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Anyone else have the impression that Teo is more of a side/background function instead of being the main reason The Ssum exists? lol
I feel like those mini games and social ‘interactions’ took over lmao poor Teo
Looks like one of the new features is that TEO will be changing his hair color as time goes on!! I wonder if the options you choose affect his style?? Either way tho how cute~ (♡ˊ͈ ॢ꒳ ॢˋ͈)♪
Not surprised, i bet it’s either gonna be delayed again or it’ll have lots or bugs 🥲 this is giving me bad memories from years ago tho, when it was delayed and then “cancelled” lol
SIR ???
HELLO ??
I’m on mobile so i can’t show properly, but there are also two new guys: the blonde one above and another with black/white hair. Are they NPCs or LIs we’ll eventually be able to date in the future??
AND ANOTHER THING!
Teo seems customizable?? Or he really likes cosplay?? Sometimes he has purple eyes, other times blue eyes.. there is also a photo/cg with pink hair and eyes
On a side note, while i still have my reservations, i’m really glad they decided to work on this game and release it!
[The Ssum] What is The Ssum?
Hello, this is Cheritz!
Happy April Fool’s Day! Have you all got a joke to share?
The new title that we announced yesterday was a lie…
… Just kidding! April Fool’s!
Are you waiting for the game that’ll make your daily lives from April 27th onwards more exciting?
Ssumone who wakes me up every morning… Sometimes lovey-dovey, sometimes arguing - a relationship that matures… Secret features that can be discovered as you play…
With our first release, the game holds 200 days worth of real-time content. The story after 200 days will be continuously updated.
For those of you who have played Mystic Messenger, we’re sure you’ll be curious about a lot of things: Will “The Ssum: Forbidden Lab” be an experience as exciting as Mystic Messenger? What kind of game is “The Ssum?” We now reveal our Cheritz Team Diary!
You can catch up on future news through our newly-renovated The Ssum website and social media.
Yes, the game is being released!
Please look forward to upcoming news!
P.S. Today is ZEN’s birthday in Mystic Messenger! (We’re not kidding!) How about visiting Twitter to celebrate his special day?
Thank you.
Best regards, Cheritz.
[The Ssum] Notice on Release of Cheritz’s New Title, ‘The Ssum’
Hello, this is Cheritz.
As spring makes its way with the last day of March, we bring you exciting news!
Four years ago, our experimental game ‘The Ssum’ was soft-launched in selected regions, and it shut down its services after we had collected enough data.
(*Only a few of you will recognize it!
The opening video we used at the time is available on Youtube)
Uncertain of its official release, The Ssum Project was not canceled, but instead was being developed in secret(?).
After four long, long years…
Finally!
At last!
We are getting ready for its ‘official release!’
The game’s official title is “The Ssum: Forbidden Lab.”
(To find out what the game is really about… please look forward to future news!)
All polished-up for the official launch, The Ssum has gone through countless changes in its original settings, designs and features.
Look at all those changes!
The Ssum: Forbidden Lab will be available on 27th of April, 2022!
Why does it have the name ‘Forbidden Lab’ next to the title?
How will it bring fun and joy to your daily life?
Upcoming news will tell you all about it!
After our soft-launch, too focused on our mission to bring you fun and joy, we have kept you waiting for too long.
We sincerely appreciate your patience and will be back with more information soon!
Thank you.
P.S. Did you know that Seung-hoon Seok, the voice actor of our main character, had an interview with us during The Ssum’s development?
You can watch the interview here.
Best regards,
Cheritz
1) IM HAPPY FINALLY
2) am i the only one worried about what does the monthly subscription entail?
Encanto Meta: Mirabel's True Gift
SPOILERS for the movie under the cut.
it seems like people agree that mirabel didn't get powers and that this was a good thing because she was in a key position to break her family out of the increasingly toxic downward spiral of stress caused by their exceptionalism and abuela's overbearing expectations of her family
but the thing is, i don't think that's exactly it.
no no no but Bruno leaving not because he didn't love his family, not because there was a vision that would hurt his family, but leaving because his vision would change how the family looked at his sobrina is the most heartbreaking thing
if the vision had just shown the Miracle fading, Casita cracking, but had no one else, he would have stayed, and probably helped to figure out what that meant.
and i'm sure he thought about that as the vision was being created, he thought that he'd show his mother, and they'd figure things out.
but then Mirabel appeared in the vision, and all bets were off.
Bruno saw a grown-up version of his sobrina.
his kindhearted sobrina who wore glasses his color green so that she'd match everyone in the family in some way.
his little sobrina who spent the night after her ceremony crying in her room, all alone.
his wonderful sobrina who did her absolute best to light up every room she entered.
his precious sobrina, who was only five, and who was struggling to make her family proud.
If it was just the house, Bruno would stay.
But he refused to put Mirabel through more heartbreak, more ostracization.
and the fact that finding that out shocked Mirabel is so sad, because to her, she was the ungifted Madrigal. She was clumsy, always in the way, and nobody special.
So someone putting her first, someone doing something to take care of her, to protect her, is so out of the ordinary, so unfamiliar to her, that it takes a moment for her to actually understand.
And I don't think she really did understand.
The only people who truly loved her after her ceremony were her parents and Antonio. She couldn't fathom one of her gifted family members actually thinking about her and putting her in front of everything else.
Bruno's thought process of "protect Mirabel first, save the Miracle and the Family second" is so incredibly bittersweet, because Mirabel can't imagine why anyone would do that.
(it's the same with Antonio saying "I need you" during his ceremony because no one's ever needed just Mirabel)
I just realised yet another little detail that symbolises so much in the story!
During Dos Orugitas, we see a young Alma Madrigal that seemed to be cheerful, playful and even a little clumsy. The braided hair, the frilly dress and the big smiles help create an image of her as a sweet, carefree young woman who was not afraid to just be herself.
Once the tragedy with Pedro happens and the miracle is born, Alma immediately takes shelter in casita and we see her silently processing the events of the evening, looking extremely weary, lonely and traumatised.
The next time we see Alma, she is putting on a black cloak and leaving the room. This room was the cocoon where she transformed into a new person, leaving her old self behind. She's become different. Her smile doesn't quite meet her eyes anymore. She looks tired, somber. Older, even.
There's a shadow, a trauma she's carrying that soon takes form in the perfectionism and control that eventually hurt her loved ones. This event shapes the way she deals with challenges from this moment on, and she is always in fear of the family losing their home once again.
She became harsh. Strict. Everything has to be perfect in order to protect and earn the miracle the love of her life granted their family with his noble sacrifice.
This is an incredibly strong woman who has been through hell and came out alive, for her family's sake. This black cloak follows her from her young years to her old age, and becomes a constant throughout the movie. It represents the weight and the burden of the grief she silently carried ever since that moment, and will continue to carry for the rest of her life. It represents the change she had to go through, putting her emotions last in order to become the strong matriarch her kids and the village needed. It represents the loss of not only her beloved Pedro, but also of her innocence, her youth, her laughter and her smile.
From the moment young Alma Madrigal and her children were gifted a miracle, she became the one responsible for the whole village. She, as the only one blessed with the magic and the one whose gift repelled the enemies, was naturally placed in a position of power and leadership in the worst moment of her life.
It's likely she was the one everyone immediately looked to for directions right after the miracle happened, and that she had to leave her feelings behind to help other lost and grieving people rebuild their lives and their homes, creating what the village of Encanto eventually became. She put everyone else first. She was extremely selfless.
Alma Madrigal is such a complex character. There are so many layers to her personality. This is why you guys can't just write her off as a villain or as a horrible person/grandmother. It's not so black and white.
Guess i’ll rewatch naruto because why not
I’ve never watched “boruto”, not interested, but somehow today i found out about episode 218.
I’m in tears.
I keep listening to that ost (the one on the background during the scene) and still can’t believe it really happened.
Why, just why.
Hello! I’m fairly new to this game (started less than a week ago) and i saw there is an event coming, so i’m here to ask if any of you have some tips for me? ^^
I tried participating in Barbatos bday event but i dropped it when it started to ask too many points during battles lol
So i don’t know how this event will be different or if it’s worth it for a newbie
Thank you in advance~
I’m a little confused.. i’m re-reading Arthur’s route and there is a line that bothers me:
“I can’t wait for X book to be published so i can i reread it” (said by Sebastian)
Now, vampire-Arthur is living exactly when human-Arthur is alive right? Because human-Arthur died in 1930 and the story takes place roughly around 1890-1900, so i’m wondering: do we have two Arthur at the same time? That’s the game’s logic?
Drafting
The Draft Notebook
Be More Productive with Ambient Noise
How to Steal: Know Your Tropes
How to Steal: Good Writers Borrow
Write What You Know (Not What You’ve Experienced)
The Best Way to End a Writing Session
How To Finish a Draft
A Few Tips on Chapters
Language, Description, & Dialog
“To Be” Or Not “To Be”: What Exactly Is Passive Voice?
Tagging Dialog
Narrative Voice
Writing Better Descriptions
Basic Rules for Metaphors and Similes
Character, Plot, & Setting
Creating Characters: a 4-Step Process
Writing Relationships Your Reader Can Get Behind
Informative Character Names
The Strength of a Symmetrical Plot
How to Foreshadow
Crafting Homes of Paper, Ink, and Neutral PH Glue
Motivation
On Writing Flawed Books
How to Return to Your Manuscript
The Acknowledgements Page
Staring at Blank Pages
What to Do When You Can’t Write
Motivational Writing Posters
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Writing the Perfect Query Letter
How to Write a Synopsis
How to Pitch Your Novel in Under a Minute
A Glossary of Publishing Terms: Vol 1
Writing Tools
Why You Should Give Scrivener a Try
Outlining, Brainstorming, and Researching with Scrivener
Drafting with Scrivener
Editing with Scrivener
CTRL+F
The Forest Productivity App
Editsaurus
NaNoWriMo
Why Try NaNoWriMo
October Prep
Why Listen to Writing Podcasts
Pick a New Daily Word Count Goal
How to Write 2000 Words a Day
How to Plan a Novel without a Story
Pacemaker: Custom Daily Word Count Website
NaNoWriMo Master Post
Other
How to Read an Absurd Number of Books
Writing Workshops: An Introduction
Writing Groups
Different Types of Fantasy Novels
Ambient Soundscapes Based on Famous Writers
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This is the real process
Resources for you!
Character Ideas:
Character creation masterpost
Character Alignment Chart
More character alignment descriptions
Muslim Character questions
Characters with magical powers
Building a new character advice
How to create a character for an online or tabletop RPG (also a good guide on creating characters in general)
Royalty/nobility TV Tropes page
Basic character profile
OC masterpost
Random character generators - (1), (2), (3), (4)
D&D Character Building Tool
Character Design Ideas:
How clothing affects a character’s personality
Character Design Inspiration blog
Concept art, fan art, cool art to be inspired by
Character design references and inspiration
Sources for POC character design ideas and models
Create your own character model using HeroForge
For horned characters
Body and hair types guide
Random outfit generator
Naming Help:
Amazing site with an endless amount of naming resources
General advice on avoiding naming appropriation
Hispanic Surnames
Gothic Victorian names
Huge master list for character things in general
Masterlist of names of all types - including but not limited to ancient/old world names, Celtic, African, Northern European, Southern and Central American Native names, Japanese, Chinese, Mongolian, Polynesian, and more
Another name masterlist
How to pick a character name guide
Yet another names masterlist
Creating Background/backstory:
Character Sheet/Development Sheet
Another character development list
In-depth character personality, motivations and traits sheet
320 talents and passions for characters
On writing likes and dislikes that aren’t frivolous
Why you should write non-human characters non-conforming to the gender binary
Stereotypes, tropes, and archetypes
Random backstory generator
Assassin and thief character tropes to avoid
Character Interactions and putting your character into your world/story:
Comparing character height/height references
Characters who are scientists and writing about them doing science
Describing what different voices sound like
Describing skin tones
Writing friendship interactions that are platonic
Why having one character knock their friend unconscious to prevent them from doing something is a bad idea
Advice on shipping OCs with canon characters and what to avoid doing
Sweet Polly Oliver and Sweet on Polly Oliver situations (think of Disney’s Mulan for an example)
How to write multiple viewpoints/juggling a main cast of more than 4 to 6 characters
How to make readers care about your morally gray hero/anti-hero
On platonic OC and canon character relationships
How to avoid Godmodding in RPs
When it’s cheap to kill off a character
Writing dialogue
Things you shouldn’t do to canon characters
Avoiding purple prose in writing and RPs
Slang resources
Dialogue tips
Websites to chart your story/plot/character relationships
Bonus art masterlist!
BLESS EVERYONE IN THIS POST.
I will always reblog this!
Ya know, even through is ups and downs, plot holes, imperfections or whatever, Mystic Messenger will always be my favorite otome game.
I’m so attached to its characters is almost scary sometimes. I wanna hug them all and say: “everything’s going to be okay, you got this; you’ve come so far, i’m so proud of you”