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A fun thing about computer skills is that as you have more of them, the number of computer problems you have doesn't go down.

This is because as a beginner, you have troubles because you don't have much knowledge.

But then you learn a bunch more, and now you've got the skills to do a bunch of stuff, so you run into a lot of problems because you're doing so much stuff, and only an expert could figure them out.

But then one day you are an expert. You can reprogram everything and build new hardware! You understand all the various layers of tech!

And your problems are now legendary. You are trying things no one else has ever tried. You Google them and get zero results, or at best one forum post from 1997. You discover bugs in the silicon of obscure processors. You crash your compiler. Your software gets cited in academic papers because you accidently discovered a new mathematical proof while trying to remote control a vibrator. You can't use the wifi on your main laptop because you wrote your own uefi implementation and Intel has a bug in their firmware that they haven't fixed yet, no matter how much you email them. You post on mastodon about your technical issue and the most common replies are names of psychiatric medications. You have written your own OS but there arent many programs for it because no one else understands how they have to write apps as a small federation of coroutine-based microservices. You ask for help and get Pagliacci'd, constantly.

But this is the natural of computer skills: as you know more, your problems don't get easier, they just get weirder.

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update: still around and still thinking about penguins, lol.

Recently hammered out a timeline for my ace, so I may be dropping some more character lore here if I get the time.

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midnight cooking

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that's not very Barbie Girl of you

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www.theislandersapp.com/playercard/ is down... devastated

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🖊️Wei maybe? I honestly really like her design and her overall vibe! ❤️

:') aaa omg, thank you so much!!

I haven't been very active recently, so to reintroduce Wei -- she's my primary agent OC, aka the "ace" of my personal canon!

Some facts about her:

Her full first name is Anwei / 安维, though she prefers to go by Wei in everyday life!

Her agent codename is Waddle! She got her codename shortly after she joined the PSA and invented a device which she named the W.A.D.D.L. -- the Wireless Automatic Decryption Device Lite, which helps to encrypt/decode secret messages out in the field.

Adding on to the above, she originally joined the PSA as a tech recruit! After G's Secret Mission, though, she chose to transfer into the field agent division so she could be better trained in survival / "frontline" situations.

She owns two puffles, Crown (an inquisitive yellow puffle) and Ai (a shy yet bossy white puffle)! The two of them are a handful but Wei loves them.

Wei is,,, not good with social situations, to say the least. She gets slightly better at talking to other penguins as time goes on, but she remains Extremely Awkward if she ever has to chat with folks she's unfamiliar with. She is also not good at dealing with emotions, be they her own or others', lol. However, she has a strong sense of justice and can be surprisingly outspoken/firm when the mood takes her.

She is quite close with Gary, who over time becomes a mentor and sort of pseudo-father figure to her.

Her relationship with JPG began a bit rocky due to a misunderstanding, but they became fast friends once Wei realized that JPG was just as socially awkward as she was lol.

Wei is severely acrophobic for reasons which may or may not have to do with a certain test sled. Her fear is worst around mountains/cliffs.

A certain series of events led Wei to fake her death during Operation: Blackout under orders of the Director (though Wei was very unhappy about this). It was during this time that she adopted the alternate identity "Agent Ace".

Thank you so much for the ask and for letting me ramble on about Wei!! :D I have Lots of Thoughts about her so please feel free to ask questions about her (or my other OCs who I haven't introduced yet lol).

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Want me to gush about my OCs?

Send me a “🖊+an OC“ and I will talk about that OC! It can be a headcanon, a fun fact, a small paragraph of backstory- anything!

Alternatively, send in just a “🖊“ and I will talk about any one of my OCs at random!

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omg guys look its shadow guy. sam . sammy. samford . samuel

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👀 if you're still accepting sketch requests: perhaps my ace Wei? https://toyhou.se/6920671.wei#27019656 No worries if you're not interested, though! :D Also, do you happen to have a ko-fi or anywhere else where we can tip you? :3c

A Wei for you!! And to answer your question I do have a ko-fi I've got half setup here! Pls don't feel like you have to send anything my way though!!

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so um i remembered richter was created today haha. time for richter facts under the cut because richter my belitcher

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Top 25 Things You DIDN’T (Maybe) Know About Rolly!!!!!

(NUMBER 9 WILL SURPRISE YOU 🙀)

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Now I freeze you so prepare your final plea, just for me

You’ll never be quite as shiny…you wish you were nice and shiny!

redrew a really, REALLY old lyric comic i made in like, 2020. old version under the cut for comparison!

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Hey there! Since you're opening sketch requests could you perhaps draw this guy? :0

Ayo. Cool guy alert.

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just for fun: a character profile for my ace, Wei! 

I like to imagine that this is similar to what her agent file would look like in the EPF database. some information is redacted depending on what level of agent is accessing her file. (also, some information is redacted because I didn’t want to make any concrete decisions regarding things like her surname and the exact date she was recruited, lol.)

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hello. I am not very active but penguins still bring me Joy

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behold...an ACE. but not just any ace, an ace from a timeline where blackout didn't end...

kaede is a demigirl, who uses she/they.

although the situation is dire, kaede tries to be an optimist for the most part...after all, if everyone thinks its hopeless to fight back, then that means herbert really won...right?

they'd be considered a nonmember if membership existed in my universe, since they only own nonmember clothes.

since fish and meat in general is banned on the island, shes learned to fish. her favorite food is campfire roasted squid.

she doesn't officially own any puffles, but she tends to feed them when shes not busy. her favorite breed is black puffles.

she became an agent after her older sibling, who was already an epf agent was captured and frozen. this inspired her to get justice for him, as well as everyone else on the island and take down herbert.

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ive been haunted by this mental image today but i refuse to put effort into it so