#proxy design pattern

[gregor-never-leaves-the-house]

I love rats, and I like unusual magic cards. So, it only makes sense to illustrate a repeating pattern of endless rats.

[horsescary]

oop brainrot is real

[francescolelli]

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[codeonedigest]

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[linkedspirit-fanartfunart]

[Image Description: 5 colored drawings of Legend of Zelda Fairies reimagined in a humanoid form for the Linked Spirit AU. 1st: Hope and Spryte fly next to each other, holding hands losely while Spryte gestures as if to explain something. Hope grins excitedly. Hope's tunic is red and pink. He has light blue and purple insect wings with feathered antenna. Spryte has blond hair, a simple pink tunic, and light blue wings. She has dark blue antenna with a blub end. 2nd: Navi hovers, one hand to her chest. She has short blue hair, and her body is light blue with a fur-like texture. She wears white armor and a blue skirt. Her wings are a light blue 3rd: Proxi raises a hand up, looking excited. Proxi has dark blue furred body, with white hair in a braid which ends with three blue beads. Her antenna are curled into spirals. She has white puffs of fur around her neck and ankles. She wears a light blue shirt with a flower-like shape at the bottom, and white shorts. Her wings are a sky blue. 4th: Tatl and Tael look at each other, Tatl's hands on her hips, Tael with a hand on his chest. Both of them have a base yellow body color, with patterns on their feet and hands. Tatl's patterns are a deeper yellow, while Tael's are violet. Tatl has blond hair in a ponytail, and wears a yellow dress with a tear pattern at the end. The top of the dress mimics the silhouette of Navi's armor. Tael wears a dark blue jumpsuit, with tattered ends of the shorts and short sleeves. Both of them wear a hoop belt similar to the band of Skull Kid's hat. 5th: Neri, Celia, and Leaf are in a small circle together, Celia's hands on the other's shoulders, and Neri & Leaf holding hands in front of Celia, they have dark skin similar to the Great Fairies in Wind Waker. Neri has a simple blue dress with teal bubbles on the bottom of the dress. Her hair is in a bun with a ponytail beyond it. Her wings are blue with teal tips with a shield like shape in the upper wings. Celia has yellowish green short hair. She wears a light yellow dress with a green line on the bottom of the skirt. Her wings are yellow with a simple line pattern. Leaf wears a red dress with sharp v cuts in the edges. He wears a deep red vest with long tails. His wings are red, with a diamond pattern in his upper wings. End ID]

Fairy friends!!! These designs are kinda my compromise between wanting consistency and wanting to keep them close to their in-game designs. Thus why the Glowing Ball Fairies have colored 'fur' (idk what it's called on insects but it's That, not fur-fur).

In universe, the difference is kinda like how the Wind Waker Healing Fairies are humanoid while the Phantom Hourglass Companion Fairies are glowing balls. The glowing fairies have higher levels of magic, and the hairs, kinda like bees, store it and make them glow.

[eretzyisrael]

by Dr. Dan Diker

George Orwell, one of Britain’s most illustrious writers and social and political observers, wrote, “Political language… is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable…” This prescient observation sums up the United Nations response to the October 7, 2023, Hamas atrocities against Israel.1 The UN, established in the aftermath of the Nazi Holocaust to respond to and prevent crimes against humanity, has subverted its founding charter, rationalizing aggression by Iran-backed proxies like Hamas, while failing to uphold Israel’s right to self-defense as a UN member and even equating the Jewish and democratic state to the terror groups trying to destroy it.

The morally disfigured responses by UN bodies to October 7 reflect a decades-long trajectory of corruption in its demonization, delegitimization and double standards regarding Israel, as former Israel Deputy Prime Minister Natan Sharansky has posited.

Hamas’s October 7 “Al Aqsa Flood” marks a new front in political hybrid warfare, merging ideological jihad with Soviet disinformation.2 Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, trained in Moscow, and Iranian regime-trained Hamas leadership have mobilized dual messaging—peace to the West, war to the Arab and Muslim worlds—mirroring the Cold War era Soviet disinformation campaign against the United States.3 The UN has amplified the Palestinian “al-Aqsa Flood” campaign rendering it an eighth legal-political front in Israel’s multifront war against Iran’s proxies.

The current disinformation war against Israel is rooted in the 2001 UN-sanctioned Durban World Conference Against Racism, which has since fueled a political warfare crusade against Israel. Durban’s NGO Forum summary statement revived the UN General Assembly’s Resolution 3379 of 1975, “Zionism is racism.” With its Israel-South Africa-apartheid comparison, the Durban declaration charged Israel as a “genocidal war criminal,” which spawned the global BDS movement.4 Since 2015, the UNGA’s 140 resolutions against Israel dwarf those against all other nations combined, a stark double standard.5

UNSC’s Refusal to Condemn October 7 Unconditionally

The UN Security Council’s (UNSC) failure to unequivocally condemn Hamas’s October 7 attack epitomizes the UN’s hypocrisy.6 Resolution 2712, passed on November 15, 2023, called for humanitarian pauses but omitted mention of the attack, prompting U.S. and UK abstentions.7 This persisting paralysis underscores the UNSC’s refusal to support Israel’s right to defend itself, aligning with a historical pattern of shielding non-state actors like Hamas while targeting Israel.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres led the UN’s moral failures on October 7. He declared on October 24, 2023: “I have condemned unequivocally the horrifying and unprecedented 7 October acts of terror by Hamas in Israel,” but then equivocated, adding, “It is important to also recognize the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum. The Palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation.”8

[princes-and-problems-au]

Lilith redesign and Lucifer re-redesign! Forewarning: This is all in good fun, I don't mean to pretend I can do better than the show, or that the show's designs are bad. I just want to have a nice time redrawing some characters! <3

Now that that's out the way, lets get to the actual art! I've stated some of this before, but I don't really like Lucifer's design in the actual show. He does have some cool motifs, I.E the circus theme, but it's really drowned out by the fact that he shares a lot of features with other cast members. I've also been heard that Lucifer, and by proxy Charlie, are meant to have Goat/Doll features, which I just... Don't see.

So, I decided to get rid of some redundant features (Bowtie, the red color scheme, and the vest) and really tried to highlight the royalty aspect. His top is partially inspired by an Indian Sherwani, though I've cut it off at the waist rather than let it flow down. I like his original white coat, so I tried to keep it similar. I thought giving him peacock features would represent his pride more than a goat. Goats are more connected to Satan and wrath, and sometimes Lucifer and Satan are interchangeable, but it doesn't seem the case in hazbin. Peacocks also have eye patterns, which would maybe connect him more to angels seeing as Lucifer is a fallen angel. Made him albino/leucistic because I wanted to keep the lighter/white color scheme as well. I decided to not give him shoes, since bird claws, but I did give him these leather strap things. Now, my favorite part of his design, The Jewelry and Cane! I wanted a really pronounced crown, one that wouldn't be ignorable, and I wanted the yellow chains to be a sort-of stand in for a halo, Lucifer clinging to his former angelic status. I hope I pulled it off lol. For the cane, I had once been taught that we don't actually know what fruit was on the tree in Eden and that some people thought it was a pomegranate, and I really love pomegranates soooo..... Rotting pomegranate cane! I decided to make it rotten because I honestly thought it fit him better, a decaying symbol of what caused his fall in the first place.

I didn't really like what they did with Lucifer in the show. Don't get me wrong, I really like the goofy, supportive dad angle they went with, but I feel there could have been more conflict. Have Lucifer be a genuinely disillusioned guy who thinks humanity is a rotten species that can never change. He's been there for literally all of humanities sins, he's seen the depravities of man. Further more, have him be too prideful to admit his wrongness. From what I was taught, Lucifer first tempted Eve to prove that humanity was flawed, and that he was better than them. Have him cling to the idea that there's no way that humanity could change because that would prove him false. Have him be a final boss of sorts, the first season could have built Charlie up, no mentions of Heaven interfering or anything. Instead it's made up of character development and minor antagonists (Maybe the vees?) and Lucifer could be mentioned as this guy who only brings Charlie down with his doubt. Then, the finale could be him deciding that Charlie's 'useless pet project' has gotten too out of hand, and have him visit the hotel. Over the course of the episode get him to be a real asshole, maybe he purposely tries to tempt the hotel guests to give in to their vices, like he did with Eve, and have him be proved wrong at the end of it all. Sort of like the Welcome To Heaven episode, have the sinners prove him wrong. Maybe he doesn't completely change his mind, but enough that he realize that Charlie's idea isn't completely stupid. And that's when he schedules a meeting with heaven, allowing for the angels and the whole 'heaven isn't actually that good' revelation to be properly built up in a second season.

Now, onto Lilith! I don't know how I feel about Lilith's design. It's just very... Eh. Nothing really stands out to me, and that sucks! I think the horns look cool, and that's all I can really say about the design. I also didn't really like how pale she was? I mean, coupled with Adam, this makes me worry their going to make the three original humans all white which is... A choice. So the first thing I did was give her some melanin. Lilith is from both Judaism and Mesopotamian mythos. While her name is mentioned in both places it's debated whether or not their the same being. I liked the idea of her being both, so that's what I went with. In Judaism, her name in Hebrew is often translated to "night creatures", "night monster", "night hag", or "screech owl". So I took that as inspo for the design. First off! I tried to make her appear more owl like, with the upper face seemingly connected to her hair and giving her bird feet, which a statue actually does give her bird feet lol. She was also often times related to amulets that, from what I understand were often used as stand-ins as a declaration of divorce, which in context of the show is... So funny. In her other hand is what Lilith's magic looks like. I'd like to think she was a very powerful being. Her dress was really fun to do. The under one is really tight, and reflective of the night sky, while the loser cloth I tried to give more twilight vibes. I like the idea that she and Lucifer match, Morningstar and Night Creature. The disc between her horns reflects the moons position, seeing as Lilith is also connected to the moon a lot. Lilith is said to steal husbands away in the night, which funny visual to me personally.

We don't have much on Lilith so far so I'm giving myself free-reign to do whatever I want personality wise! Lilith is a dangerous woman, and ruled hell in an iron fist. In this redesign, she and Lucifer separated long ago, both agreeing that life was taking them to different places. They ended up with split custody of Charlie. However, one day, she disappeared. This wasn't very suspicious, Lilith was often gone for long periods of time doing unspecified projects, but this time she didn't return. Charlie, who at this point was a teenager developmentally, was heartbroken. To this day she sends Lilith's old number voice messages on how her life is going, hoping one day her mother will answer her. No one knows what happened. Some suspected fowl play, others thought this was a long game for one of Lilith's plots.

So long story short, one neglectful parent and another disappeared parent makes for a very insecure, lonely child. Poor Charlie. Anyways, I'm thinking of redesigning Charlie and Vaggie next. I love questions, and thank you for reading this far!

[orochiposting]

Rini Akahoshi ꒰ᐢ. ̫ .ᐢ꒱ | The Mimic

art by the talented @ n.luciniart on instagram <3 !!

Full Name: Rini Akahoshi  Nicknames: Rin, Little Rabbit, Bunny, etc Species: Human Sorcerer Age: 25 Birthday: June 21, 1993 Zodiac: Gemini Height: 5’1 or 155 cm Gender: Cis female Sexuality: Pansexual Romantic Interest(s): Choso Kamo MBTI: ESFP Enneagram: 7w8

Class: Second Grade Innate Technique: Blood Mimicry

By ingesting the blood of another sorcerer, or cursed spirit, her technique causes her blood to replicate the origin of the blood’s cursed technique. Her skill and ability to mimic other’s techniques depend on how much blood she’s drank, how long it’s in her system, and how compatible it is with her physique/body. 

Domain Expansion: Flattering Display  

Once her domain is activated, whether or not she has ingested their blood and or flesh, it is guaranteed that she will mimic their technique whenever someone steps into her domain.

Random Facts ૮ . . ྀིა⁩

Born to a family of non-sorcerers, who couldn't comprehend the fact their daughter could see 'monsters' they were unable to.

Works alongside Mahito & Geto or Pseudo-Geto's Group.

Bites the people or things she likes/loves or finds cute. (OR out of self-defense.)

Best friends with Mahito.

Mimics Mahito and Choso's techniques the most often, but is particularly fond of and more practiced with Mahito's.

Carries around transfigured humans in her purse to use for fighting or to play with like 'play-doh.'

She has an opinion on how humans, curses, and half-curses 'taste.' (their blood) She believes humans taste overly sweet, despite the iron. Cursed Spirits are bitter and sour. Half-Curses are the perfect middle ground and flavor palette for her. (like Choso)

Her design was loosely inspired by Pucca (animated series, 2006)

Fell in love with Choso at first sight. Crushed on him for several months, essentially chasing after him while he was oblivious to her affections. When it became impossible to not realize any longer, he'd try to deny her feelings but only for so long <3

Walks around in public with Mahito regularly looking as though she's talking to herself to non-sorcerers or seers.

Spends time with Kechizu and Esou often, with or without Choso.

She truly believes cursed spirits are the 'true humans,' and that they're capable of something stronger than human emotions - even if they don't understand them.

Prefers the company of the cursed spirits in the group, over any human or human sorcerer, like herself.

She adores Hanami and Dagon, and while she's fond of Jogo - he finds her irritating, if not slightly endearing for her unusual devotion to cursed spirits.

Despite not being much younger than him, she views Geto Suguru as a stand-in father figure because of how he treats her compared to the family she used to live with. (and by proxy, sees my other OC Nora Dahl/Doll as a stand-in mother figure.)

Even if she adores her best friend, Mahito, the two go back and forth between being affectionate and getting into fights. The two are too similar for their own good.

Keeps diaries and journals, all organized, to recount her days. (& a more secret notebook to take 'notes' on Choso's likes and dislikes, habits, or interests.)

Likes‹𝟹

Strawberries

Biting (Affectionately <3)

Rabbits/Bunnies

Blood :3

Sour Candy

Her New “Family”

Gardening / Picking Flowers

Giving Gifts

Baking 

Shopping (especially for new clothes)

Mimicking Mahito’s technique to ‘play’ with transfigured humans

Writing

Stuffed Animals

Vampire Novels

Nightcore

The Concept of 'Fate' or 'Destiny'

Causing Chaos

Being Bundled in Blankets & Oversized Sweaters (especially in the winter)

Dislikes‹/𝟹

Her Old Family (By Blood)

Incense

Patterned Socks

Leaving Windows Open

Overly Intricate Nail Art

Being Supervised (or micromanaged)

Religion

Cold Weather

Most Vegetables

Rain or Thunderstorms

Autophobia

Being Called Delusional (even by her doctors)

Classical Music

Formal Dress Attire (that isn't 'trendy' formal wear)

Christmas / Christmas Eve (December as a whole)

Personality ૮꒰˶ᵔ ᗜ ᵔ˶꒱ა 

Positive Traits: Persistent, Extroverted, Flirtatious, Cutesy, Appreciative, Supportive, Ambitious, Efficient, Observant, Quirky, Sentimental, Affectionate, Creative, Playful, Confident, Passionate, Odd, Enthusiastic, Spontaneous, Trusting, Cheerful, Lively, Considerate to her friends, Accepting, Loyal Negative Traits: Sleepy, Emotional, Chaotic, Morbid, Stubborn, Impulsive, Childish, Impulsive, Reckless, Irrational, Jealous, Dramatic/Melodramatic, Self-Indulgent, Unethical, Volatile, Temperamental, Selfish, Cynical, Fanatical, Violent, Impatient, Possessive, Fussy, Irrational, Obsessive

Rough/Base Timeline Leading to Season 1 & 2 + JJK 0 (unless canon 'disproves' it)

June 21, 1993 - Rini was born to a family of non-sorcerers 1999 - She began to see cursed spirits  December 27, 2015 - Her parents handed her to the Kamo Clan so they could 'study' her technique since it was blood-related, like theirs. January 11, 2016 - She bit a clan member out of self-defense, mimicked his technique, and injured him before fleeing - without knowing if the sorcerer succumbed from his wounds. January 15, 2016 - While on the 'run,' she ran into Suguru Geto and Mahito in an alley one evening, the two were intrigued by her panicked state and even more so when a sorcerer rounded the corner after her. They'd assist her in defeating him, before questioning her about her abilities and opinions. Seeing the benefit of having a human sorcerer with little-to-no experience in the jujutsu society, Geto would offer her a place to go and a team to join. 2016 Cont. - She'd begin to grow closer to Mahito, biting him more often and copying his technique more regularly - practicing nearly daily. February 14, 2016 - She'd meet Choso for the first time, and while they'd share no words during the brief encounter - she'd fall for him instantly. -- (will eventually write out full-length versions of her important moments both from her backstory and present in the series line & hopefully accompany them with comms !!)

[bootswiththefur565]

AU Idea / Me Rambling

Part 2 Here: https://www.tumblr.com/bootswiththefur565/777549218274476032/au-ideas-me-rambling-part-2

Okay so Dead Ends is like a spin off of a Slendermansion au. Except it’s not exactly a “found family” type of genre. In my au some of the creeps do live in the mansion while others are scattered about in cabins deep in the woods. The ones who live at the mansion are inexperienced and / or sloppy. Those who live in the cabins are the best of the best and usually live with those who they work the best / most with. Like an example would be a cabin with Tim, Brian, Kate, and Toby. The more experienced proxies do longer missions and more detective / undercover work rather than quick homicides.

The mansion along with the cabins are on a different plane of existence. This is simply so no average mortal can access the area. The creeps can travel to and from this plane but in only certain designated spots. There are areas within the woods and certain abandoned areas where the lines of reality are thin and by therefore can be passed through. I imagine that these spots are not always available and really only work at certain times. The proxies call these areas “soft spots / places”

The only reason why some of the experienced proxies come back to the mansion is for two reasons. One being they got seriously injured and are in need of EJ’s medical assistance. Two being that something big is going on and they need all hands on deck.

Another thing would be the people they go after / targets. For this topic there could be three options.

1. Those who know too much. This could range from detectives who are starting to catch on to the killer’s patterns or normal people who are too interested in the supernatural. When I talk about detectives catching on I mean every creep or proxy has a relatively distinct way of killing someone. Just because they hop from state to state doesn’t make it less noticeable so they kill off those who are starting to connect the dots.

2. In my AU there are those who have a “spark” about them that gives them a tie to the supernatural. This is what most proxies possess and is what made them candidates to begin with. Some people could live with the “spark” and never know about it. The “spark” can very in every individual, some have stronger ties while others have weaker ties. Some may not have a “spark” at all. If the Operator or Slenderman doesn’t deem the individual worthy of being a candidate (which is usually the case), he/it sees them as a food source. Eating those with the “spark” is what fuels it and makes him stronger.

3. The average witness. If someone witnesses a murder committed by one of the proxies they automatically become a target. They can have no loose ends by any means.

This is just some of the basic things that I’ve thought about. I’m sorry I like to yap too much 😭

[aclowntiny]

Silent War- Wonwoo x Gender Neutral!Reader

Word Count: 2,543 | Fluff, Humor, Slight Rivals to Lovers, Gamers 😎 | Warnings: nothing really, just one minor swear lol | Note: 20,000 won is about 15 bucks USD so yeah hehe

Corny pinball dings and flashes abound as you stroll into your haven, marching confidently to the card loader as if you owned the place. Which, frankly, sometimes you felt like you did.

Ok, that was a bit dramatic, but holding a consistent high score on your favorite arcade game gave you a unique childlike high of smugness that only grew stronger with the familiarity of your spot. You knew where everything was, the best table that didn’t wobble, which pizza was the best, how to load credits onto your card without asking for help, all of it. Visiting the arcade was your way to relax, a healthy way to release all your stress and aggression onto pixelated enemies. Not that you were a physically aggressive person anyway, but still. Take that, aliens.

There was a nice adrenaline rush associated with beating your personal best, something exciting but still relaxing. No need to sweat it up like some people did for their rushes.

Swipe.

Points added. Have fun!

Strike Shot was a janky, cheesy-looking console with some of the side design worn off, but so satisfying to huddle over and press the controls as fast as possible. Which honestly was faster than it looked like the machine could operate. The music was intense, upbeat techno you would have just listened to on its own, and the play was fairly simple: fly your ship, shoot down aliens, don’t run into asteroids, ships, or anything that makes you explode. It required focus and deftness, traits you’d honed for months. It was your corny old game, the star-dotted leaderboard suspended above the screen always topped by your initials.

Except today. Shotzfired, your username for that console, had fallen. It was second place. Second. After months of domination, someone had taken your crown. Some player by the name of Number원.

Oh, no. This would not do. Not at all. Number원 thought they could score 53,850 points, unseating you by a mere 300? Well, the joke was on them.

Stretching your hands, you got to work.

~

It happened again. You strode across the ridiculously dated carpet patterned with squiggles, triangles, and squares in yellow, magenta, and cyan to find Strike Shot again topped with Number원, this time beating you by a less narrow margin. Your eyebrows involuntarily furrowed, gaze narrowing at the display as if it would reveal Number원’s secret.

Had you ever seen this person in the arcade? They certainly didn’t seem to share your schedule considering you, a teenage couple who went by LOVERZ, and one kid innocently named MRCOOL once were just about the only people you’d ever seen playing Strike Shot. It wasn’t nearly as popular as the gambling simulators or basketball hoop matches. Heck, even the whack-a-mole got more traffic.

Number원 was a slippery character.

~

You were barely even surprised by the third time. Fire flew into your eyes, spurring you onward to defend your title. Number원 had to realize that you were not going down without a fight. Suddenly, motions that had become second nature to you felt important again, your energy and focus sharpening.

The rage of battle overtook you, every alien ship becoming a proxy for your newest enemy. Defeating the spacecraft shooting little purple blasts at you, sending them spiraling out of the sky, was your way of dropping Number원 off of your throne. Pew, pew. Take that, aliens. There’s only one ruler of space.

~

It was stakeout time. You’d had it. Number원 being on top was bad enough, but changing the username to Number원 ㅋㅋㅋ? It may have taken two weeks, but now it was personal.

Defeat was a challenge, mockery was all-out warfare. A purple-shirted arcade employee walked by you that day, stating “I’m glad you’ve been enjoying this game so much,” and it took every fiber of your being just to accept it and not explain that what you were doing was an act of silent warfare. You weren’t sure if the employee was enough of a gamer to get it. He was definitely younger than you, that was for sure. Teenagers had a tendency to roll their eyes at adults, right?

So, the day after you beat Number원 ㅋㅋㅋ, you went to the arcade. Day off be darned. Some of the familiarity had melted away, that usual kid replaced by a middle-aged woman you suspected was both the place’s owner and the boy’s mother. They had the same warm smile.

You stationed yourself at the pinball machine adjacent to Strike Shot, getting in a few rounds of a game you hadn’t enjoyed in too long anyway. You were rusty, so you honed your flipper skills while glancing occasionally at your home game, which remained empty.

After several rounds of pinball and even one on the claw machine around the corner (you didn’t win, the thing was totally rigged), it was break time. Couldn’t waste too many of your credits, after all. They didn’t exactly spring up out of the garish 1990’s carpet, after all, and you couldn’t help but chuckle as you wondered what your boss would think if he knew some of your wages were going to this.

A trio of middle school boys ran boisterously past, beelining for the basketball. LOVERZ strolled by hand in hand, the girl giggling at something her boyfriend said as she straightened her shiny black pigtails.

One lonely-looking guy tried his hand at the zombie shooter, gripping the plastic gun like much more of a pro than you would have expected. Usually you saw him at the claw machine. No one touched Strike Shot, you reflected as you crossed the floor over to the pizza parlor, ordering two slices of your favorite.

When you sat down and started tearing into the greasy goodness, you were surprised to see you weren’t the only one there. A guy near your age, give or take a couple years, sat two seats away from you finishing up some pizza of his own. You’d never seen him before; maybe he wasn’t a regular.

For some reason, he intrigued you. Maybe it was the way he casually yet deftly pushed his glasses up or the calm he exuded, but you decided to try your hand at conversation.

“Is this your first time here?”

You saw his posture shift, clearly in surprise at being addressed, before he turned toward you, shaking his head with a small smile. “No, I come here quite often, actually.”

“Me, too,” you replied, brow furrowing, “I’m surprised I’ve never seen you before. I thought I knew everyone!” You added with a chuckle.

“I usually come on tuesdays and thursdays.”

You nod slowly. “Oh, that’s why. I’m usually here on mondays and wednesdays. Took out some overtime this week.” You grinned. “I’m (y/n), by the way.”

“(y/n),” he repeats, “My name is Wonwoo. Hey, while you’re here, would you be interested in being Player 2 for Death Risen? I’ve always wanted to play, but I come here on my own.”

“Sure,” you nod, taking another bite of your pizza, “I’ve never played either, though, so I may not be up to my usual standard.”

Wonwoo cocked an eyebrow at that. “You have high standards, then?”

“Can’t come here this often and not, right?” You joked, eyes sparkling with mischief.

~

“Watch out. Watch out. Watch-” BLAM! Warnings received, you whipped around and took out the ghoul that charged from behind, somehow managing a headshot. “Nice,” Wonwoo commented.

He was really good at games, his calm smile fading into a sharp, focused look the moment he pressed start, but still kept that relaxing presence. You didn’t feel like you had to perform for him, like he didn’t care about pretense at all. His demeanor was a natural damp on nervous energy too, making you feel balanced out. You’d practically forgotten about Strike Shot, your mind devoted to shooting ghosts and demons out of the earthly plane…and maybe trying to switch your work schedule to heavier tuesdays and thursdays. Given you worked from home, that could be manageable if you-

Wait. Had this guy already gotten that far under your skin? You’d played one long round of Death Risen and you were already-

“Look, we got the high score! Great job, (y/n)!” Wonwoo reached over for a high-five, a big smile on his face and joy lighting up his deep brown eyes as the victory screen reflected in the lenses of his glasses.

Yep, you were interested. High-fiving back, you took in the feelings of your hands together for the fleeting moment you were offered. "Wanna play anything else?"

"Sure," Wonwoo nodded, "have you figured out the secret to the claw machine yet?"

Your eyes widened with interest. "That thing? It's so rigged."

He smirked, turning his game card in his hands like a master gambler plays with his poker hand. "Not if you know the trick."

Apparently, the trick was to shake the machine too. "Isn't this cheating?"

"Do you want a rubber duck or not?" Wonwoo shot back, laughing as you palmed the sides of the big rectangular chamber. "I'm sure they only cost this place like ₩20,000 for a lot of a hundred. It's not like we're cheating on the one that wins you a switch."

"Ok, ok," you let go of the machine to put up your hands in surrender, "you sold me. I wouldn't feel good about stealing a switch, either," you clarified.

"You're barely into stealing a rubber duck," Wonwoo teased, bringing warmth to your face.

"Yeah, yeah, let me know when to move it."

"Alright, go ahead. Which one do you want?"

"Hmmm, if you can go for the one with the cowboy hat, I like him."

"Done."

You walked away from the claw machine with Wonwoo at your side and your rubber duck, which you named Ranger, peeking out of your pocket.

"So, do you have a favorite game here?" You asked Wonwoo, peering at his handsome side profile as you broke the comfortable silence.

"Yeah," he nodded, grinning, "but I think only one other person ever plays it. I'm the best, though."

"I'm a regular, remember? Try me."

He tilted his head toward a purple console with faded wrapping on the side, aliens with faces worn away, the menacing effect totally lost as the screen flashed invitingly, enticingly.

"Strike Shot," he tells you with a smirk as if you didn't have every button, every chip of that game memorized, "someone keeps trying to beat my high score, but I beat them every time."

It hit you like a ton of bricks, your eyes falling open. Number원. Wonwoo. This was the guy whose ass you'd been trying to beat for two weeks.

"Number원," you muttered before you could stop yourself, tone a little more intent than the half of you that was attracted to this guy would have wanted.

What were the odds? This guy, this really chill, stupidly handsome guy you were going to try to swap numbers with was the newfound bane of your gamers' pride's existence?

Wonwoo for his part chuckled, smirk widening. "Shotzfired?"

"You're going down. One final match."

"Why, because if I beat you bad enough you won't play anymore?"

"That's it," you stop, crossing your arms and stepping closer to him, only inches separating the two of you. You'd totally forgotten yourself, forgotten Wonwoo and that you two were still relative strangers and that you were just thinking he was hot enough to rearrange your work from home schedule just to see him. In that moment, all you saw was the red of your silent war. "I'll show you. You'll eat those words."

That calm smile broke across his face, somehow much more infuriating than the smirk was. Wonwoo looked completely unbothered by your words, more faintly amused, like you were cute. The part of you that wanted him to find you cute had gone to sleep, though. Mostly. You still felt a little flushed, the realization of the way you two had been standing for just a little too long hitting you. But there was no backing down, not when he said what he said, that peaceful happiness still painting his face.

"Make me, (y/n)."

~

You won. You. Freaking. Won. By only a hundred points, but you topped the leader board with a smirk, crossing your arms once more as you swiveled to face Wonwoo. "Take that."

"That's ok, I'll just beat it next time you're here. You're so happy, I'll leave it for now.”

“That’s ok, maybe next time I’ll be here to stop you.”

“Oh?” Try as you might, you couldn’t read into the ‘oh’ very well. He sounded a bit pleased, but you weren’t sure if it was just the competition talking.

“Or would you rather just show up and see?” You backed off a little, suddenly feeling self-conscious, like maybe you’d taken it too far.

“If I’m being honest? I like having someone here to play with. Ever since we started going back and forth in first place, it’s been more fun, don’t you think?”

You had felt a new fire in you as you played to beat Number원, not just fill your own space. It had filled you with a new anticipation every time you’d entered the arcade, hoping to see someone else standing at Strike Shot for you to challenge. Heck, you’d even gone full stakeout more on your usual errand day just to get a glimpse of the person you were locked in a battle with. It had been the most fun you’d had in a while, a revitalization of a stale routine.

“Yeah,” you smiled, this time softly, gladly, “it has been more fun.”

“Same time next tuesday, then?”

“You’re on.”

Waving to the owner lady, you strode out of the arcade with a smug look, but this time your high score was completely forgotten. After all, Wonwoo had asked you for your phone number.

~

“Get him! Get him!”

“I’m trying! You’re making this difficult, (y/n).”

“What do you mean?” You teased, hands sliding a bit further up Wonwoo’s waist as he tried to hit the right combo of buttons.

“You won’t be laughing when I topple your Strike Shot score again,” he shot back, but he turned to away during the little zombie cutscene to peck your lips.

“Well then, I’ll just beat it again like I always do. Like I have been doing for, let’s see…”. You counted on your fingers innocently. “Five months now?”

He shook his head. “You’re a menace, you know that?”

“Yeah,” you just agreed, blinking at the stars in your boyfriend’s eyes, memories of you guys reading together, watching and reviewing movies, laughing at how silly you looked playing whack-a-mole like a kid, the way Wonwoo’s unique mind opened you up to new details of the places you’d seen countless times and the way you dragged him out to have fun everywhere you went, and of course your first kiss shared at your doorstep all playing through the haze of your mind, “but you know you love me.”

Wonwoo leaned down, resting his head on yours. “That I do.”

[mollyrosaria]

Revamping Dr. Fusinal Dayinite

Long story short, my long-term interpretation of our beloved doctor has grown stale, so in an attempt to rekindle my own ability to enjoy my own interpretations of characters again in general, I will be revamping and revising my interpretations of these characters, starting with Fusinal.

Let’s start with the things I want to keep.

His general sense for violence, his obsession with fusion (that’s a given), his taste for unethical experiments, his taste for Pokémon-human fusions, and his tendencies to experiment on himself.

Those are the basics I’d like to keep.

And for more niche details:

He still prefers to listen to everything on a phonogram/vinyl, he still owns his own library room, he still owns his own laboratory, he’s still cursed by Arceus, and he still has his assistant, Marnie.

And for things that will change!

He is no longer a cannibal himself and by extension will no longer eat his patients or anyone else, he is not infinitely rich, he still does Pokemon-pokemon fusions [that’s his main source of money], he no longer will kill his patients and revive them again just for fun, he will have many more patients that are characters from the mainline games (EX: Lillie, Gladion, Volo), and his name will be Fusinal Dayinite instead of Fuchsia Orion.

And I will be bringing back a major detail that I have ignored many times, his DNA is still unstable from experimenting on himself, and often cannot maintain his human form when feeling intense negative emotion or pain; similar to Goop/Monster Belos from The Owl House.

[POST CONTINUES UNDER CUT]

As for his design, I will be making changes.

Old Design:

New Design:

As you can see I kept the general gist of his design the same, he still has his turtleneck sweater although it’s black now and sleeveless, his lab coat is forked at the bottom, and he no longer has the DNA splicer pendant. He also now has glasses and a ponytail. And of course I kept the DNA Belt. How could I not?

You can’t really tell but he still has the green dots under his eyes, as he still has attempted to fuse himself with Arceus, but I like to think that instead of getting its abilities, the fusion was so painful that he had to stop it immediately, but due to him being in pain and not being in a clear state of mind or body, he couldn’t remove all of the DNA, and kept some of the god’s traits by proxy.

In addition to him no longer being completely fused with Arceus, he will no longer be able to read minds, teleport, travel time or dimensions, or heal wounds with magic.

He may still be able to revive the dead, but doing so will put him out of commission for at-least a day and at most a week.

The way he travels dimensions and between worlds to grab patients now is of his own machinery harnessing ultra-wormholes

Has figured out how to make his own masterballs so he can capture any Pokémon he pleases.

His goggles are actually technologically advanced this time around, being able to zoom, provide analytics, sense heat, and act as night-vision goggles when needed.

Also he has funny pants. (What I mean is he wears eccentrically patterned pants just because he’s silly like that.)

ALSO. Don’t Trust Dr. Fuse may or may not be renamed to just The Fusion Lab. I don’t know yet. Or maybe Don’t Trust The Doctor

[baerthe]

I haven't posted in a while cause I liked doing big posts on Tumblr. Been working on a new series of proxies using updated versions of an older frame of mine and a public-domain/stock-owned trained generator. The idea is focusing on what I am actually good at which is graphic design and art editing. Personally, I like the results. We have an Art Nouveau-inspired set, we got a Kaiju 80's anime set...

Hell we even got a set of lands inspired by the gameboy! So, this is *not* real pixel art. This is the part of the card I find interesting, the most. It is the result of a pretty complex script I wrote for Photoshop that takes a (rather poorly done) AI pixel art (in full 32 colors) that is about 8 times the size of this, uses an algorithm to try to correct for common pixel art errors, then resizes it (dithering patterned) to the right size for the GB (but a bit wider), rescales it again (NN) to 4x size, applies color filtering to the GB 4 colors, then adds in a faux pixel gird (its not perfect). I edit it before the grid for mistakes/errors. That image (below) is filtered onto the screen of the token PSD. The land as a whole was made in Illustrator, and Photoshop, and used Firefly (I have a commercial license) for the stock image pixel art.

Also doing some tokens :) Been a busy last two months of work. This shouldn't be a surprise but most AI "art" is really poorly composed and riddled with errors. A lot of them I can edit, paint over, etc, but there's a lot I simply cannot. But it is also obvious which stuff I did earlier and which I did recently; as Ive gone at it It has gotten so much easier to do larger re-paints and edits. So I'm hopeful.

[francescolelli]

What Software Patterns (or Design Patterns) are and an introduction to the most common one

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[putschki1969]

Store Specific Original Tokutens Revealed

We finally have visuals for the postcard tokuten (Source). As I expected, the HMV one is VERY pretty (although so far I am not seeing anything about the tokuten on their website).

Amazon.co.jp: “Mega Jacket” Other stores: Postcard [A] Tower Records: Postcard [B] Lawson HMV: Postcard [C] NEOWING: Postcard [D] Animate: Postcard [E]

■FC shop “KEIKO Official Fan Club Meat and Chocolate CD/DVD OFFICIAL SHOP” tokuten FC Shop: Postcard [F]

Online Sign Event

In celebration of Keiko’s upcoming physical single release, she will be holding two online sign events (as she did previously for her album release of "dew"). If you pre-order the target products at the target shop within the target period, you will either receive one out of two original photo designs or one of the cover images with your name and Keiko’s handwritten signature. The present will be shipped together with the ordered product. The sign events will be live streamed on the KEIKO Official YouTube Channel for everyone to watch (Source).

■ Date and time #1 Event: January 18, 2024 19:00- (JST) #2 Event: Janaury 23, 2024 19:00- (JST) ※The broadcasts are scheduled to be archived for one week.

■ Stream URL https://www.youtube.com/c/KEIKOOfficialYouTubeChannel?app=desktop

■ Target Products Single 「夕闇のうた」 released on 2024/1/24 ① 【CD+Blu-ray Disc】 （AVCD-61396/B） ¥2,420 ② 【CD+DVD】 （AVCD-61395/B） ¥2,200 ③ 【CD only】 （AVCD-61397） ¥1,540

[#1 Event: January 18, 2024 19:00- Bonus Details] A) ①【CD+Blu-ray Disc】 + ③【CD only】 ¥3,960 ⇒ Bonus: Original photo (pattern A in size L), with customer's name (nickname) and Keiko's signature. B) ②【CD+DVD】 + ③【CD only】 ¥3,740 tax included ⇒ Bonus: Original photo (pattern B in size L), with customer's name (nickname) and Keiko's signature.

[#2 Event: January 23, 2024 19:00- Bonus Details] A) ①【CD+Blu-ray Disc】 + ③【CD only】 ¥3,960 (tax included) ⇒ Bonus: Cover image of ①[CD+Blu-ray Disc] with customer's name (nickname) and Keiko's signature B) ②【CD+DVD】 + ③【CD only】 ¥3,740 (tax included) ⇒ Bonus: Cover image of ② [CD+DVD] with customer's name (nickname) and Keiko's signature C) ①【CD+Blu-ray Disc】＋③【CD only】 ¥3,960 (tax included) ⇒ Bonus: Cover image of ③ [CD only] with customer's name (nickname) and Keiko's signature D) ②【CD+DVD】＋③【CD only】 ¥3,740 (tax included) ⇒ Bonus: Cover image of ③ [CD only] with customer's name (nickname) and Keiko's signature

■ Target sales period  #1 Event on January 18: January 11 (20:00 JST) - January 17 #2 Event on January 23: January 11 (20:00 JST) - January 22

■ Target store: https://www.corazon-store.com/event/2023/12-06/9497/

※Shipping fee is ¥880 ※Registration to the CORAZON site is required for purchases ※Please note that the number of products is limited. As soon as the target store runs out of stock, sales will end. ※The number of characters for the nickname is limited to 10 characters. Refrain from using inappropriate language or emojis. Kanji, hiragana, katakana and romaji are all eligible. ※The store only ships within Japan so you will have to use a proxy service like Tenso ※Overseas credit cards work

[agoraphobic-artist]

Kuro Shit: Part 2

Back again with more from the Proxy Box.

This time with the first wave of Public School Arc Acrylic stands and the full set of Acrylic cards. First are the 6 Character acrylics:

I particularly like the base design for these acrylics so I have added a close up of Sebastian's for reference.

The next item, I received in the original box new and sealed, The left image shows an example of the blind bag packet that each card was inside of. The other photo shows the display box and the backs of the acrylic cards. They are much longer than I had expected with an intricate pattern to the back. The design is very reminiscent of tarot cards.

The full collection contains 12 Cards:

6 Full body images and 6 Close-ups.

[headmate-ideas]

hello! may i please request an alter to function as a mediator insystem? a lot of us disagree with each other on common internet discourse and it can be very upsetting to some more sensitive alters. she is a human(ish) mspec lesbian woman who loves cats, sparring, exercise, rigid routines, and doing what she thinks is right. she'd ideally be good at establishing temporary peace and negotiating with "extreme" ideologies. also somewhat of an OCD-combatter. here are some emojis we think fit her: 🚩⛓️‍💥🍷🧯🗡️ thank you!!

⛓️‍💥 HEADMATE TEMPLATE 🧯

✦ Name(s): Emilia, Roxy, Lulu ✦ Pronouns: she/her, e/em/eir/eirs/emself, sie/hir/hirs/hirself ✦ Species: alterhuman ✦ Age: 30 ✦ Role(s): internal protector, communicator, manager, assidumate, caretaker, moralist ✦ Labels: mspec lesbian, woman, multigender, xenogender, neutrois ✦ Xenos: cats, the color red, dreams ✦ Interests/likes: psychology, technology, cuisine ✦ Dislikes: disruptions to routine ✦ Music taste: classical music, vaporwave, classic rock ✦ Aesthetic(s): Victorian gothic, fantasy aesthetic, flat design ✦ Kins: Siamese cats, ladybugs, daggers ✦ Emoji proxy: ⛓️‍💥🧯 ✦ Details:

Emilia is somebody who can understand all sides of a debate even if she doesn't agree and in fact has her own very strong views on what is right. This means she is able to help mediate in in-system conflicts that involve disagreements on sensitive issues, such as common discourse topics. Even if the ideology the headmate holds is extreme, Emilia is still able to find common ground between them and headmates holding opposing ideologies to bring peace between them, even if only temporary. She is also able to help the system manage their OCD, helping redirect their compulsions and talk headmates out of intrusive thought patterns. Emilia is very rigid about routine and can be thrown off-kilter when the system's routines are disrupted. She loves cats, sparring, and exercise, and she likes taking care of the system's pets (if they have any) and making sure they exercise often enough. She has a strong sense of justice and morality and believes in doing what she thinks is right. She is also good at helping with everyday tasks, especially if it's something no one else in the system wants to do.

[These can be edited and changed as needed, and headmates will almost definitely not turn out EXACTLY as described.]