#poaching a chicken is a thing

[ordonianhero]

Conventional cooking methods

Legend: ah finally we have found some hot springs. I am aching to soak in one.

Twilight: secours that, side giving me grief again.

Warrior: maybe stop trying to go all hard out there.

Twilight: *sighs and doesn’t even attempt to reply*

*they arrive at the goron hot springs where there is wild happily soaking with Time and smithy off to the side reading a book with his legs in the water*

Legend: *sees a random cucco in the hot spring* you know that’s not where fowl so go?

Wild: *looks up from splashing Hyrule* where does one deal with them then?

Warriors: *hiding behind Twilight* help, there’s a cucco in the hot spring. However will we be allowed to soak!

Twilight: *leaves him to defend him set and sits over by Time and Four* deal with it.

[gojinka]

I love food. Big fan of food. am I consistently and constantly hungry. Food is the best thing. Wow. Can’t believe I live on a planet where I can eat and taste. I can bring food for my friends. I can slice it in half. I can make an ugly bacon egg sandwich just for me. I can reheat food. I can melt cheese on chips. I can give my friends the black licorice jelly beans. I can give my cat a tiny piece of chicken from my bowl. I can cook food. I can season grilled foods spicy in separate batches for my friends with a low spice tolerance. Wow. You can eat . you should eat. I love a burger.

[playingplayer2]

Me, to my sibling, our mom with us: see, I could show [friend] pretty gore art and she's probably like it, but I can't show it to mom. She wouldn't think it was pretty.

My mom: I used to have this really gorgeous set of Clamp cards ((pretty sure she is talking about this Clamp)). Absolutely beautiful artwork, and then you look at the details

Me, thinking about a very nicely drawn piece of art depicting actual organs and the way I pick through anatomy charts and sometimes just look up what organs look like just to look at them and my liking a horror movie or not kinda depends on how realistic the blood looks in it: I don't think we're talking about the same kind of gore, mom

*tow truck goes past with a pickup truck in-tow, the front passenger side totally fucked up, spot for the headlights hollowed out and kinda crumpled around it*

Me: damn.

My older sibling: look, gore!

*entire car starts snickering*

[miniatureredtoaster]

Fasting tips!!

First you need to establish your goal. Most people fast to engage ketosis, but what actually is it? Ketosis is a metabolic state where your body is running on stored fat instead of day to day carbohydrates! This helps decrease fat, so that’s what makes it so desirable. It can also help reduce cravings (ketones naturally suppress appetite, Helps preserve muscle(with adequate protein), improves blood sugar levels, and can actually help people suffering with epilepsy, PCOS, and improve mental clarity!

After fasting or eating a keto diet it may be hard to tell if you entered ketosis, but here are some ways to tell: Fewer cravings, more energy (after a few days), Keto breath (metallic-y Idk how to describe it), weight drops (at first mostly water weight trapped in the carbohydrates in your body), and you can also test with ketone urine strips and blood meters .

In this community obviously the goal is to eat very little (so not all benefits may not be as visible), so it’s common to see things like water fasts. Although it is possible for long stretches of time (382 days being the world record) It isn’t sustainable.

If you’re a few days in you may be feeling extremely hungry, but there are ways to eat without ending your ketosis period. You don’t only have to drink water, most diet sodas won’t disrupt your metabolic state, but some artificial sweeteners can. (aspartame and Sucralose have some scientific backing to potentially disrupt ketosis by triggering insulin) Certain proteins, vegetables, fruits, and nuts are all keto too! (It is important to note to get the effects this community desires you must eat sparingly, and across a longer period than usual. Eating intuitively during an extreme keto diet will help you drop weight the quickest)

There are some negative side effects to note too, as always. A lot of people experience something called, “Keto Flu” the symptoms are: Headaches, fatigue, nausea, and brain fog. It should pass in a few days if you drink a lot of water with salt or electrolyte packets.

The following is basically food groups that have keto friendly foods, but please remember if you want the massive changes in weight and desired results eat sparingly, slowly, and intuitively!

Proteins:

Eggs (boiled, poached, scrambled)

Chicken (thighs, breasts, wings)

Turkey

Salmon

Tuna

Sardines

Mackerel

shrimp

tofu (watch carb count)

Fats and Dairy

Avocados

Cheese (Cheddar, mozzarella, goat cheese, feta, and certain cream cheeses)

Sour cream (Check carb count)

Sugar-free mayonnaise

Coconut oil

Olive oil

Low-carb veggies

Spinach

Kale

Iceberg lettuce

Zucchini

Broccoli

Cauliflower

Mushrooms

Asparagus

Green Beans

Cucumber

Nuts and Seeds (In moderation!!!)

Almonds

Pecans

Walnuts

Macadamia nuts

Chia seeds

Flax seeds

Pumpkin seeds

(Avoid pistachios and Cashews! Very high in carbs!!!)

Drinks

Water (duh)

Club soda (No sugar!!!)

Tea (Herbal, green, or black. avoid adding sugars at all!)

Electrolyte drinks (Sugar-free)

REMEMBER TO CHECK FOR CARBS OR SUGARS WHEN EATING THROUGHOUT KETOSIS

I love combining STEM with my eating so let me know if you guys want a deeper breakdown or recipes I really enjoyed doing research on this!!!

[buffetlicious]

There is a Saizeriya (サイゼリヤ) restaurant nearer to my house, but we hardly step into it. Instead, we patronize the branch in Sembawang Shopping Centre often due to the fact the free shuttle bus brings us directly from our house to the shopping mall. Mum is not a big eater, and there are a lot of things she dislikes so she almost always ended with this Black Pepper Chicken Spaghetti (S$5.90). Ordered the 5-piece Chicken Wings (S$4.90) for sharing.

As for me, I am the adventurous type and always keen on trying new things especially food. Mum enjoyed my Bismark Pizza (S$7.90) saved for the runny poached egg in the centre. I on the other hand think the gooey yolk is the highlight as it adds a slightly earthy and creamy wholesomeness to the tangy tomato-based pizza.

[iratempestatis]

I made a post about Xiao having the potential to be a shitty father, but you know what- the opposite is just as likely.

Again, it's difficult to emphasise the potency of his paranoia. He, better than anyone, would know just how fast and how suddenly things can go wrong. He could never be cautious enough. He could never love enough.

Mortals emulate the love they've received. For Xiao, love is a distant but incredibly fond memory.

His formative years were spent slaving away for a cruel god- those events were just a deluge of misery. He was taught, in his youth, that love was nothing but a fleeting fog- that it is power that forms the stuff of sweet dreams. His childhood was a deluge of misery.

He'd at least know what not to do.

Sure, love found him in the form of his siblings- and you, of course- overwhelming adoration. But that's not the same as the love a parent has for their child, yes?

Xiao would need to fathom- on his own- what love would have to mean for him.

Xiao has no love to emulate from his childhood- and so he'd at least know what to avoid.

In his youth, his naivete was exploited- and so the child would never be punished for theirs. By the skies and the sands and the seas, he'd do anything, anything to keep them from feeling bad for knowing less, for being small. He'd listen intently to their mindless chatter, be an incredible attentive listener to the most puerile nonsense, acknowledge every complaint with the utmost gravitas.

Being made to forego his own instincts, forget his own intelligence and being forcibly morphed into a desperate bloodhound would be a most painful memory, and so the child would be given a startling amount of autonomy- within reason. Xiao does not have mortal parents, and an elder telling the baby “because I said so!” would make him froth at the mouth in a rage. He'd tell the tiny fucker every reason for every action if they asked. Sure, he can't really make it eloquent, but he can always try to at least answer.

“Why do I have to sleep at nine? I don't want to sleep at nine!”

“You have to sleep at nine because you have school tomorrow.”

“I won't go!”

“That's foolish.”

“Why.”

Every why would find a patient answer. Your baby would be the most articulate six year old on any playground pretty much anywhere. And also probably the most annoying.

Xiao would also never place any restraints on food- again, within reason. “You can't have candy for dinner because it's not good for your health, but if you want more chicken, that can be arranged.”

“We're out of chicken!” the child would howl and he'd tell them to say that again, politely, and when they acquiesced and quietly protested "but we're out of chicken!" he'd go off to buy and cook more.

The little runt gets caught stuffing food into their mouth at two in the night? He'd panic. Does he not feed the child enough? He's never been more ashamed of himself. He's a failure of a parent. You have to stop him from staring into space with an anguished expression and gently explain that kids- and well, adults too- just get hungry sometimes.

He'd sternly tell the tiny creature to wake him next time. Why? Because they're too small to use the stove on their own. Why? Because they're not old enough to have the motor skills to use it safely. Why? Because everyone needs to do some growing and get some practice before they can. Why? He really doesn't know. That's just how mortals are. He hopes that's a satisfactory answer.

The child's a picky eater? He'll try to convince them, but he'd never force them to eat something that really does disgust them. Even the thought of it is enough to spark echoes of the past, whispering voices that call for violence and stolen dreams. It makes him nauseous.

The child doesn't like boiled broccoli? That's fine. Would they prefer it cooked into cutlets? That's great. No boiled eggs? What do you have against boiled things, tiny creature? It feels gross? Fine. Would you prefer your eggs poached, on toast?

He discovers that's a messy thing to feed a child.

So much of his life has been spent in solitude. The cool sting of loneliness is an intimate friend, and so he'd let himself be summoned at a moment's notice. The child's bored? What would they prefer to do?

They have a tennis match? The thought of teeny tiny baby mortals swinging their minuscule arms at a ball flying all over the place nearly makes him smile. He bites it back on instinct, then sees the earnest expression on the ankle biter before him, and lets it escape. He'd never keep a smile from something so precious, so deserving of everything he can contrive and more, more, more.

Anyway, of course he shows up. Maybe not in the crowd with the other parents, but he watches regardless.

Xiao is strict about a curfew. It's one thing he'll never budge on, and it's the same for all his children, if for some reason you want more than one tiny creature running amok causing chaos, and expecting rationale from you before they acquiesce to your requests. He lives in terror of anything happening to the baby, and he's taken care to ensure his name always being on the tip of their tongue the moment they suspect danger.

He'd be so terrified of being a bad father that he'd end up being the very opposite.

(nuance in the reblogs thanks to @sizzles-z-4002 !! Thank you <3)

[dioslesbianwife]

Hello!! This is “✨” !! I’m glad you were able to catch up and hopefully you’ll get to write the things you wanna write. I have a jofoe house headcanon ask!!

What do you think some of the jofoes favorite foods are? And ranking who’s the least to best cook in the house?

hii ✨! i seriously love writing jojo villain house type stuff lol tyyyy for requesting and i hope you enjoy :3

Dio Brando

Favorite Food: Rare steak (emphasis on rare—he barely cooks it at all). Also enjoys expensive wines, black truffle pasta, and blood oranges (for the drama).

Food Vibe: He eats like a man trying to intimidate the concept of dinner itself.

Kars

Favorite Food: Sushi or sashimi, something pristine and refined. Occasionally obsesses over perfect fruit, like a single flawless pear.

Food Vibe: He treats food like art. Refuses to eat anything he deems “aesthetic sabotage.”

Wamuu

Favorite Food: Simple meat dishes, probably grilled or roasted. Likes hearty stews.

Food Vibe: He eats like a disciplined warrior—efficient and clean. No crumbs. No mess.

Esidisi

Favorite Food: Spicy food. Like, nuclear-level spicy. Loves curry, chili, anything that makes others cry.

Food Vibe: He's the kind of guy who bites into a raw chili pepper like it's a carrot.

Yoshikage Kira

Favorite Food: Sandwiches. Also a sucker for elegant, perfectly sliced fruits. Low-mess, silent foods.

Food Vibe: He likes food that won't leave messy fingerprints.

Diavolo

Favorite Food: Rich, gourmet Italian food—like creamy risotto or veal parmigiana. Will absolutely not eat leftovers.

Food Vibe: He eats like a snob and makes weird eye contact while chewing.

Doppio

Favorite Food: Ice cream and sorbet. Also spaghetti.

Food Vibe: Will eat frosting from the tub with a spoon- he insists it’s a quick way to get energy when he’s working late nights.

Enrico Pucci

Favorite Food: Something elegant and symbolic like wine-poached pears or communion wafers dipped in espresso.

Food Vibe: He eats in contemplative silence, like he's analyzing the soul of the meal.

Funny Valentine

Favorite Food: Classic American fare—apple pie, roast chicken, and cornbread. Likes anything tied to national pride.

Food Vibe: Thinks a well-made burger is a work of art. Probably grills shirtless.

Diego Brando

Favorite Food: Raw meat (when transformed), otherwise loves rare steaks, oysters, and fancy champagne.

Food Vibe: Only eats expensive, high-protein food. Has carnivorecore energy.

Tooru

Favorite Food: Super trendy foods—matcha lattes, honey cakes, mochi ice cream. Loves wasabi peas and chewy candies.

Food Vibe: Eats whatever’s in right now, but makes it look effortless.

🔪 Cooking Skill Rankings (Worst to Best)

11. DIO – 0/10

Thinks cooking is beneath him. Tried once, set the oven on fire, blamed the oven.

“Why would I prepare food when I can command it to be brought to me?”

10. Kira – 1/10

Can technically make a sandwich, but that’s it. Also terrifyingly precise with a knife.

Scary clean kitchen, but soulless food.

9. Diego – 2/10

Has never cooked in his life. Took forever to learn to use a microwave.

Eats raw meat more often than he should. Do not trust this man in a kitchen.

8. Tooru – 4/10

Can cook decently enough..

Makes food look pretty but it’s always lukewarm. Leaves a huge mess for someone else to clean.

7. Diavolo – 5/10

Can cook, but acts like Gordon Ramsay. Yells at everyone. Screams at the sauce.

Overcomplicates everything. It’s just pasta bro.

6. Pucci – 6/10

Bakes occasionally. His muffins slap. Calm, methodical cook.

However, half of his dishes are based on religious symbolism. Sometimes gives strange sermons and acts like he’s teaching a cooking class.

5. Valentine – 6.5/10

Good at traditional comfort foods. Surprisingly competent with a grill.

Will tell you the “founding fathers ate this” every time he serves something.

4. Esidisi – 7/10

Passionate cook, but everything is spicy enough to kill a normal man.

Loud, fiery chef. Gets emotional for no reason while he cooks.

3. Wamuu – 8/10

Precise, tidy, and patient. Excellent at grilling and roasting. Makes hearty meals.

Will never cook anything too fancy, but everything he makes is solid.

2. Doppio – 8.5/10

Surprisingly amazing at baking and cooking homestyle meals.

Sweet little homemaker vibes. The only problem: sometimes Diavolo takes over mid-meal and ruins it.

1. Kars – 10/10

He’s the best cook in the house. Flawless. Could probably invent new flavors.

Cooks in silence, but every dish is breathtaking. Will not take feedback.

[macgyvermedical]

Food Consistency

My wife (who has gastroparesis and frequently needs to go on liquid diets) was watching some tiktoks about people on liquid diets.

People in both the videos and the comments had extremely different (and often startlingly wrong) ideas of what a liquid diet is.

So I figured I would do a post to clarify for anyone who might be confused, and maybe save you from having a surgery rescheduled due to eating the wrong things.

Clear Liquid Diet:

A clear liquid diet is a diet where ONLY liquids you can see through are permitted. That means no other solid food (that won't turn into a clear liquid in your stomach), no chunks, and no milk. If you're prepping for a surgery or colonoscopy there might also be limits on what food colorings are permitted as well (usually red and purple). A clear liquid diet includes:

Water

Flavored drinks (sports drinks, soft drinks, Kool Aid, etc...)

Broth/stock (vegetable, chicken, beef, etc...)

Popsicles/italian ice

Fruit juices (no pulp)

Gelatin

Coffee/Tea

Specialty clear liquid protein shakes

Full Liquid Diet:

A full liquid diet is a diet where ONLY clear liquids and cloudy/opaque "full" liquids are consumed. No other solid foods and no chunks are permitted. A full liquid diet includes:

Everything on the clear liquid list

Milk and milkshakes

Yogurt (no chunks)

Ice cream (no chunks)

Pudding

Custard

Blended Diet:

A blended diet is a regular diet in which the food has been blended with water. Usually, this is the consistency necessary for a gastric feeding tube.

Everything on the full liquid list

Smoothies

Blended soups (no chunks)

Applesauce

Literally anything as long as it's been put in a blender and is now liquid-y

Pureed Diet:

A pureed diet is a diet in which the food has been mashed into a very fine mash. It can be thicker and drier than a blended diet and the food can be "molded" into shapes that resemble the original food on a plate. This is good for people who have few to no teeth or pain with chewing.

Everything on the blended list

Mashed potatoes (no chunks)

Anything the consistency of mashed potatoes

Mechanical Soft Diet:

A mechanical soft diet is one that is easy to chew. Unlike pureed, there can be small chunks. Examples include:

Everything on the pureed list

Oatmeal/cream of wheat/cream of rice

Very well cooked vegetables

Ground and finely chopped meats

Poached or soft boiled eggs

Cottage cheese

[ask--eggman]

Odd question because I am an odd person.

Favorite style of eggs?

Sunny side up! Everything is better fried. A staple of breakfast and goes great with my favorite fried chicken and fries too. Though I do love a good omelet poached egg. There's so many great things you can do with eggs and they're all delicious!

[kvetchlandia]

Thomas Hoepker Charles Bukowskim Los Angeles 1986

call it the greenhouse effect or whatever but it just doesn't rain like it used to. I particularly remember the rains of the depression era. there wasn't any money but there was plenty of rain. it wouldn't rain for just a night or a day, it would RAIN for 7 days and 7 nights and in Los Angeles the storm drains weren't built to carry off that much water and the rain came down THICK and MEAN and STEADY and you HEARD it banging against the roofs and into the ground waterfalls of it came down from roofs and there was HAIL big ROCKS OF ICE bombing exploding smashing into things and the rain just wouldn't STOP and all the roofs leaked- dishpans, cooking pots were placed all about; they dripped loudly and had to be emptied again and again. the rain came up over the street curbings, across the lawns, climbed up the steps and entered the houses. there were mops and bathroom towels, and the rain often came up through the toilets:bubbling, brown, crazy,whirling, and all the old cars stood in the streets, cars that had problems starting on a sunny day, and the jobless men stood looking out the windows at the old machines dying like living things out there. the jobless men, failures in a failing time were imprisoned in their houses with their wives and children and their pets. the pets refused to go out and left their waste in strange places. the jobless men went mad confined with their once beautiful wives. there were terrible arguments as notices of foreclosure fell into the mailbox. rain and hail, cans of beans, bread without butter;fried eggs, boiled eggs, poached eggs; peanut butter sandwiches, and an invisible chicken in every pot. my father, never a good man at best, beat my mother when it rained as I threw myself between them, the legs, the knees, the screams until they separated. "I'll kill you," I screamed at him. "You hit her again and I'll kill you!" "Get that son-of-a-bitching kid out of here!" "no, Henry, you stay with your mother!" all the households were under siege but I believe that ours held more terror than the average. and at night as we attempted to sleep the rains still came down and it was in bed in the dark watching the moon against the scarred window so bravely holding out most of the rain, I thought of Noah and the Ark and I thought, it has come again. we all thought that. and then, at once, it would stop. and it always seemed to stop around 5 or 6 a.m., peaceful then, but not an exact silence because things continued to drip drip drip

and there was no smog then and by 8 a.m. there was a blazing yellow sunlight, Van Gogh yellow- crazy, blinding! and then the roof drains relieved of the rush of water began to expand in the warmth: PANG!PANG!PANG! and everybody got up and looked outside and there were all the lawns still soaked greener than green will ever be and there were birds on the lawn CHIRPING like mad, they hadn't eaten decently for 7 days and 7 nights and they were weary of berries and they waited as the worms rose to the top, half drowned worms. the birds plucked them up and gobbled them down;there were blackbirds and sparrows. the blackbirds tried to drive the sparrows off but the sparrows, maddened with hunger, smaller and quicker, got their due. the men stood on their porches smoking cigarettes, now knowing they'd have to go out there to look for that job that probably wasn't there, to start that car that probably wouldn't start. and the once beautiful wives stood in their bathrooms combing their hair, applying makeup, trying to put their world back together again, trying to forget that awful sadness that gripped them, wondering what they could fix for breakfast. and on the radio we were told that school was now open. and soon there I was on the way to school, massive puddles in the street, the sun like a new world, my parents back in that house, I arrived at my classroom on time. Mrs. Sorenson greeted us with, "we won't have our usual recess, the grounds are too wet." "AW!" most of the boys went. "but we are going to do something special at recess," she went on, "and it will be fun!" well, we all wondered what that would be and the two hour wait seemed a long time as Mrs.Sorenson went about teaching her lessons. I looked at the little girls, they looked so pretty and clean and alert, they sat still and straight and their hair was beautiful in the California sunshine. the the recess bells rang and we all waited for the fun. then Mrs. Sorenson told us: "now, what we are going to do is we are going to tell each other what we did during the rainstorm! we'll begin in the front row and go right around! now, Michael, you're first!. . ." well, we all began to tell our stories, Michael began and it went on and on, and soon we realized that we were all lying, not exactly lying but mostly lying and some of the boys began to snicker and some of the girls began to give them dirty looks and Mrs.Sorenson said, "all right! I demand a modicum of silence here! I am interested in what you did during the rainstorm even if you aren't!" so we had to tell our stories and they were stories. one girl said that when the rainbow first came she saw God's face at the end of it. only she didn't say which end. one boy said he stuck his fishing pole out the window and caught a little fish and fed it to his cat. almost everybody told a lie. the truth was just too awful and embarrassing to tell. then the bell rang and recess was over. "thank you," said Mrs. Sorenson, "that was very nice. and tomorrow the grounds will be dry and we will put them to use again." most of the boys cheered and the little girls sat very straight and still, looking so pretty and clean and alert, their hair beautiful in a sunshine that the world might never see again. and

-- Charles Bukowski, "We Ain't Got No Money, Honey, But We Got Rain" 1990

[adventremnant]

Hi! I really appreciate your blog and I was wondering what it means when your body hits a plateau? I know you don’t believe in the metabolism boosting/slowing stuff and I was just curious about your thoughts! xx

Fluid or waste retention. You can typically break it through upping your fiber intake for a few days (try my ginger smoothie recipe and drink with a tbsp metamucil) and making sure you're getting adequate fluids and electrolytes (80oz combined, daily).

Also make sure you're getting restful sleep and not overexercising (both cause fluid retention).

If it's around your period that plateaus are happening, my advice is slightly different. Don't drink cold liquids or eat cold foods during your entire period. Have only hot teas, preferably ginger, citrus, spice, apple, or ginseng. Only hot foods as well. Bone broth, samgyetang with kimchi mixed into the broth, poached chicken with rice, that sort of thing. This will soothe the body, soothe cramps, and also get rid of bloating. i lost 6lbs during my last period doing this.

[jottingprosaist]

For anyone else out there facing a heatwave (it's 38° for me right now 🙃🙃🙃), I can't recommend enough that you prep a bunch of cold food. Uncooked foods will do in a pinch, but eating cold food that actually feels like a meal is both incredibly refreshing and a massive relief.

These 👇 are the recipes I've been living on for a while now. Everything can be made on the stovetop or microwave so you don't have to turn the oven on. Do your cooking at night once the outside temperature is below your indoor temp. Open the windows and get a breeze in if possible.

Cook and chill foods:

Pasta salad (Italian, Greek, Caesar, macaroni, Thai)

Soba gets its own bullet point 🤤

Grain salads (tabbouleh, barley)

Boiled eggs (add to a green salad or make into egg salad)

Sushi rolls or bowls (best eaten same night— rice gets hard if stored)

Chicken (poach then chill. Recommended because it's good cold and can be added to a wide variety of things for extra protein.)

No-cook foods:

Canned meat salads (chicken, tuna, ham)

Canned bean or chickpea salads

Sandwiches but I get bored of them so easily

Crackers and some kind of protein-y spread (peanut butter, hummus)

Platter of Stuff (bread, cheese, olives, cold cuts)

Raw vegetables and fruit

Green salads

Is that a lot of salads? Yes!! It's salad weather!!!

And if anyone has favorite recipes you'd like to share, please do. Weather report says I'm in for another 10 days of this heatwave 😭

[slooshee]

SOTM SPOILERS AHEAD!!

okay so I’ve seen a few questions about SOTM and how it effects previously established lore and I kinda wanna give my two cents on and try to clarify maybe theorize a little.

“So William and Henry didn’t make the original designs anymore?”

No. They did. At least the ones we know. It’s kind of complicated. Firstly, Fazbear Entertainment and by extension Fredbear’s Family Diner was already an established business when they collaborated with Edwin. So by that logic Fredbear and most likely Springbonnie probably already existed. The prototypes we see of them in the R&D section were supposed to be for the new establishment as this was pre-bite. Both would go on to be reworked/rebranded into new characters being Freddy and Bonnie. Chica and Foxy is where it starts to get a little more muddy. Chica was obviously designed by Fiona, at least her Chica’s party world version. But I think it’s also important to remember that for all of these the Murrays were contracted to make them. Meaning I imagine they were given some kind of description of what they were looking for, hence Chica at first being referred to as the design for the hen animatronic. I imagine that at least the basic idea of there being a chicken animatronic was commissioned by them. With Foxy it’s kind of unclear, we see the puppet version of Foxy and we know Fiona made puppets. We even see she made a pirate wolf/fox of some kind for David. So I see it either being, Foxy was Fiona’s original character but he was put for lease or sale and bought by Fazbearent. OR Foxy specifically and the Foxy pirate stage show we see was made for or in collaboration with FazbearEnt. But regardless of if William and Henry made the original designs or ideas or not they had final say on the versions we know today. They ended up not using Fiona’s designs for the first Freddy Fazbear’s location, which are described as ‘creepy’ by Edwin. Seeing as these animatronics go on to match the style of animatronics we know were designed by William and Henry I think it’s safe to say they had a hand in making the final versions we know from the other games. So yes I do still think the majority of the original gang that we know can still be attributed to Afton and Emily.

“So does this mean that Afton and Henry didn’t make the springlocks?”

As I said before I don’t think so. Fredbear’s was already an established brand. We know that location specifically used Springlocks. I think it’s more likely Henry and William came up with the idea, maybe had some kind of prototype, and worked with Edwin to improve upon the idea or use the technology for new suits that were planned to be at the next location. So it was more likely that all three (or at least Henry and Edwin) worked on the Springlock technology.

“Okay so then what was William Afton after in stealing from Edwin? If he didn’t want the characters or the springlocks what did he want?”

Well, I’m glad you asked. First of all, I believe William was after employees. He was poaching employees from Edwin, we see this implied a couple times throughout. Most likely because he was working on creating Afton robotics at the time and wanted workers for himself. Especially given that Edwin’s business was on a downward spiral and wouldn’t have lasted very long. Secondly, although it’s still debatable if Fazbear entertainment even was sending groups to the factory or if it was the mimic luring employees there the whole time. We know Arnold most likely was tricked and lured there by the mimic. But I think the way Edwin speaks about trying to keep things from them and being betrayed and the fact he puts all his plans so only he can access them does imply William was after something. That something? I believe was not the characters (although FazEnt would end up taking the majority of those too. Although I think that was through a buyout as most of them were for sale or lease and Edwin needed money) but I think he wanted the technology. Think about it. There’s so much stuff we see in Edwin’s factory that seems like it could’ve been used in a lot of the sister location’s technology specifically. 1. There’s the scooper. There’s just.. straight up the scooper. Right there. Edwin made the scooper. I don’t think there’s any debating that. 2. This one might be a bit of a stretch but I can’t help but feel the Tiger sections the mimic acts strikingly similar to how we see Funtime Foxy and Funtime Freddy function. It’s very reminiscent of the way Funtime Foxy reacts to light in the Funtime auditorium section. 3. The most important reason I believe is because of the mimic’s ability to copy voices. Which we see is an ability in some of the Funtime animatronics as well. I mean Funtime Freddy literally has the ability to mimic voices. They outright call it mimicry. Funtime Foxy also has an ability to “Parental voice sync and Replay” which to me sounds like it’s talking about a form of mimicking as well.

To give the TLTR version:

-Original Gang most likely still was William and Henry’s idea at least what animals they should be but they commissioned Fiona for the designs and never ended up using her designs (except for Chica during the Chica’s Party World Era but the Murray’s owned that). Switching to their own designs last minute.

-Springlocks still most likely were invented by Henry and/or William as Fredbear’s existed before Edwin’s partnership with them. The prototypes we see of Fredbear and SpringBonnie were supposed to be for the new location but most likely never got used because of the incident in 83.

-William Afton was still stealing ideas from Edwin even if it wasn’t the animatronics. I believe he was more so after the technology which can be reflected in his later inventions like the Funtime animatronics. He also was most likely poaching employees from Edwin’s dying business to work at Afton Robotics.

I hope this could help clear up or anything about it! I know this is a bit of a yapping fest but I hope it made some sense of things!

[tortoiseguy]

If Capcom wants to make a compelling narrative for Monster Hunter, which they have shown they do, they really have to lean into portraying the guild as an antagonist.

The guild works closely with rich nobility, they have a set of rules for hunting that specifically hurt poor villages, and they frequently make catastrophic judgement calls when assessing threats that end up actively hurting the ecosystem. The guild has, so far, been correct once when taking out a potential problem monster with the magalas. In tri they thought that lagiacrus was MAYBE causing the earthquakes and then asked us to just kill it, no questions asked. In world they thought nergigante was MAYBE a threat to the new world and then asked us to just kill it, no questions asked. In rise they thought MAYBE that magnamalo was causing the rampage then asked us to just kill it, NO QUESTIONS ASKED.

That's not just some mistake that's the unnecessary death of an animal! Think about that in real life and how horrible that would sound!

"Oh we thought this pack of lions was killing livestock so we sent some people to kill them all. Turns out, we were wrong and it was this other completely different animal. We are conservationists!"

Not to mention legends of the guild is an entire ass movie about how the guild fundamentally failed this small poor village on a systemic level that Aidan, a CHILD btw, was throwing himself into life or death situations just so his community wouldn't be wiped off the map. When Julius calls Aidan out on the fact that he's supposedly poaching and not hunting, that wasn't a fun opportunity to give an exposition about the world. It was pointing out the guild's hypocrisy! Aidan's reactive anger at Julius calling him a poacher was the correct response! They shouldn't HAVE to make a three day journey to dundorma every time a velociprey takes a chicken. That kind of thing should be handled by the guild. The guild doesn't allocate resources to helping these villages while giving an incentive to not help them to individual Hunters. Then when these villages finally decide they aren't going to wait around for help or go through the multiple day travel to register a quest with what little money they have and actually SOLVE their problem. ITS ILLEGAL TO DO SO!!!

And you know what's super cool about poaching? How the punishment is the guild sending assassins to take you out. For the multitude of Monster hunter fans who seem to think that's a reasonable response to that, lemme just tell ya it isn't. That sounds an awful lot like fascism! ESPECIALLY because we now know what qualifies as poaching! It can be as small as taking out a few small monsters who have been proven to be a threat to your village without a license. Aidan literally could have been assassinated for helping his village. A CHILD!

Quit trying and failing to get me invested in the villainous schemes of some fuckin dragon that's just acting on instincts, Capcom. You already HAVE a perfect antagonist right there!

[a-chip-in-inosukes-nichirin]

Night Riding

(snippet)

“Kyojuro lets me park her in here,” Akaza held up a key ring, spinning it around his index finger a few times before he clicked a button.

A metallic orange sports car flashed its lights and you paused, taking in the vehicle. It was sleek and low to the ground, but other than that you didn’t know enough about cars to correctly name what kind it was. Akaza flashed you a grin, opening the driver’s side door and sliding in. He patted his lap.

“Hop in.”

“On… the other side, right?” you glanced between where his hand rested on his leg and the other door. He let out a chuckle.

“No, sweetheart,” that crooked grin was back on his face. “Here. My lap.”

You stared at him for a good second, trying to parse out if he was serious.

“How are you going to drive then?”

“Very carefully,” he waited until you ducked in cautiously before yanking you all the way down, settled between his legs as he adjusted the seat as far back as it could go.

“This seems-” you stopped before you said dangerous, instead choosing to go with, “cramped…”

“You’ll get the hang of it,” he said wrapping one arm around your waist and backing out of the garage with a finesse only cocky young men with no sense of self-preservation have. He didn’t even bother to put on a seatbelt, which made your safety paranoia flash warning signs in your head. The humidity of his breath condensated on the nape of your neck and sent goosebumps down your back and arms as he revved the engine down the driveway, hollering out the window as he passed by the front of the house.

You briefly caught sight of Kyojuro’s bright hair near the front door, and his eyes locked on you, widening in surprise and a hint of confusion. Akaza’s laugh sounded in your ear.

“He’s mad I poached you,” Akaza still had his arm around you, but he was already sliding it down towards your waistband as he turned onto the road.

“Poached me?”

You were trying to pay attention to Akaza’s words while his hand slipped into your shorts, dancing over the thin fabric of your panties.

“He’s got a bit of a thing for you,” Akaza breathed in your ear. “But he’s too chicken to make a move, so I told him if he didn’t, I’d steal you.”

[stronghours]

anyway I made buttermilk biscuits and I made a batch of greek yogurt and a big thing of crockpot black beans and I made peanut butter and I made my special poached chicken which just means I add frozen shiitake mushrooms stems/juniper/allspice to the water alongside the other aromatics so now I have chicken broth for various other things and I have whey for baking and all the dishes are done and maybe, who knows, i will do LC's very simple buttermilk cocoa cake before the night it is out. because truly it is a one-bowl cake.

if you really, really want to poach chicken right what you do is you take two reasonably sized chicken breasts, I generally do boneless, and you cover them by an inch or so with cold water with all your fixings, and you turn on the flame with the lid off the pot and the second the water starts to send up bubbles you put on the lid, turn off the heat, and let it sit like that for likkkkke twenty-twenty five minutes. tender juicy pure white chicken every time