Tbh I am kinda shy and not used to talking about my drawings, headcanons and OCs in Fandom setting, but I wanna take the first step and maybe introduce my OC I will post more regularly about for What in Hell is Bad and Ikemen Villains (and I still haven't figured out Tumblr, I haven't used it for years and before I never posted anything). So please be patient with me and if you wanna give me tips or things I should be aware of here in Tumblr I am open to it!
i thought my laptop was on its last leg because it was running at six billion degrees and using 100% disk space at all times and then i turned off shadows and some other windows effects and it was immediately cured. i just did the same to my roommate's computer and its performance issues were also immediately cured. okay. i guess.
so i guess if you have creaky freezy windows 10/11 try searching "advanced system settings", go to performance settings, and uncheck "show shadows under windows" and anything else you don't want. hope that helps someone else.
hey this is apparently helping a lot of people! adding that on top of this you can also go to settings > personalization > colors and turn off transparency to also boost performance. this wasn't the Big Fix for me but might as well do that too if you're trying to optimize.
Ok I know we joke about this but I just went to the settings and first clicked "adjust for best performance" and then re-checked only 1 box:
"Smooth edges of screen fonts"
My computer was running hot before I turned everything off; the office I'm in is very warm, I could feel the heat of my CPU through the keyboard. The fans were going, not as loud as they usually get, but they were still blasting.
Y'all.
I can barely feel the warmth through the keyboard now. It's been like 2 minutes. The fan is nearly silent.
Click the Windows key and start typing "System settings", and "View Advanced system settings" will pop up. Then click "Settings" under Performance:
Then you'll see this:
TURN IT ALL OFF.
I turned "Show window contents while dragging" and then turned that off again. It's up to you.
The second best thing you can do for a Win10 computer is turn off whatever unnecessary services it's decided it needs to run in the background always. Some services it does need, but others are useless. Here's an article that goes into step by steps.
10AppsManager lets you uninstall bloatware. Winaero Tweaker lets you disable crap like Cortana/Copilot, ads, telemetry, internet search results when you search from the taskbar, and all kinds of other stuff, plus it gives you lots of other little options that are just nice to have (like, it can restore the old MS Paint program in place of Paint 3D). Both are totally free.
Oh, and check your startup programs in the Task Manager tab to make sure your computer isn't automatically starting eight million programs every time it boots. But I think people mostly know about that. (Unless this is me going "they only know one or two feldspars... and quartz of course.")
The first best thing you can do for a Windows computer is install Linux Mint. But some of us do need a few pesky Windows-specific programs. Bleh. Still, if you're up for a project, you can have both (and it's awesome). Here's an article about setting up a dual boot Windows/Mint system.
it’s a shame more vampire media doesn’t pull from vampire bat behavior because they’re such sweeties. they can only survive their incredibly specialized diet because bats will share blood with colony members that didn’t find a meal! there’s evidence that suggests the donors sometimes initiate this behavior themselves by approaching hungry bats! the colonies are mostly harems of females with a few males but they’ve been observed letting unrelated males in when it gets cold so they can all stay warm! cute little social critters!
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𝜗𝜚 obtainable at level 3X of the event (i forgot) .ᐟ cw — mention of drugs, roofie attempt, misogynistic behavior.
——Noble's POV——
[BALLROOM - NIGHT]
I was the third son of a noble family, a devil-may-care playboy…or half of that at best.
My appearance was pretty normal, but my two older brothers had such good faces, I may as well have been a shadow.
Social standing wise, our family was on the better end. That said, things like succession were not of much importance.
Those noble ladies who only cared for looks and money wouldn't bother with someone like me.
And that was why I decided to use a weapon.
I would gift some liquor with a little drug mixed in, and I would let off steam when the noble ladies felt aroused.
With how shitty life was, I'd at least be excused of this much, wouldn't I.
(And so, tonight's target is this woman here.)
I had her drink a cocktail just a little bit ago with the drug mixed in, so the effects were probably getting to her little by little now.
Third son: Hey, you're Kate, aren't you? This party is getting rather boring, huh…what do you say we do something better together?
Kate: …And what is "something better"?
(Ohhh, she's so cute!)
(With how serious and earnest she looks, there's something pretty sexy about her.)
Third son: Say, haven't you felt in that mood for a while now?
Kate: That mood…?
Third son: Ahh, maybe you don't know? Don't you worry, I'll tell you every little thing about it. Come on over.
When I grabbed her wrist and pulled on it, the woman came along just like that, her step unsteady from the alcohol and drug.
[BLACK]
(All good, looks like tonight's going to be fun.)
[BEDROOM - NIGHT]
Kate: Aaahh! I'm being assaulted! Heeelp! ( ╹ -╹)
Third son: —Hey, you, quit shouting! Or wait, what's with that flat tone!?
When I brought her to a room, I didn't even have time to push her down when she suddenly started shouting.
(What's going on!? There's no way she can speak so clearly after intaking that drug…!)
Third son: Dammit— you, shut your mouth!
??? (Alfons): Now, now, could I trouble you not to touch her further? Not with such filthy hands.
Third son: Ahh—!?
Raven haired man: Unfortunately that lady over there hasn't drunk a drop of that drug, you see.
Third son: What!?
All of a sudden, a man with a face my brothers couldn't hold a candle to appeared before me.
As I was panicking, at some point Kate had slipped away to a place I couldn't reach.
Kate: We know about the evil things you've been doing using this here.
Third son: What do you mean "this"…ahh! My drug!
(Kate looks cute while proud like this too…wait, no!)
(W-who even is this guy anyway…!)
Kate: If you value your life, then surrender yourself, apologize to all the victims, with compensation!
Third son: Why should I care! They're the ones who let their guard down!
Third son: And besides, they all looked turned on! They did, to me! And you were trying to seduce me with that revealing dress too, weren't you!
Raven haired man: Well, I'll be, is that true, Kate? Quite the mean thing to do, having an affair.
Kate: N-no, I wasn't having an affair! Don't just trust whatever the criminal says!
Raven haired man: Is that so? Ahh, that said, if you feel unfulfilled in such a way then that would fall on my shoulders.
Kate: Ah— Alfons, what are you…we can't, in such a place…
(W-why are they making out right in front of me!?)
It would seem the woman I had my eye on was smitten by this man whose face said, "Yes, I am playing. So what?"
To hell with that bull! Just how unfair can this world get!!
Third son: Dammit…!
Though I bit my lip in frustration, I escaped in the midst of the situation— or, was about to.
Raven haired man: Whoops, my apologies.
Third son: Waahh!!?
I tripped over the man's ridiculously long foot that had extended out, causing me to take a glorious fall.
Raven haired man: Did you really think you could run away? Even though you tried to play with my adorable Kate?
With a forced smile plastered on his face and me on the floor, he stepped in between my legs.
Raven haired man: To think you can't feel any pleasure without relying on drugs, what an incredibly crude fellow you are, no?
As he stared pitifully in between my crotch, I felt blood boiling in my head.
Third son: H-how am I crude, huh! What can you say, those women also gasp and moan in pleasure too!
Third son: And what about you? You've got a pretty face and act all prim and proper, but you can't completely hide how lowly you are, can you?
Third son: Of course you'd be a sleazebag when you also deceive Kate on a whim and just play around—
[SCREEN FLASHES WHITE]
Before I could finish, my cheek got slapped with a clapping sound.
Kate: Alfons isn't someone who would hurt women just to fulfill his own desires. Unlike yourself.
Third son: Wha…!
(What, why…what's so different between this guy and me…!)
Tears of frustration wetted my eyes at having been slapped by a cute, sexy woman.
[SCREEN FLASHES WHITE]
Third son: Shit— you son of a bitch! Guagh—!?
As I spat out a barrage of insults out of desperation, this time a kick came plunging down.
Raven haired man: Calling her a "bitch" as you lacked anything better to say is going far, wouldn't you say?
Kate: That one just now looked quite painful.
Raven haired man: As it should be. And while we're at it, how about we bind him with a rope and drown him in the River Thames?
Kate: Of course not, we have to give him to the authorities! So we can get this person stripped of all their property and compensate the victims.
The two seemed to be polar opposites, and yet also perfectly in sync as they closed in from either side of me, leaving me pathetically backing away.
(T-these two…are bad news. They're definitely not normal!)
(I shouldn't have laid my hands on her…!)
Raven haired man: Hmm, well then…
Raven haired man: Well then, what say you to castrating this thing here, the cause of all evil?
Kate: That…might be good, actually.
Third son: S-STOOOP—!!
[WHITE]
—My consciousness cut off then.
And then I made a vow. That when I woke up, if my thing was still in tact, I would atone for all my sins—
——Kate's POV——
[RIVER THAMES - NIGHT]
Kate: He ended up fainting with his mouth foaming, huh.
Alfons: I reckon this world would be a better place had we actually castrated him though.
After we brought him over to the authorities, Alfons and I walked through the night city.
Then, suddenly, Alfons' gloved hand cupped mine.
Alfons: Your heroism truly knows no bounds, for you to slap him on my behalf.
Kate: That goes for you, too. I was happy you got mad on mine.
I intertwined my fingers with his, and Alfons gently returned the gesture.
The reason I hadn't felt any sense of danger tonight was because I trusted him.
If it was Alfons, he would never let any harm come my way.
(If I'm together with him, any situation can turn into a fun comedy.)
With a small tug on his hand, Alfons stopped in his tracks.
I straightened my posture before planting a kiss on his cheek.
Kate: I love you, Alfons.
Alfons: …Hehe.
Alfons: Let's head back quickly now.
Kate: Goodness, isn't this the time you should say, "I love you too"?
Alfons: Ahha! I know you know that's hardly within my character.
Alfons: So in place of whispering words of pure love— I'll do something that'll work much better than any medicine, okay?
With a more than happy smile, and a kiss from him…
[BLACK]
My pouting lips very soon formed into a smile as well.
Fin
alfons sylvatica — a letter written in the middle of the night .
The specific humiliation of sharing your writing with someone and then watching them read it in front of you in real time. they pause. why did they pause. that was a bad pause. now they're nodding but what does the nod mean. now they look up and say "wow" and you need to know IMMEDIATELY what kind of wow that was. there are at least six different wows and only one of them is good and you have aged fourteen years waiting to find out which one.
☆ She had eyes like a map drawn in sepia. Every fleck a place you wanted to find, every shade a road that didn't have a name yet.
☆ His gaze was the brown of the last hour before sunset.
☆ His eyes were wildfire contained. All that amber heat sitting perfectly still, which was somehow the most alarming thing about him.
☆ He had eyes full of dark flecks that looked less like imperfections and more like constellations someone hadn't bothered to name yet.
☆ she looked at you with eyes the shade of dried tobacco and autumn leaves and things that smell like memory. The kind of eyes that make you homesick for somewhere you've never been.
☆ Her eyes were the color of shallow river water over sand and stone. Clear enough to see through. Deep enough to drown in anyway.
