseat before getting in the car.

He drove with one hand down the dark road to get back to the city part of Seoul. You look at Minho as his eyes were on the road in front, occasionally street lights pass by the windows in blurs. He looks really attractive driving like that, you could help but think. The shift was subtle, most wouldn't have realized it but you did. It was today when you realized you like—no you love Minho more than a friend. The thought honestly scares you a bit but you welcome it gently as it sunk in, you had a crush on your best friend.

©2025 imbaebi — all rights reserved, I don't allow copy of my work. Inspiration is one thing, plagiarism is another. reblogging is really appreciated<3

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taglist — (comment under the masterlist to be added) ;

@lezleeferguson-120 , @swagblazemilkshake ,

[sweetbans29]

Bowling - CC

Pairing: Caitlin Clark x Reader

Summary: Date night with Caitlin - headcanon (based on THIS request)

Warnings: nothing, fluff

Word Count: 1.2k

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AN: I am a huge fan of bowling. Am I good? No. I used to go weekly with friends and had gotten progressively worse.

You told Caitlin you wanted to go out for a date night but wanted to do something normal. Caitlin, of course, was completely on board and said she loves normal. You laughed at her and know the two of you have a different idea of normal. Your idea of normal was going out and having a fun night with your girl - maybe some sort of activity like bowling or an escape room. On the other side of that, your girlfriend is the single most competitive person you know. Sometimes not to her advantage. She hates to lose. And you don't blame her but she takes it to a whole other level. You thought it would be different with you, but you were very wrong.

"Okay, you owe...$320," you say and you hear her puff. "No way in hell do I owe that much," she says as her blood begins to boil. "Do you think I am lying?" You say with a laugh, you pass her the property card and point out the hotel cost. "I own this property and it had a hotel on it, therefore it is $320. Pay up, babe!" She reluctantly hands you the fake money and she rolls the dice again, landing on doubles again. She moves her piece the number of spaces and lets out another angry groan when she lands on another spot of yours. You tell how much she owes you but she refuses. "If you refuse - that means you forfeit and therefore lose," you tell her and she gets up. "This is stupid," she says and walks away from the table. "Hey, you are the one that chose the game - I am just playing it with you. It is not my fault that you don't know how to play Monopoly," you call out to her. She mutters a string of profanities and waves you off. You packed up the game and went to find your girl. She was lying in bed with a replay of a game on the TV. You come over and poke at her leg. She moves it away from you. "Babe, come on," you say and sit facing her. She doesn't say anything and keeps her attention on the game. Sighing, you move to sit next to her and try to cuddle into her side. She doesn't initially move as you wrap your arm around her waist and put your head on her shoulder. It was only when you began to fall asleep that you felt Caitlin's arm shift, bringing you to her side and rub your back. You know she isn't mad at you and you learned how her drive to win wasn't only on the court - it was in all areas of life.

You knew when you told Caitlin that you wanted to go out and do something that it would have to be something that she was decent at. So when you suggested either bowling or an escape room, she chose bowling.

It was a Thursday night and the two of you had just gotten to the bowling alley. You both got your shoes and headed to your lane, grabbing your choice of ball on the way.

You finish putting your shoes on and look over at your girl. "Ready love?" You ask and give her a hug. She kisses the top of your head. "You'll still love me regardless of how this game goes, right?" You ask in a joking manner. "Mmmhmm," she responds but you are not satisfied with her answer. You pull away and look at her. "Caitlin, you will love me regardless of who wins, correct?" You are looking her dead in the eye now as you wait for her response. "Of course, babe. Of course," she says as she leans down to give you a kiss. You turn your head so she kisses your cheek instead of you lips. "Good, because you are going down." You say sweetly and begin your turn.

The two of you took every frame like it was the championship game. You had made your tone clear that this wasn't going to be a friendly game but rather a full-blown competition - completely abandoning your initial stance of a 'normal' date. You knew that any time the two of you did something competitive it would never be normal. The game is neck and neck.

You step up, ball in hand. It is the last frame and Caitlin is up by 13. She got a spare in the final frame putting her comfortably in the lead. You would need to do the same to put yourself within winning distance. "Don't mess up," your girlfriend says in a teasing tone. You know she is nervous when she tries to get in your head. You take a deep breath and bowl. You get a strike. A smile dawning your face before as you walk to grab another ball to finish the game off. You finish off the frame, beating Caitlin by 4. You walk over to shake her hand but she just sits there with her arms crossed. "Babe, you did good - that was the best game either of us have bowled." You tell her as you squat in front of her, putting your hands on her crossed arms. She rolls her eyes and lets out a cute little huff. "Come on - there is still time for you to beat me in the arcade," you say and she stands. She begins walking to the arcade area but not before grabbing your hand to make sure you are with her.

Before you get too far you bring her back to change your shoes out. She was so focused on going to the arcade that she forgot she was still wearing her bowling shoes.

Once you both return the shoes, Caitlin and you walk hand in hand to the arcade games. As focused as she is on winning - she makes sure you are next to her.

You follow her around and play all the games that Caitlin wants. You don't take it easy on her but you do let her take the lead every now and again. You love winning but you love your girl more.

She ends up winning more tickets than you and is happy with her win. The two of you head over to the prize counter and she chooses a Nerf basketball while you choose candy and a little plastic dino.

When the two of you get home, you lounge on the couch. She turns on some game highlights and you curl up next to her. "I love you, but we should never do anything that involves a winner and a loser for a date ever again," you say. She lets out a little laugh and rubs your shoulder. "I think we can - we just need it to be on a group date and we need to be on the same team," she says and kisses the top of your head. "Ooo I like the way you think, I can call Lexi and her boyfriend - maybe we can go on a double date next weekend," you say scrolling through your phone. Caitlin laughs and brings you closer to her. "Whatever you want, babe," Caitlin says.

AN: I can't imagine Caitlin not being competitive but let me know what you think. And as always, thank you for your love and support 🤍

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Cinderella's Castle slight long post!

Something I really admire about Cinderella's Castle is how it executes getting you attached to characters so affectively within it's time restraints. Especially since, unlike w/ Hatchetfield, the audience is unfamiliar with this universe or its inhabitants. Not only that, but the show establishes it's perspective on it's relationships extremely well.

There are a few great examples of this, but one I find particularly fascinating is the fact that the first time around I completely and utterly did not care one bit for the prince kissing Ella's hand. Like, at all. I actually forgot it happened, and was suprised by the fact I didn't remember it while rewatching the second time around. The reason I think I was so shocked by this was because I was absolutely enamored, the first time watching, by the little affections between Tadius and Ella. The prince's kiss meant nothing to me because it meant nothing to the prince, we know it was hollow flattery because of his pre-established character and values. But Tadius looking at Ella like she hung the stars toward the end of the play genuinely made my heart swell.

Similarly, when Ella sat next to the prince, at his command, during the ball, their closeness had no emotional weight. Ella is uptight, straight posture, hands on lap, politely listening to the prince ramble but obviously physically displaying that she is not particularly enjoying it (again, I completely forgot they were so close in this scene the first go round). But when Ella, VIA HER OWN DESIRE, elects to sit right next to Tadius, she is undoubtedly comfortable. She slouches, sits "un-lady like", verbally opens up and speaks her mind to another person (for the first time in the show! the only other examples of her speaking her mind so comfortablely and w/o fear is to a frog and a goddess). Its maybe the most relaxed we see her in the whole musical. And that has immense emotional weight! It immediately stuck with me!

more personal review, less analysis, under cut ->

I was hesitant going into Cinderella's Castle because, knowing myself, I thought I wouldn't be that into it because it wasn't apart of the hatchetfield trilogy. I worried they wouldn't be able to endear me to the characters or plot in the time allotted, especially since I don't have any particular attachment to the Cinderella story. Boy was I so, so wrong and for that I'm very glad. For any of cc's short comings, this is something that cannot be faulted to me. Whether it was the wonderful acting or good character writing that achieved this, I do not know. But I am forever in reverence to the great writers and actors !!! (semi-unrelated but I (and my friend who is known for not crying at shows) genuinely got very emotional when we thought sir hop-a-lot was dead. teared up. fuck you nick & matt lang 🖕 /j /lh)