#this is good stuff

[petengneu]

Just finished playing the Love in the Woods Demo by @loveinthewoodsdevs.

A short but cute experience, this was a very pleasant surprise!

I really enjoyed how the interactions with Mae feel natural and never forced, also thanks to a very nice artstyle and great music (especially the stargazing theme) setting a relaxed and cozy tone.

If the final product is anywhere near this quality level, it's going to be a really good fangame.

If you are a NITW fan, or you like visual novels with anthro characters, give it a try! It's a project made with lots of passion, and it shows.

[esterzach]

A ton of good observations and logic. After all the talk about forest and trees, that is so me - I notice elements but often the whole picture escapes me because I am not looking for a bigger picture. If this theory is correct, a shit tone of people will feel somewhat stupid though. Because almost every small element, that didn't make sense at the moment these people, including me in several cases, attributed to writers either incompetence or not paying attention to details all of a sudden turns out to... be quite in place, and put there carefully. Almost got angry that I didn't see this side of things because there were things I noticed, but didn't stop to think of them at all and later forgot about them completely. This analysis is very interesting. Worth listening to, even if you don't agree with it.

[pookapufferfish]

*appears*

so rivvy and hunter are like... yes. Second Chances is the ship name because you know Hunter delivers the slag keys... Rivvy delivers the MRC (And gives pebbles a chance to make it up to moon)

they are just so... counterparts in my mind. So i clinked them together.

i think they are also very good counterparts, riv has to be fast and hunter also has to be fast and i think its a fun counterpart to other ships i've seen... also i've literally never seen anyone shipping rivv and hunter and was confused because they're so fun together. anyway

i just think they're neat.

this ship should have more love honesly

[unknownarmageddon]

hey hey

yknow that one scene in underverse 0.2 where cross uses his silly little knife to control monsters with his powers

.

well.

AUGH PAPER’D

FUCK

SHAKING YOU

I do not. Know how to even put shit into words rn but this is brilliant like. AUGHH I am fucking devouring this angst

genuinely this is brilliant my god

[chipmunkweirdo]

The New Alvin 2.0 fanfic is hot off the press. Writing something I have muse for exactly when I have muse for it doesn’t happen often. I’m really glad it did today and yesterday.

This fic should help you understand how the Alvin 2.0 transformation began. Although I must say, I’m the most excited for story 2 where Alvin falls in love….with physics.

[thatradfailure]

Ngl man I appreciate the hard work that @heavytf2tummy is putting in for the normalization and admiration of fat men. Just asking artists to put that man in casual situations for his stomach to be out, about, and appreciated. AND sparking similarly wholesome movements as well. Good stuff, man, love to see it in a community.

[multicolour-ink]

Nice to see so much fanart of the reunion hug 👌

[xinambercladx]

The Three C's of Writing a Main Character:

Change Choice Cost ... how have I never come across this phrase until just now??

[onlyseokmins]

the game, dear love, would be a very simple game. nothing hard oh no. hoshi would simply just tell you to lean back and make all the pretty sounds you can make. the loudder, the better. all you have to do is just allow him to have his head buried deep with his mouth being busy, hands having your legs spread wide in a tight grip. oh and if anyone comes, well then "that's what makes the game fun" is what hoshi would say

NO HARD WORK ON MY END I REALLY THINK I'M WINNING THE GAME ATP HMMM

Boi would eat your cunt messier than he kisses, bet. I'll make a bad pun bc I'm in a good mood and say he likes tigers so he def loves pussy, esp yours cuz it's even better 😌

Okay so like the makeout was messy - yes - but omg he'd be so vocal too like maybe you're moaning but he's totally getting off on it all, he's almost louder than you. The water is splashing around him from how much he's moving trying to suck every part of you into his mouth he's prolly lightly thrusting in the pool bc he has barely restrained control.

And omgggg - the part abt someone sees y'all omg he'd be so into that 😭😭😭 that's why he's sooo loud and encourages you to be even louder

YOU'RE A DEMON AND ILY

[freakin-nightmare]

“he calls himself the head of the table, I’m looking at the heart of the table”

[obsessedwithgale]

I made Gale an eldritch knight and now I lost sleep forever

[i-am-a-freg]

Writing fan fiction >:33

[a-whumply]

Chapters: 1/3 Fandom: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Tartaglia | Childe/Zhongli (Genshin Impact) Characters: Tartaglia | Childe (Genshin Impact), Zhongli (Genshin Impact), Tonia (Genshin Impact), Tsaritsa (Genshin Impact) Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Fairy Tale Elements, Alternate Universe - Snow Queen Fusion, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post 1.1 Update (Genshin Impact), Mind Manipulation, Temporary Amnesia Summary:

"You are wavering in your belief, my child," the Tsaritsa says.

"I-," Childe starts to object but stops. There is no use denying it. He is still her Harbinger, but after being played both by her and Rex Lapis, he is plagued by doubt he cannot seem to shake. "Forgive me, Your Majesty."

One delicate finger presses against his lips, silencing him.

“Such a shame. Of your loyalty, I was always most certain. But a heart is such a fickle thing. So easily shattered. Even if you recover from this, it will only betray you again." Her cold fingers trace the line of his breastbone before they still above his heart. "Perhaps I misjudged when I allowed you to keep yours."

—

When Childe returns to Snezhnaya after the mission in Liyue, his reward is a frozen heart.

Loosely inspired by H. C. Andersen’s Snow Queen.

[csmeaner]

Long Post: An Exercise for CS Impulse Buyers

I see this problem a lot in CS so thought I'd share something my therapist taught me that's helped with impulse buying CS designs. 

We're super amazing at self-justifying. Not only that, our brains are efficient at doing stupid things. You can come to a foolish decision and act on it within half a second. In a sense, you don't have a chance to think before you think.

You have to nurture an "inner critic" that sort of stops you and questions your justifications critically. The key term is critically, not cruelly. Ex: "Hm, you say you like X, but you always seem to get rid of Xs, and at a huge loss. Why are we getting another X?" vs "X is so fucking stupid. This is stupid. What the fuck is wrong with you?"

You'll tune yourself out if you're too mean. So you have to be critical, but not unkind. Here's what you do:

1. Find something you want to buy. If that's too hard (ie: you end up buying the damn thing) find something you sort of want to buy, or even something that might be up for voucher one day but isn't now.

2. Justify buying the design. Write down each justification. It doesn't matter how dumb it sounds, just write it.

3. Now reread what you wrote and question yourself critically. Approach each item as if it was faulty or fallacious. You'll end up in a back-and-forth with the over-heated part of your brain as it frantically pulls out all the self-justifying stops. Stay calm. Be critical, but kind.

4. This process can take anywhere from a few minutes to up to an hour or more if you're agonizing. Be patient with yourself and don't be afraid to find something easier. You get faster the more you practice. It's also less stressful, but don't be surprised if you're doing well for a long time, then hit a setback.

Here's an excerpt from something I talked myself down from recently. It's cut down a lot. We'll call the thing I wanted a "Horsedog".

The justifying: Wow, a Horsedog! They have three rare traits--you never see a Horsedog with traits like this on sale. They have such soft, sad eyes. $400 and...

The criticizing: Three rare traits for $400? Isn't that over $130 for each trait?

The justifying: Well, there's two uncommon traits, too.

The criticizing: let's say anything over common is special. We're paying $80 per trait. Don't we have a $1000 credit card bill coming up?

The justifying: Credit cards are meant to be paid off slowly.

The criticizing: That is not what they're meant for. For people with our kind of spending problems, they should be treated as cash unless it's a real emergency. Do we have the cash on hand for the card and the Horsedog?

The justifying: No, but...

In the end, I realized I wanted the Horsedog because it was part of the Horsedog CS and I thought I could fodder it. I could go on but this post is already super-long.

This exercise isn't a panacea, but it's been super helpful. It'll creep into other areas of your life. For example, I binge-eat less now.

Also, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't still thinking about that Horsedog every now and then.

[taxidermymuskrat]

Something interesting I came across during a Wookiepedia deepdive...

"Are you a boy or a girl?" "Like, male or female?" "Yeah, you know." "I don't know, actually. I mean, I know what you mean, but I don't know yet whether I am male or female. On my planet, it's not determined until age thirteen." ―Boba Fett, a Human, and Garr, an Excargan

[narastories]

“[...] I was a grain of sand to its oncoming tide. But you know what? That grain of sand might be the last remnant of what had once been a mountain, but that which it is, it is. The tide comes and the tide goes. Let it hammer the grain of sand as it may. Let lofty mountains fear the slow, constant assault of the waters. Let the valleys shudder at the pitiless advance of ice. Let continents drown beneath the dark and rising tide. But that grain of sand? It isn’t impressed. Let the tide roll in. The sand will still be there after it rolls out again. So I looked up at that face and I laughed. I laughed scorn and defiance at that vast, swirling power, and it didn’t just feel good. It felt right. ‘Go ahead!’ I shouted. ‘Go ahead and eat me! And then we’ll see if you’ve got the stomach to keep me down!’”

- Jim Butcher - Cold Days Ch. 43