#weird ufo bug

[actual-haise]

Really wasn't expecting my final team for the main game pre-champion stuff to look like this

[mindless-cinematic-trash]

Communion (1989)

[weirdmarioenemies]

Name: Rip Cheato

Debut: Paper Mario

Hello! I am glad you made it. You are just in time, because some guy is here. He's here looking for You! He wants to sell you a Dried Mushroom for 64 coins. Will you buy it? It's not a good deal, but consider this: he has a sort of lamp antenna growing from his scalp. I think that is pretty cool, personally.

He probably makes good use of his lamptenna, since he lives in the sewer. I bet a Sewer Man would know his fungus! Maybe his Dried Mushrooms are impeccable. Maybe he even dries them with his lamp. Don't be judgemental, now. Don't judge someone because his name is derived from "ripoff" and "cheat". Are you the kind of person who would immediately assume someone smells bad, just because their name is Poop Fartley? You better not be. Rip Cheato's name is a little deceiving because while he does sell junk for 64 coins, if you buy what he offers, he'll also sell Star Pieces for 64 coins, and Hoo-Wee! That's a Hot Commodity! I trust him. I think he's just being cheeky for fun.

Name: Chet Rippo

Debut: Paper Mario

Now this guy is whuzzah! What's the deal with this guy! Rip Cheato is weird, true, being strangely human in a game where those are quite limited, but he has a theme going on. He looks like a Sewer Man. Now here we have Chet Rippo, who is some sort of alien platypus clown umbrella? I don't know what he is, but I think it is absolutely splendid. To quote an ancient philosopher:

"Sometimes in life, there is a weird guy." -Opabinia

If I didn't know any better, I might think Chet Rippo would appear from a UFO or circus tent or perhaps a dimensional portal. He doesn't! He just hangs out in Toad Town. He's a weird guy, but a weird guy is still a guy, you know? Except this is no normal guy because he can alter Mario's abilities! For 39 coins he will raise Marios HP, FP, or BP by two points, but- and this is important- he says "heh heh". That means he's shady! For each stat he increases, he will decrease the others each by one!

This makes Chet Rippo far stranger of a guy. Someone in real life could sell you overpriced garbage. But someone in real life altering your stats for a low price? Scary to think about! Imagine someone granting you the ability to remember twice as many bug facts as you currently can, but also making the vision in your left eye worse and making you 25% more sensitive to cold. Frightening magic! But at least the guy doing it is a funny creature.

Chet Rippo appears in The Thousand Year Door as well, but like, does he really? This is a whole different design, and it's not nearly as fun... Eyes In A Void Wizards are fun by default, and so is wearing a barrel on one's head, but this game has a bunch of Eyes In A Void Wizards, and this guy used to be one of the weirdest creatures in the entire game! To hell with this guy. Let's look at his better version again.

Look at him go! Like a flapjack octopus! His arms are even like the fluttering fins! Could he truly just be a big octopus wearing a weird hat? We may never know...

[6ad6ro]

my review of each game in UFO 50: BARBUTA - intentionally "hard and obtuse to reflect the era", but imo it works. haven't gotten far but i really appreciate it. BUG HUNTER - kinda hated it at first, but wound up really liking it once i understood the basics. NINPEK - controls great. appreciate the mr goemon inspiration. but sadly way too hard. PAINT CHASE - a fine game. sorta like pacman. MAGIC GARDEN - a really cool take on snake. took a minute to warm up to it tho. give it a chance. MORTOL - what a cool idea! lemmings combined with a platformer. gets hard fast but fine. VELGRESS - inverted downwell? it's neat. super hard but i'm just bad at it lol. PLANET ZOLDATH - an awesome bitesized roguelike. this game is sick, don't skip it. ATTACTICS - i'm too stupid to play this. but also i don't really want to learn. just okay. DEVILITION - seems more interesting than attactics, but i want to play it even less. KICK CLUB - bubble bobble clone, seems amazing at first. but all too quickly turns into tedious bullethell drop puzzles. after world 2 you'll wanna stop playing. too bad. AVIANOS - hard but kickass strategy game. has game customization and difficulty settings! MOONCAT - a big reason to buy ufo 50. weird and great! BUSHIDO BALL - do you like windjammers? this game kicks ass. gets real hard tho. BLOCK KOALA - i've never liked sokoban and i never will. seems fine if you do. CAMOUFLAGE - didn't wanna give it a chance at first, but it seems alright. lil stealth game. CAMPANELLA - it's probably a fine game but i hate playing it. maybe if it had a healthbar? GOLFARIA - amazing idea executed poorly. i wish i liked this more, but it's annoying to play. THE BIG BELL RACE - campanella combined with super off road (or sprint). better than campanella, but that "touch the walls and die" shit makes it way worse than it's inspirations. WARPTANK - seems cool. i def need to spend more time with it. WALDORF'S JOURNEY - good, cute game. hard but small scale, making it very fun. PORGY - an even bigger reason to buy ufo 50. small scale metroidvania. cherried it. ONION DELIVERY - god, what were they thinking? has so much potential but wayyy too hard. CARAMEL CARAMEL - such a good game ruined by a two-hit gameover. booooooo. PARTY HOUSE - this game is just really really good. hard to explain, just try it. HOT FOOT - imagine if super dodgeball had shit controls. why does my player autoswitch? i may never give it another chance… DIVERS - weird swimming rpg. i need to give it more time, but seems ok so far. (skipped over next 5) FIST HELL - a final fight clone? hell yes! but then i realized it was more like playing final fight on hardest setting with a single credit. aka "not fun". another example of a good game mossmouth ruined by making it too hard. (skipped over next 10) PILOT QUEST - tied with porgy for being my fav so far. zelda 1 combined with crafting. but you gain resources even when playing other games. kicks ass, PLAY THIS FIRST. cherried. (skipped mini and max) COMBATANTS - tbh i heard it sucked so i jumped ahead to it. they were right… (yet to play final 4) ??? - awesome but can't talk about it.

i'll update with the rest of the games once i try em.

[ross-sluggo]

as of 4/20/25 this has been updated

so in my road to a 500 floor streak (330s as im typing this) i made a weird guide in terms of tips for anyone crazy enough to do this as well (it's me, im crazy. lock me in a rubber room with rats). i'll do em in the order of my notes and i'm going off of the official floor names

Button Comp: participation in this does not affect time spent here. The floor cannot kill you, so unless you want coins, you're safe to idle.

Space Dropper: same as the last one, but this one can technically hurt you.

bugbo: same as Button Comp. I purposefully don't do shit because I want to annoy that bug. I hate him. I don't have any reason to, I just do.

Studio Obby: same as Space Dropper where it can hurt you and participation doesn't affect the the time.

UES: while hunting for JAOBA is technically something you can do and it does speed things along, assuming you're working alone this is very boring and tedious. Floor is harmless otherwise.

Toolbox Speedway: same as button comp- you'll be seeing this phrase in here a lot.

Slide 4 Admin: say it with me everyone.

Splitsville: Do this one, it's harmless but it DOES go faster if you do it.

4 Corners: use RGYB in the chat to note the order. Since Roblox censorship is very finicky, don't ENTER it, but keep it on hand. Falling, though, doesn't end your streak.

Underground Subway: just stay off the tracks, don't hit Poob as they can kill you.

gm_flatgrass: no action required here unless you want the cat that might be there.

Happy Home Party: if you have Poob in the elevator, no action required. If you don't, uh. Don't die I guess-

Superhighway: Same as Space Dropper. I recommend standing on the railings of the elevator because there's about 4 knife (legally distinct) voombas that can and WILL kill you.

Color Our World: say it with me everyone.

Eternal Limbo: Stay alive, if you have the tiny foamer you can shoot the mirror Folly jumps into. Just shoot the right side, though, as the branches that can hold the mirror cover the left side.

Frightening Floor: stay on the rails. They say you need to leave the elevator, they're LYING.

Temple of... Something: Doing this alone will not harm your streak if you just fall through the floor. Take the gem with you, it'll be funny.

3008: There's no strategy to this. Finding Lampert makes it go faster but that's all down to luck really-

Elevator x5: Keep to the sides because if it's that pale red brick, it will kill you instantly. This goes for the red wall as well along with the void but the pale red killbrick is a lot more abrupt.

Find the Path: The sticker strategy no longer works. They patched it. It's back to pure luck and annoyance. Unless you're REALLY bad at the game, this shouldn't kill you. You'll just want to throttle the devs for patching the sticker exploit.

Suspiciously Long Room: EXERCISE CAUTION AND DO NOT TOUCH TARMITE. HE IS, REGARDLESS IF IT'S FACE-ON OR FROM THE SIDE, 1000% LETHAL. If you're not sure if you can make it to the next one, DO NOT PROCEED AND WAIT FOR HIM TO MAKE HIS COURSE. Completing it makes it go faster. Also, fun fact, setting off the firework in the gap can knock you around and RIGHT into Tarmite.

Cardboard room: Almost identical to button comp, but be wary since 3D Fafa Orange can and will kill you.

Backrooms: Pay attention for the love of god, Clovers are lethal. If you can't find any of the traps to enclose one, just dodge for awhile.

Redball Diner: Did you know? If you stand on the redball phone display in front of Reddy, it "breaks" him? Abuse this. (This is as of 1/20/25)

Birthday Apt.: say it with me-

Hotel Floor: The main strategy with this one is to listen for music coming from one of the doors. If you're fast enough, though, you can cheese it and get by with minimal damage taken. Or you have a gas mask. More on the items later.

2 Stud Camp: Do this one, it'll go faster, but be careful. The UFOs get really nasty at points, especially if you have Spud! join your elevator instead of Gnarpy.

Turret: lmao (stick to the sides of the elevator.)

Either Teapot Level: Don't bother.

Flood Fill Mine: This one's required, flood will kill you. Aim for darker blocks. They changed it some time ago so you can hold left click to mine instead of having to rapid-fire click.

Elevator Shaft: This goes for any level but especially this one, if you jump while climbing anything you'll go faster. Careful on this one, though, since the falling elevators do about 40 hp per elevator.

Gumball Machine: You can do this one, it'll go faster, but you will probably get smacked around a bunch.

Hole in the Wall: Sometimes there's an explosion, otherwise nothing happens.

Dance Party: AFAICT, this doesn't ruin your streak.

Infected Apartment: Do this one. No major advice I can give that isn't obvious when playing it a few times.

Funny Maze: Doing this one does make it go faster, but is it worth it? Scary Mike is lethal. He does have a path warning you where he'll be.

Minefield: ice cream :) (doing this one doesn't affect the time but you get ice cream :D)

Random Maze: Giggler makes it faster, but be wary of the RATS-

Snackcore: If you're running low on HP you can, but completion doesn't affect the time. There's also money on the ground.

Snowy Slope: Just get lucky or smth idk

Happy Birthday?: No action required.

Jermpop Factory: No shame in hiding in a barrel or a box, doing it'll make it go faster though. Jermbomination is also lethal.

Stanley Room: Either drink the cement in the game store or do this one, but not doing either will kill you.

Mozelle's Castle: No action required unless you want to participate.

Rock Park: Just let Sam, Pam, and Dan die. Hide near the grates in the beginning area, there's enough shelving in that nook to keep you safe from the rocks. The rocks are lethal.

Intense Obby: Not required due to time shenanigans but it can be fun.

Crumbl Cube: Soooo they changed it into a bossfight. With the "light up" tiles, don't step on them. With the wall segments, go to the green since those are safe.

Area 51: If I'm alone, I never do this one. No point. Like it goes faster but it sucks.

STAT's Domain: Same with Area 51, but it actually goes faster if you avoid it and it's less deadly. :)

Red Ball Temple: While it's tempting to not do this one, doing this floor will make it go faster. Just try not to slow down.

Pet Capture Deluxe: Having Melanie with you will make this faster. Plus, if you're alone, it's only 4 critters.

Drive Thru: No action required.

Jeremy: Fun fact! You can shoot the button you need to press with either the Foam Dart or the Anti-Voomba device. Shaves a bit of time off. Yeah, this is me saying do this one.

WHEEL OF: Good luck?

Fun Flood at Squishy's: You kinda need to do this one. I now want to pose this as a hypothetical: is it Gregoriah's fault for hitting the button, or is it the company's fault for having it to begin with?

WALL OF: You have to do this one. It IS death otherwise.

Dying Mall: No action required, this one is boring and annoying and I don't like it.

BFDI: Doing the 30 second challenge if you're alone makes it go faster. Dying has no consequence since you'll just respawn from the machine.

I also want to make note of some special floors and some recommended items

Abandoned Cube: This is what WAS the CRUMBL CUBE. It's now very sad-looking but functions the same.

Ballpit: Toothy and Toothette, be wary of them.

Bomb Defusal: This can hurt you pretty bad, be careful.

FNARB: HAR HAR HARHAR HAR- anyway, yeah. Just survive, it's not too difficult. Don't abuse the doors or lights.

HALL OF: Uhhh. Godspeed? Fuckin. Run for your life??

ITEMS TO GET

Almost, if not, every shop has the Gas Mask. Look into the Crystal Crown at Retrograde Security Station and/or Floppy Shoppy. It's also good to look into the Token of Asclepius at various stores. iirc HC Ice Cream has them, I think OFFICE OF has them- oh, and the tiny foamer at Shop Space. From the maingame store, get the anti-voomba device and the petal cone. You can use the petal cone for Split if you get annoyed at her banana peels, and the anti-voomba device for. Well. Yeah.

One final note, do not anger DrRetro, Gnarpy, Spud!, or Poob. They can kill you. Poob has it for you.

idk i might tierlist some floors at a later point

[jorvik-chronicles]

🔮 ⤷ UFO Crash Site

Today I had the pleasure of visiting the UFO Crash Site, an interesting hidden location in-game. With so little information surrounding it and its purpose, it has got me thinking about the origins of this UFO and it's meaning to the overall Jorvigian lore and storyline.

Location:

The UFO Crash Site is a named location that is located at the coordinates X:137, Y:119 in Northlink, just behind the Baroness' Racetrack and Silverglade Manor.

Its interesting placement is in the currently greyed-out area of the Northern Mountain Range, and as far as I'm aware, the only accessible area in this region that is allowed.

Following a dirt track behind the Championship at the Racetrack, the UFO Crash Site can be accessed through a secret pathway hidden behind dense foliage further up the track.

'They Come In Peace':

'They Come In Peace' is an achievement that can be unlocked by dismounting in-front of the UFO and typing '/gestures' in-chat (a hidden player action that cannot be accessed through the emote menu!).

On a side note, I did try completing this achievement, but for some reason have not been given it. Whether that's a bug or that gaining the achievement has now been removed from the game entirely I'm not too sure.

Theories:

But do they really come in peace? Several ideas floating around about the history of this UFO suggest otherwise.

The most common theory about this UFO suggests that this was the ship that contained Garnok when he arrived in Jorvik.

Little is known about the details of Garnok's arrival, but it is said that he crash-landed somewhere off of the coast of the island in a starship (an idea first introduced in Starshine Legacy: Episode Three), which would also explain why there have been some appearances of him off of the coast during both the trail-ride in the Halloween event, and in Starshine Legacy: Episode Four.

This does question the validity of this theory, as the UFO Crash Site is not only miles away from any coast-line, but is also in the middle of a mountain range.

Other theories suggest that since we now understand that Fripp also does not come from Pandoria, but similarly also from somewhere unknown, this could be the ship that transported him here instead. In my personal opinion, I think that this could make a lot more sense theoretically, but given, again, the lack of canon information surrounding Fripp's origins, it is all very up in the air.

However, we can explore the reasons supporting why Fripp may have a connection to this mysterious ship. Location-wise, the UFO is located in the Northern Mountain Range, and therefore very close to where Valedale, the entrance to the Secret Stone Circle, and the majority of the known Druids live. Also, as simple as it sounds, I think that the blue glowing symbols all over the ship itself seem to correlate more with Fripp and his appearance than with what we know of Garnok.

References and Image Credit:

Star Stable Wiki, Garnok

Star Stable Wiki, UFO Crash Site

Star Stable Forums, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE CRASHED UFO/SPACESHIP?

Starshine Legacy: Episode Three mural images from the awesome Tumblr user @viktoropalmoon!

Various in-game images were taken by me.

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I really hope we get more information on this weird little area, and perhaps about its importance to the history of the island. Perhaps if we ever get more access to the rest of the Northern Mountain Range, we'll get a chance to discover more about it!

If you have anything that you think should be added to this, let me know! It's such an interesting bit of lore that I feel would be really cool to talk about! :))

Here's a little celebratory picture of my character by the UFO at the end of my little trip:

Have a wonderful rest of your day :)

🔮 ⤷ Maya (they/he)

[toa-nonny]

So the whole electricity thing kept bothering me. This movie is all about how jean jacket is a wild animal being a wild animal with all the rules that contains. So why this weird super anti-electricity thing. Human use of electricity was too new for something to evolve such an aspect for a creature that's been haunting the earth long enough to form universal angel mythos. Like i understood it was making it fit the ufo narrative that everyone has difficulty recording it. But that kind of smash the puzzle piece until it fits bugged me. Why did this creature evolve to have this ability. And then i realized.

Lightning storms

Jean jacket lives in the clouds all the time. And with anatomy like it has jean jacket is probably super vulnerable to lightning strikes. And lightening has been around forever.

(And i am going to ignore the blood vomit lightening sequence and pretend the lightning was just out of range of the anti-lightning defense bubble)

[uselessmicrowave]

hey i wanted to request a match-up since i saw your match-up requests are open, if that's alr!!! id prefer MTMTE Lost Lighters and/or G1 or TFP Decepticons

Appearance: thick 2C/3A curly dark blond & purple hair at shoulder length. buglike blue eyes and lip piercings ; vertical labret + dolphin bites. 2 tattoos, one of my passed away kitten and 1 of a praying mantis on my arm. im tall and awkwardly portioned due to ehlers danlos. lots of keloid scars and a bit fuzzy. slight baby face. pale as frick frack and translucent skin with veins showing.

Pets: 7 CATS. 2 dogs. 1 ball python and a small colony of madagascar hissing cockroaches. i am an avid animal lover and a nerd about all their behaviors, biology and habitat preservation.

Fav foods: RAW GREEN BEANS, vegetable fried rice, hashbrowns and eggs, s'mores, pesto pasta ; not vegetarian / vegan but prefer ethical sourcing of food and have my own garden.

Style: flexible but usually comfortable hippie goth / casual 70s . almost everything i own is green and brown, but I also have lots of purple stuff (fav colour)

Hobbies & interests: chalk art, painting, drawing, metal bands lead by girls, dubstep, entomology, mycology, dragons, robots/ai, TRANSFORMERS, aliens/ufos, lucid dreaming, tarot cards, a solarpunk society, anti-capitalist

Smarts: bugs, animal and human health + biology, fungi, symbiotic relationships in nature, communication, being a mediator, giving advice

Bad habits: I've picked at my skin since I was a baby, as I have ocd + dermatillomania. because of it i am littered with bumps, scars, and can't shave due to ingrown hairs or risking making a scrape and then scratching until im sent to the er weeks later with cellulitis. i also have problems focusing and have a dissociative disorder that makes me not myself. i have bad anxiety that i cope with well, but if i stay up late i can overthink myself into a sobbing fit for no reason.

My personality: my friends describe me as WEIRD. my mom says im an alien. i would say that the people i know and i all agree i am creative, artsy and kind of an old soul. im patient sometimes but also get overwhelmed by certain situations because im autistic and can't multitask. i love helping others and when spending time with friends i like to make them gifts or play outside with them and look for bones or cool plants, or roleplay warrior cats with my besties. i have "childish" interests but am mature and independent, and am a caretaker. i had a rough upbringing and as an adult i feel like i heal my inner child everyday by living as autistic as possible.

whew that was long. anyways, thank you, feel free to ignore!!!!!! just wanted to shoot a shot bc these match up things always look fun lol. thanks!!!!! XP

Hello! Apologies I only wrote for one of the continuities. I’m matching you with TFP Megatron!

Megatron

He’ll get you more purple clothing to match him.

Grabs your hands and holds them when you’re picking at your skin, then he’ll carry you to the medbay for Knockout to patch you up.

Megatron believes that seven cats is a bit… obnoxious, but nevertheless will make room for all of your pets.

Jokes about your bug colony being an army… he thinks it’s hilarious that you have an insect army of your own.

Megaton holds you close to his spark when you overthink things/start to cry.

Everything is weird on the Nemesis, so you’re not out of place on the ship to him.

He does his best to appreciate and support all of your interests, even if he sees them as childish.

At least once a week he’ll take you to a new foresty area, where you can “observe all the different types of mushrooms and squirrels you want.” He’ll usually sit in a clear-ish area and watch you frolic through the trees.

[chickenpeep77kirbyau]

Popstar creatures part 4

A group of organisms generally known as wheelies, due to their tendency to spin like a wheel. The center contains a biological gyroscope. There is an eye on each side of the body.

1 Wheelie: Can position its tentacles into a wheel shape, and can roll around quite fast.

2 Flamer: Uses fire magic to spin through the air when provoked. Tends to prefer to spin counterclockwise.

3 Sawyer: A wheelie with increased grip. Can use solid magic projections to enhance the spines into razor sharp cutting implements.

4 Elec: Uses electric magic. Can also levitate. Tends to prefer to move clockwise.

5 Kracko: A large airborne species that can manipulate air and water to form clouds around itself. It can also generate hot plasma to zap others with.

1 Pacto: Ambush predators that wait in holes to leap up and grab prey. Can levitate to enhance leaps.

2 Maw: A narrower species of pacto.

3 Crimp: A pacto species that is more active. It hunts by shooting solid magic projections. Likes to be on horizontal surfaces.

4 Pactoid leaned walking stance: its not the most comfortable for them, but the more active species like crimp can lean to the side, enabling more reach from the mouth.

5 Pacloud: Spends the majority of its life levitating and flies through the air.

6 Pacflower: Mimics a flower to hide from prey. Does not sit in ambush holes. Just sits out in the open on walls or ceilings.

7 Walf: Weird aquatic turtle bug thing.

Three flying pacto relatives.

1 Cerulean

2 Jackle: Has sharp wings and can generate solid magic projections as blades.

3 Sodory: has a long sharp mouth.

4 Side view

5 Standing view

6 Moto Shotzo: Unrelated but convergent to the shotzo. Metallic exoskeleton. More mobile than the shotzo. Has a single long eye. Shoots SMPs from its mouth.

1 Gim: Metallic exoskeleton. A mouth is at the end of its face arm. Its long tongue can use magic to extend its reach. Has a one way respiratory system on its back. The top tube inhales, and the bottom one exhales.

2 Walky: Loud 4 eyed creature with a metallic exoskeleton. They can be compared to frogs with the males making loud calls to attract mates. A bunch in the same area can be deafening.

3 Plugg: Its jaws can zap you with electricity as it stabs.

4 Shotzo: Has a metallic exoskeleton. Shoots SMPs from its mouth. Tends to stay in one place to ambush prey. Its eyes blend in with its dark body.

1 Clanksprout: Has an eyed face arm it uses to bring food to the mouth on top. Depending on the species, it may hide in the sand or just hang from somewhere to ambush prey.

2 Hack: Uses its sturdy beak to break into rotten wood to look for small prey.

3 Glunk: An anemone like thing, but with eyes. Can shoot SMPs to make things above it fall.

4 Putt: A horned serpent that pushes around surprisingly large rocks down hills to kill prey.

5 Craby: Aquatic critter with two mouths on extendable stalks.

1 Telepathos: Flying critter that can levitate in place. It can teleport short distances and fire orb shaped SMPs.

2 Bowby: Flying critter that can fire arrow shaped SMPs.

3 Fishbone: Creature resembling a fish. It can levitate and be out of water if the air is moist enough. The SMPs it fires resemble its head doubling as a decoy.

4 Ufo: Strange levitating organism. Its mouth is underneath. Tends to live high in the atmosphere.

5 Dubior: Mouth is underneath as an adult, but its larval stage has a forward facing mouth. Can shoot lasers and electricity. Communicates by generating SMPs above its body.

6 Blockin: Another star block mimic. It illusions itself to look like a star block. Eats pieces of star blocks and surrounding small organisms. Generally passive unless you provoke it. Then it will chase you away with an aggressive display. If you are still too close it will bite. Those harvesting star blocks must be aware of this potential hazard.

[creepy-crowleys]

{ 15, 11, 2 :3c }

July Headcanons

15 What were they like as a child? What hobbies or passions did they have?

((Very Small Crowley was probably a fully embraced Weird Girl. She spent a lot time outdoors in the dirt and in bushes and on the edges of ponds, chasing bugs and frogs and getting into all kinds of trouble. Her dad worked very hard to keep up with her because she got into or climbed on to everything she could. And when her mom was pregnant with Neil, she was so ready to learn as much as she could so she could teach him everything, and once he was big enough they were going to do so much stuff together.

A lot of that kind of got lost after she lost her family. She had a rough recovery, Rose was always more closed off and kept her on a shorter leash. Marlene supported and encouraged her to get back some of what she could, taught about cooking and gardening, engaged with her on whatever she started reading, tried bringing her sons over to give Crowley some playmates though the age difference between them didn't end up working out.

And then Marlene moved and the leash got even shorter. Crowley and Rose ended up being the only other people they each had to interact with and that wasn't good for anybody.

Crowley bounced around through various hobbies to keep herself occupied and explored every inch of her aunt's house, but had largely disengaged with things by her teens. It was mostly just keeping up with her school work and filling time with whatever.

She's always liked exploring and getting into things, puzzles and mysteries, history, travel, horror, reading. She can play a few instruments, knows a few simple crafts, probably played a few classic point-and-click adventure games growing up. She likes learning new things and passing that information on to others who hopefully think it's as cool as she does.))

11 Have they ever been skinny-dipping? Would they in the future?

((She has not! And that would be an extremely tentative maybe. I can't rule out that she might one day work up the courage to do it, but it would probably take some contending with body image issues and a moderate fear of being in a body of water deep enough to count.))

02 Do they believe in aliens? Have they ever seen a UFO?

((Not particularly? She supposes they could exist, but it's never been anything she's thought too hard about. She hasn't come across anything through her resources to suggest they do exist - beyond the whole system of gods, celestials, and cosmic horrors she's been dragged into. But they don't exactly fit into the whole 'little green men' idea of aliens.

I don't believe she's ever seen a UFO outside of the very literal 'object in the sky she can't/couldn't identify. Probably an animal, man-made object, or magic doing something weird.' ))

[crimsonblackrose]

I need a magical purse to carry everything. My purse is already full in general, but I realized yesterday my life would occasionally be easier by adding a bug box and/or a net. Which is kind of hilarious. But as I was trying to scoop up an injured monarch off the sidewalk I realized just how helpful it'd be. Like all those bats that somehow got trapped in my classroom? It'd have been so much easier if I'd had a way to transport them out of my classroom that allowed them a secure barrier between them and curious children. They could see it and neither bat nor kid would get hurt and I wouldn't have to spend the whole time trying to shoo a bunch of curious children away from it and having to play bouncer/body guard while my coteacher was left with the task of escorting it out because someone had to child wrangle. And then I could also be able to watch where the heck I'm going instead of looking down in my hands to make sure the wind caused by cars or me moving didn't blow the butterfly out of my hands. And! It wouldn't then be stubbornly stuck to my hands for a good hour as I hover and sweat outside the local butterfly garden like a creep, half deep in the foliage trying to figure out which of the plants are milkweed and feeling an intense level of my grandmother would be disappointed (for not knowing my plants) while frantically googling what milkweed looks like and trying to ignore the intense stare down by said butterfly that would rather crawl up my arm then go live in a garden. But like I've got no room in my bag for something like this:

Though I do want to know what those orange things are. A gentle scoop for super tiny bugs? That'd have been useful when my bathroom had random snail encounters. Maybe. I know at one point I had a small net that came with my a doll I got as a kid but I don't know if I still have it or if my step mother took it for some unknown reason. The way she took all my magnifying glasses. I also had a giant net but no clue what happened to it either. Like many things while I was living overseas, they went poof when my parents abruptly decided to move. If I was smart I'd get one of these and just carry it around like another bag, even though it's weird and would definitely make me like a random pokemon trainer encounter. 🤣

But the one I want is this one:

Look at that! A UFO? How could I not want a spaceship bug holder? There is no way that'd fit in my purse though. And my inner girl scout is too stubborn to like remove anything else from my bag to make room for it.

[darkmaga-returns]

🛫 Joe’s Mysterious Job & South American Hitler Sightings

00:00:00 - The hosts speculate on Joe’s new job, possibly involving out-of-state travel and "cracking skulls" as a project manager. They revisit a previous caller who shared theories on Nazis and Hitler hiding in South America, linking it to classic Elvis sightings and mysticism.

📉 Trump’s Tariffs & Economic Apocalypse

00:10:00 - Trump announces reciprocal tariffs, presented humorously with a Jeff Goldblum voiceover. The hosts debate potential effects on the global economy and discuss media reactions to Trump's move. They highlight how uncertainty affects the markets more than the policy itself.

🏛️ Democrats Once Loved Tariffs?

00:20:00 - Vintage clips of Pelosi, Bernie Sanders, and Chuck Schumer reveal their past support for tariffs and immigration control. The hosts note the surprising ideological switch in party lines, suggesting globalism and neocon influence reshaped Democratic policies over decades.

😤 Revenge Politics & Deindustrialization Fallout

00:30:00 - The show explores how working-class Americans might support tariffs not out of logic, but revenge for years of economic neglect. They analyze how service economies replaced manufacturing and predict long-term benefits if Trump’s tariff plans stick.

🛒 Groceries, Tariffs & Domestic Avocados

00:40:00 - A Good Morning America segment forecasts grocery price hikes on imports like olive oil and alcohol, but minor effects on staples like meat and produce. Domestic agriculture (like California avocados) may actually benefit. RFK Jr. is mentioned for possible food regulation reforms.

🌍 Japan Megaquake & Plasma Alien Revenge

00:50:00 - A megaquake warning is issued for Japan. The show shifts to a CIA document claiming aliens turned Soviet soldiers into stone after a UFO shoot-down. The bizarre tale includes aliens fusing into a plasma ball—regurgitated from a 2017 viral news cycle.

🛸 UFO Plasma Balls, Remote Viewing, & Roswell Parallels

01:00:00 - More details on the alien “revenge” incident: a plasma explosion turns soldiers to limestone. Hosts discuss parallels to Roswell, predator-like self-destruction, and the enduring image of the "Grays" in pop culture. Roger Moore's 90s UFO doc is mentioned.

👽 Star Trek First Contact Day & Nazi Aliens?!

01:10:00 - It's First Contact Day (April 5), a Star Trek holiday. The show jokes about aliens giving Nazi salutes, drawing links to sci-fi culture and government conspiracies. A potential moon-collision asteroid story also raises mock concern over NASA’s reassurances.

🤘 Danzig’s Nazi Shirt, Alien Symbolism, & Concert Merch

01:20:00 - Glenn Danzig sells a shirt featuring what appears to be a Nazi-era Black Sun symbol. The hosts analyze rising concert merch prices, Nazi symbolism in metal culture, and debate whether it's intentional or just edgy ignorance.

📞 Listener Calls: Bigfoot Autism, Cat Dreams, Protein Beer

01:30:00 - Callers weigh in: a young fan shares local Nebraska Bigfoot stories (including theories that Bigfoot may be autistic), another talks about protein in beer. The segment ends with talk of adding bugs to food for hidden protein and the return of Joe, who missed his beer report cue.

⛪ Wrestling Church & Lemonade Stand Assault

01:40:00 – A church in England merges wrestling with worship, hosting body-slamming sermons to attract new believers. The hosts find it weird but oddly appealing. They then pivot to a bizarre news story about a Florida man arrested for assaulting kids at a lemonade stand after being denied a free refill.

🌍 Inflatable Mars Balloon Escapes & Geoengineering Ban

01:50:00 – An art installation of inflatable planets goes rogue as a Mars balloon escapes and rolls into traffic near the Kennedy Center. The hosts joke about car-bowling and suggest turning it into a playground. The segment ends with news that Florida passed a bill to ban weather modification (like cloud seeding), a nod to ongoing chemtrail conspiracy theories.

[mytastessuck]

Bad Day On The Midway: Music From The Game Reconsidered

Everyone ready for the remastered version with remixes?

Prepare for disappointment.

This album contains no remixes but in fact new songs to accompany a sequel book to the game. Listen up: the game was successful but in the year this album was released (2012), it was unplayable on any computer. So The Residents put the story in a book and gave the album away with the book, to keep the tale alive.

So let's ponder the amusement...

Bad Day Reemerges

Definitely what you expect to hear when you have to fight a carnival boss monster in a video game. Get ready for a bad day...

8/10

2. Timmy Is Now An Adult

Timmy is older now...and he's going to hear weird ballet music for the rest of his life. Poor guy.

7/10

3. Bugs For Comma

I assume this is the point of the story where Timmy is bitten by the radioactive spider, forever reconfiguring his DNA. It's time for to take to the skies as the arachnid hero no one has ever seen before...

7/10

4. Marvelous Mayhem

Now this sounds like The Residents! Foreboding and circusy...like a trip through the forest at 3 AM.

8/10

5. Around The Midway We Go

Like they recorded this in a factory...or under the carnival, which where they keep the moles that operate everything. Did you know that? Now you do.

8/10

6. Stuck To My Eyelids

Don't let the music fool you. You WILL be working the popcorn stand to pay off the UFO ride you broke this summer.

8/10

7. Passing Time By Passing Gas

Weird music to fart to...but I'll try.

7/10

8. Lottie As An Old Lady

Damn...don't get old, ladies. All of your music will be depressing.

8/10

9. Bad Mood Day

Sounds like a bad mood. But also sounds like a noir...which fits!

8/10

10. March Of The Residents

Kind of gives me Jello Jack vibes...I like it! Nostalgic.

8/10

11. Twiddling Thumbs

Oh, I fucking dare you to not twiddle your thumbs to this. This is god-tier wasting time music. You will not overcome.

8/10

12. Falling In Love With Love

A love theme for the ages? At the carnival? It's more creepy than you think.

7/10

13. Introducing A Little Light

Hopeful and cheerful...until it's not. Good for it!

8/10

14. Dixie Brings It Home

Best song on the album. Thank you for bringing the rock, Dixie!

9/10

Album Score: 77/100

Next time is Mushroom! Let's hope it doesn't crash on my computer this time...

[artistrichardhfay]

Article "Vampiric UFOs"

Disturbing tales of alien abductions already suggest that some of Earth’s extraterrestrial visitors may display a less-than-benevolent attitude toward mankind. However, certain reported encounters with dangerous craft and sinister entities hint at an even darker side to the complex and perplexing phenomenon of UFOs. Perhaps a few beings from beyond possess a thirst for blood comparable to that of the undead vampires of traditional lore. In these instances, humans aren’t the subjects of invasive examinations or weird experiments, they are merely prey.

Central and South America seems to be a hotbed of alleged encounters with vampiric UFOs (Guiley, 2005). Locals have dubbed the objects vampire lights, bugs, things, and perhaps most evocatively, chupa-chupas (Mendes, n.d.). Derived from the same root as the more familiar term chupacabra, chupa-chupa means “the sucker”, an apt description of the apparent thirst for blood exhibited by these particular extraterrestrials (Mendes, n.d.; Guiley, 2005).

Beginning in August 1977, reports from the Brazilian region of Pará, specifically the Amazonian island of Colares, related strange encounters with glowing vessels and potentially lethal beams of light. At first, witnesses described nothing more than illuminated flying machines similar to other UFOs spotted around the world. A fisherman taking an early morning walk along the beach saw an umbrella-shaped craft hovering four meters above the earth. One man spied airborne luminous spheres on two different occasions in two separate locations. A married couple spotted an intense orange light fly in from the direction of the ocean and vanish as it soared over the island’s interior. A carpenter and a fisherman both reported run-ins with peculiar glowing orbs. Locals feared these strange lights due to their habit of swooping low and skimming over the ground (Booth, n.d.).

Perhaps the fright the residents of Colares felt regarding their glowing visitors was not entirely unfounded, since the events took a decidedly bizarre and life-threatening turn. The objects acquired a new trait, and began flashing debilitating beams at select victims, causing sickness and even death. A total of thirty-five individuals suffered from mysterious ailments after encountering chupa-chupas on the island. Two died (Booth, n.d.).

Chupa-chupa victims complained of faintness and anemia, as if the lights had siphoned off a significant quantity of blood. Medical examinations showed that those attacked by these vampiric UFOs exhibited, among other symptoms, lesions like radiation burns to the face or torso and small punctures where the beams had struck their flesh. Many had lost about three-hundred milliliters of blood from the site of these tiny holes (Booth, n.d.). Tests confirmed an abnormal decrease of hemoglobin levels in their blood. And some chupa-chupa victims continued to suffer chronic health problems such as headaches, weakness, dizziness, and paranoia long after their initial encounter (Guiley, 2005).

In one instance, three women were attacked by a beam of light coming from a small UFO. The ray struck them in their breasts, and caused a sensation not unlike receiving an electric shock. All three felt an extreme nervous tension and unexplainable languor, seemingly brought on by exposure to the strange light (Booth, n.d.).

A Colares barber told an especially interesting story, one that only deepens the mystery surrounding the chupa-chupa phenomenon. Instead of bearing witness to the depredations of an alien device, he encountered a potentially harmful orb. The man claimed that ball of fire entered his home near the roof. It shot around the room and then drew near his right leg. As he watched it glide from one leg to the other, he began to feel sleepy and weak. Certain that the fireball was searching for a vein, the barber managed to yell for help. The orb disappeared (Booth, n.d.).

Although many who survived encounters with the Colares chupa-chupa described attacks by lights or coffin-shaped craft (Corrales, 2003), at least one victim claimed to have come face-to-face with a vampiric humanoid. Sleeping in her hammock one night, the witness was awakened by a bright green light coming through her window (Guiley, 2005). The light struck her on the left side of her chest, and she felt a terrible heat. The woman then caught glimpse of an umbrella-shaped object and a small-eyed being clad in tight-fitting green clothes holding a pistol-like device. The burning ray emanated from the apparent weapon (Booth, n.d.). Turning from green to red, the light seemed to perforate the woman’s skin like needles (Guiley, 2005). The victim felt as if blood had been drawn off by the beam. She suffered from migraines and weakness, and her health never fully recovered (Booth, n.d.).

Chupa-chupa activity in the Amazonian delta seems to have peaked in the late seventies, but attacks continued into the eighties. In 1981 a hunter fired his shotgun at an object that had trapped him in its paralyzing beam. A plantation worker suffered radiation burns after a chupa-chupa shot a ray through the roof of her home (Corrales, 2003). Bodies that appeared drained of blood were found in the Brazilian towns of Parnama, São Luis, and Belém. Ufologist Jacques Vallée links these deaths to the chupa-chupas (Guiley,2005). Even though attacks are reported with much less frequency today than during the height of the flap, they do still occur on occasion (Booth, n.d.).

Eventually, the Brazilian government became interested in the chupa-chupas. One ufologist, Daniel Rebisso Giese, claims that the Brazilian version of Project Blue Book, Operacao Plato, gathered quite a bit of photographic, video, and audio material pertaining to the phenomenon (Corrales, 2003). A report on the chupa-chupa flap allegedly contains two-thousand pages, five-hundred photographs, and sixteen hours of film (Mendes, n.d.). Military helicopters tried to pursue these vampiric devices, to no avail. And the Brazilian army may have discovered that even those not directly attacked by chupa-chupas could still suffer ill-effects, for nervous breakdowns and insanity plagued some of the soldiers assigned to Operacao Plato (Corrales, 2003).

No matter where you reside on this blue planet of ours, if you see mysterious lights in the night sky, don’t stick around to find out what they are. Never assume that all extraterrestrials visit Earth with good intentions in their alien hearts. You never know, they may just be chupa-chupas looking for blood to slake their thirst.

References:

Booth, B.J. (n.d.). “Brazilian Island of Colares – UFO Encounters of 1977”. UFO Casebook. Retrieved 26 July, 2008, from http://www.ufocasebook.com/colares197....

Corrales, S. (2003). “Saucers and Soldiers? The Amazon Scenario Examined”. Rense.com. Retrieved 26 July, 2008, from http://www.rense.com/general33/ss.htm.

Guiley, R.E. (2005). The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Monsters. New York: Checkmark Books.

Mendes, C. (n.d.). “Brazilian Air Force Admits Investigation on UFOs”. UFO Resource Center: UFORC News Service. Retrieved 26 July, 2008, from http://www.uforc.com/news021505/uforc....

(Article originally published in Hungur, Issue 7, All Souls’ Night 2008.)

[loregoddess]

tagged by @fayesdiary

Do you make your bed? Yeah, every morning after I get up. It's a habit bc my mom made sure I made it every day as a kid, and now it just bugs me a lot if it's not made bc I'm really finicky about how things are in my spaces.

Favorite number? Used to be 7 when I was a kid, but as an adult it's more that I have numbers I like more than others (too many to list without looking a bit insane), which I then use for numerically significant things in my original creative projects (number of gods in a pantheon, number of magical element types, number of plot-important macguffins, etc.), enough that if I ever finish anything someone will be able to spot trends.

What's your job? I work various positions at a bakery-cafe restaurant.

If you could go back to school, would you? Yeah, if it was college and someone would pay me to do it. I love learning and there are so many subjects I would like to study, and being in a classroom taught by someone who's (in theory) really passionate about their subject, whom I can then pester with a ton of questions, tends to be a more enriching learning experience than trying to track down things myself and self-study. I can't really afford to take college classes for fun though, so eventually I will have to figure out how to self-study so I can sate my never-ending curiosity about various subjects.

Can you parallel park? I know the uh, theory for how to parallel park, but I've never tried it.

Do you think aliens are real? Yeah, in the sense that the universe is Very Big, and it would make logical sense for life to form in more than just one place. But while I used to be super interested in UFOs as a young kid, I don't really find aliens or UFO stuff interesting now, and I don't think aliens are responsible for anything in human or our planet's history, recent or distant. I'm more interested in space itself and the science around it, or, for as far as pseudosciences go, cryptids, which I was also interested in as a kid, and still am.

Can you drive a manual car? No bc I've only ever driven automatic cars, but I could probably learn how to drive manual.

Guilty pleasure? Kinda hard to figure this out bc I don't feel guilty over enjoying a lot of things. I guess it's weird for me to try and recommend Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits as a show to anyone, bc despite the fact that I love it with my whole heart and it's a comfort show for me and stuff, if you were to ask me to like, critically look at the writing, it's not technically all that good? Like it's not badly written, it's just kinda plain, the second season repeats the plot of the first season with a few changes, the main character is sorta kinda a Mary Sue (even though I don't believe in using that term, I suppose she would be considered a Mary Sue by some other people's standards at least), the English dub actually does have bad localization so it really is better to watch it subbed and not an either/or is okay situation, there's nothing especially impressive about the animation or music or anything, and it only ever got two seasons so who the hell knows how the story ends (it's based on a light novel, and I think I found someone translating those but haven't had the time to check them out yet? and the manga adaptation is still a few arcs behind where the anime was at last time I checked). But I love this show so much anyhow, but it's so weird to tell people, "hey trust me, this is good even though it's not technically good", bc I know that it's more it just works for me and I don't actually know how many other people would enjoy it? Yeah anyhow, that's the closest thing I have to a guilty pleasure--I have no guilt in loving Kakuriyo, but hell if I can find a good reason to tell other people to watch it.

Favorite type of music? Uhhh, I dunno, I listen to a fairly wide variety of things depending on what I'm in the mood to listen to.

Do you like puzzles? Yes, I love most puzzles!

Favorite childhood sport? Hated sports as a kid bc asthma and bad experiences in elementary gym. Although I enjoyed bowling a lot, and would do it more often if I could make the time. Not sure if bowling counts as a sport though...

Do you talk to yourself? Yeah, mostly when I'm at work though bc it helps me focus on which tasks I need to complete, and keeps things kinda silly. I don't really do it at home that much though, regardless of whether I'm alone or not.

Tea or coffee? Tea, I love tea a whole lot, and have several different types that I drink at home regularly. I like coffee too, but my digestive system doesn't, which is unfortunate bc coffee is also really good but I can't really drink it anymore.

First thing you wanted to be when you grow up? I think it was uh, an Olympic figure skater actually? I didn't have the physical strength to get past the beginning lessons for figure skating though, and that was that. Probably for the best too.

What movies do you adore? I'm not really a movie person, so while I've seen a lot of movies that I loved, I don't necessarily rewatch them for fun too frequently. The major exceptions maybe being The Last Unicorn, which was one of my favorites as a kid and which I still love a lot, or Tokyo Godfathers, which I like to rewatch around Christmas.

Ah, hmmm, I tag @lookerdewitt, @midorilied, @alynnl, and uhhhh, anyone else who sees this and feels like doing it. If you want though, no pressure!

[demiurgenesis]

Saw a weird bug today and took it in a cup downstairs to show my sister what a weird bug it was, and as I was putting it back I realised I'd just alien-abduction'd this poor bug, and for what reason?

Like, imagine you're just minding your own business out in the woods or driving down a road at night (or wherever these things happen) and a UFO flies over and grabs you; not for science or anything, but just because an alien thought "yooo that's a weird-looking one" and they wanted to show all their friends for a hot minute. Wow.