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In lighter tones, check out our new headcanon blog we just started for fun. https://at.tumblr.com/clown-ideas-lol/uiu9bu921a90

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This is reminding me of that one Star Trek episode of that "utopia" and everyone was dressed scantily.

When is it sexist? - A Handy Chart

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Nothing much just some doodles of Phrygia and Lydia. Drew one of Mixy too but didn't get a photo yet even though their my favorite.

Plan to sketch them too. These take about 10-15 minutes.

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Okay but if anyone wants to talk Mother 3 hit me up.

I'm not kidding. Please.

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Old Nintendo consoles, plushies, eeyore plushies, seashells(that I find myself), random knickknacks and bits of metal, music(I still buy music)

if you don’t have @ least one collection of specific items i literally have nothing more to say to you. we will never relate to each other. however, you cool ass motherfuckers who do collect @ least one type of thing, reblog this post and say what that thing is. i’ll go first: clown dolls and good luck charms

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Baaaaa

He looks like a huggable plush and I love it.

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On the night of May 1st, all my money, all my cleaning and testing of the GBA, my endeavor in search of an SD card, everything came to fruition.

I had Mother 3 running on an original GBA. A dream of mine 5 years in the making. Something I didn't think I would love to see, something I didn't think I could afford to do, something I didn't think I could learn to do.

And yet there it is, working without a hitch, in all its glory.

At this point, I wouldn't buy everything again just to play an official released version. Especially since it would require buying a switch. This was enough work, and I've lost a lot of respect for Nintendo in recent years.

I will happily stay with this GBA and game that was ripped, patched, and put back onto a cartridge, and that does this in a room with little light.

I love it. And I will for a long time. This game and the novel trilogy that inspired some of it carried me through some of my worst years even as I wanted to end it all.

So I get it, this isn't new. Fans have been doing this for years. But for me, this is a bucket list achievement, this is a thank you to the game that helped me, this is something wondrous.

And I can't wait to play everything all over again.

.... and to buy a light for this screen lol.

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So it was Nice After All- a story

I needed an SD card from the local supermarket, for my GBA and Mother 3 endeavor. But first, I needed to withdraw some cash.

I've donated plasma, and so we go to withdraw the money from the card I was given. I forgot the PIN to the card that was preset and on paper at home. But my mom was really nice and let me borrow her card on the basis I'll pay her back.

So it was nice after all.

I get to the store and realize I have forgotten my jacket at home. At this point, I'm annoyed at my adhd. My mom again, oh so kindly offers me hers, as she's going to a nice dinner date with my step dad whereas I'm walking home.

So it was nice after all.

In Walmart, I go to the technology center, so glad I've at least somewhat conquered my paranoia and social anxiety. I find the required SD card and turn to head for the counter in the area(the SD card is in a locked plastic case. Overkill much?). As I had there I see one of the employees rushing away with an armful of technological products. No biggie, there's two other employees at the counter. As they see new, they're eyes go wide like a Saturday cartoon character and start profusely apologizing. They were on break and forgot to take off their vests and leave to the break room, as they had gotten stuck in a conversation. But I had all night to burn, nowhere to be, and the three of us had a good laugh.

So it was nice after all.

It takes about 5 minutes for the employee I saw rushing away to make it back to the check out, and now there is a small crowd. I get to him, and he is near silent, except for asking "how can I help you". But he is efficient, and I get my SD card and receipt without the hassle of conversation.

So it was nice after all.

As I leave the store, the security gates go off. My SD card had not been deactivated properly. But I had my recieot so I turn to the elderly lady maintaining the entrance and show her my product and proof of purchase. She is the sweetest lady, thanking me and apologizing and wishing me a great evening and I wish she were my grandmother.

So it was nice after all.

I exit the store and pull up my headphones, one ear off, and set some music to go. And that's when it starts raining. I scramble to lift my hoodie, so grateful as it protects my Sonys atop my head. I look up and smile because I love the rain.

So it was nice after all.

Next to the store was one with large displays of flowers outside and in the parking lot. I've no rush, and so I wander and observe the beauty surrounding me. I lift some fallen youthful fruit plants that had their pots knocked over enmasse. I photograph some flowers. Then I hear the thunder. It is not safe to walk in a thunderstorm, and luckily the lightning is many, many miles away. Still, I should hurry home now before the storm reaches me. And besides, I loved listening to thunder.

So it was nice after all.

I made it home safe, after quite the adventure. An hour of unexpected downs and troubles that always became goofy or appreciated. This odd time shopping for an SD card full of goofy surprises and oddly placed gifts.

And so this unexpectedly troublesome evening remained quite nice in the end.

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Hahaha got a new GBA to play Mother 3 on. It needed to be cleaned in and out and stores wanted 50-80 bucks to do it. So, having spent all my money on the console and cartridges already, guess who learned how to dismantle a GBA?

It was terrifying. We had to go buy a new set of screwdrivers(still cheaper than paying to get the thing cleaned).

As a child I was always told, being around computers, to never, ever touch mother/logic boards because doing so will break them. Conscious me knows that really it was because I was small and uncoordinated and as far from elegant as could be(you could argue I still am though). Subconscious me didn't know any of that though.

So imagine a man absolutely terrified of lifting a logic board, cleaning it, and simultaneously looking into and researching all the bits and pieces he's curious about.

That was me at 1 in the morning.

The volume wheel won't turn. It's connectors or whatever are rusted too much. But there is volume at a good level.

Today I put it back together and it's running much better. Reading cartridges more and the buttons aren't sticky.

I was also terrified of the ribbon cable for the screen. The idea of pinching or yanking it will forever haunt my dreams.

Overall a fun learning experience.

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I believe I'm cursed. I've tried over and over and my omelets still taste horrible and are either overcooked or undercooked.

If you want free omelets, come to me, because at this level of quality they're not worth charging for lmao

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You ever have a lonely night? A night so unbearably lonely, so thick in solitude, that you might as well be drowning in an ocean of molasses?

That's where I am. Laying in the pitch of midnight, craving someone to hold me. To love me for my quirks and inabilities and disabilities and faults, and for my shining moments and efforts worthy of pride. I want someone who can care for me more than my parents could, and protect me and spoil me while I still go to work and do my favorite chores. I want someone I can spend hours cuddling with, kissing, hugging.

But it's just the loneliness talking. By tomorrow I'll revel in the quiet of the house, the lack of people. Tomorrow I'll be back to my normal dream of nothing but a coastal house with my two dream cars. Tomorrow I'll be content again.

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Just wanted to wish you a happy, happy birthday!! I hope you have a great day and enjoy being an adult

Thank you... okay hold on, yep okay anonymous don't do you no favor. You said happy three times which is goofy and how would you know when my birthday is? Ha, gotcha. Still thank you. Sorry for the late answer. Life been a b*tch.

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New goal in life.

Smoke grass. Drink lemon grass tea. Listen to bluegrass music. All at the same time.

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Someone should make a discord server dedicated to simping for Sun and Moon since I don't have the time to manage it.

Please.

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SECURITY BREACH SPOILERS

Anyone else notice this?

A portion of TJOC Reborn's basement level:

Basement, endos, red light green light, get from point a to b

A portion of security breach:

Basically the basement, endos, red light green light, get from point a to point b

Honestly, I could go on about soft locks, pricing issues in other countries, routing issues/clipping/glitches with animatronics, story progression, but this right now is the current cherry on top.

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Millie from Helluva-boss as a Gen 2 My Little Pony. Stolas is next. I just love the idea of one of my interests that's practically an antithesis to my other interest, G1-2 of MLP, meeting/ being a cross over au

Below is just me rambling on the design process.

I took some creative liberties with both sources. For example, Millie doesn't have a unicorn horn despite having horns. In my head, only overlords and higher count as magical in that sense due to their power(yes, my blending of these two cannons means the societal ranks of Hell bleeds into these ponies) plus, Millie has multiple colors to her hair, even if all colors already present in her character design, since it's a common theme in older MLP to have multicolored hair. However, I don't recall a single pony that has their tail bound, and that's a liberty taken to somewhat recreate the imp tails, same goes for the white spots of fur/the hooves.

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A lot of people say they must ONLY be fucking because apparently being the demon of Lust means your incapable of love?

Looking at Sarcastic Chorus on YouTube.

But these screen captures are like. Total proof that they are in love.

*also this isn't to say I'm against aromantic headcannons/characters, I just don't see it here with this Canon evidence.

Hey just watched the new episode and…

I THINK I FOUND MY NEW SHIP!