ShyGreenFox

Apologies to those who have ever come looking for me as a great writer. You’re just stuck with my shitty writing and bad attempts at humour.

[harringrove-heroes]

people commenting on my fics: can’t wait to see what happens next! :)

me:

[tallymali]

remember go nuts show nuts whatever

[tallymali]

this wasnt a suggestion im talking abt tumblrs old nsfw policy

[drtanner]

[copperbadge]

Me scrolling my dash

Post #1: Here’s how to get a free library card to read banned books

Post #2: BDSM isn’t for everyone but communication, boundary-setting, and understanding of power dynamics CAN benefit everyone.

Post #3: FACTS! ABOUT! ORCAS!

Post #4: Gondor has no Amazon TV show. Gondor needs no Amazon TV show.

Post #5: Twink cooking show stolen off TikTok

Truly this is the most blessed of social media platforms. 

[shygreenfox]

Hey! It’s my feed as well!

[writingquestionsanswered]

Hi!

So, I was wondering if you had any tips for writing character physical description smoothly and accurately? Like, I not the whole, "So-and-so had brown hair and blah blah blah."

And also writing the descriptions itself. Are there there any resources that use picture to help? Like, it shows a couple of different noses and tells about what sort of nose shape it is?

Thanks in advance!

Character Description Tips

A lot of this is covered in my post Guide: Describing Character Appearance and Clothing, but my posts The 3 Fundamental Truths of Description (And 5 Tips for Cutting Back), Weaving Details into the Story, and Avoiding Cheesy Character Description offer some general description tips that can be helpful when describing characters.

As far as looking for picture resources, if you go to Google, click on "images" in the upper right hand corner, and type in the thing you're looking for plus "shapes" or "types," you can generally find some helpful photographic guides. For example, a Google image search for "nose shapes" brings up the following:

You can find these types of graphics for pretty much everything... collar styles, dress shapes, historical clothing styles, hairstyles, eye shapes and colors, body shapes... pretty much anything. And, you can even find them for things that aren't related to people, like architectural styles and elements, geographical features, tools and other objects... again, pretty much anything.

I hope that helps!

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[mossbourne-deactivated20230421]

I am fundamentally against keeping sororities: and here’s a comprehensive list of reasons why.

- Your fish not attacking one another doesn’t mean shit, and tends to be a sign of severe stress in fish that are otherwise very territorial.

- There’s no actual benefit to doing so. Bettas don’t enjoy being in groups, as they aren’t a schooling nor particularly social fish. Putting them in one is solely done so people can shove more fish in a tank with zero regard for their safety. If you really want to keep bettas with other fish, there are plenty that won’t spend every waking moment thinking about shredding the others.

- It really isn’t much better than a cup. If you have to justify your care with “oh well it could be much worse,” it’s probably inadequate. I could grab 20 dogs from my local shelter and argue that keeping them all on my flat is better than a kennel if I were to apply the same logic.

- There’s a lot of fine print to keeping sororities “correctly.” It’s only really advised you attempt to do so if you can closely monitor your (preferably related) fish for any signs of stress or aggression, and that requires knowing those signs in the first place. So the only people who should be trying are people with serious experience and understanding, such as breeders and seriously devoted hobbyists. Even then, the chances of it failing are there and you always need to be ready in case it does.

Except wait! No one reads the fine print, so you end up with people pouring 10 bettas into a 7 gallon with 3 plastic plants and a spongebob house for their first ever tank.

[is-the-owl-video-cute-deactivat]

Not knowing that “sororities” in this context mean keeping multiple bettas in one tank made me feel as though I was having a stroke throughout this post.

[narwhalsarefalling]

MY TA SHOT SOMEONE IN THE FOOT AND THE PROFESSOR WAS SO FUCKING QUICK LMAOOO

[narwhalsarefalling]

some context 

1. my TA, Ralph, shot his girlfriend’s abusive ex in the foot

2. abusive ex was also a sex offender

3. he shot him when ex came buy to pick some stuff up from girlfriend and tried to take some of Ralph’s items as well

4. ex is stable and alive in a hospital

5. i didn’t do assignment 8 so i am very happy

[narwhalsarefalling]

some more Facts About Ralph

he is whiter then snow. this man is pure 100% american redneck in everything but the politics. this is intimidating if you dont know him because he owns like 3 different guns but also has animated discussions about “how his sister should be able to get married” when you bring up lgbt rights. his sister isnt even gay or trans or anything, he just thinks that LGBT rights also means that the lady should propose when she wants to. hes a little confused but he got the spirit. upon finding out that i am queer he said, word for word “THATS FUCKING RADICAL HOMIE” 

in the first week of school he snorted a line of pepper in the cafeteria and threw up.

the only other crime hes committed before was accidently dropping a weight from his balcony and cracking the sidewalk. which is technically destruction of public property but the judge basically laughed at him and have him 10 hours of community service

this man once walked me home when i stayed late at the lab and talked to me animatedly about breeding brine shrimp for different lab purposes. absolutely captivated by this discussion. i trust him with my life

[just-shower-thoughts]

Blind people must save a lot on electricity.

[cynopansy]

They do actually!

[mauve-moth]

I had a blind professor, last semester, and I swung through his office to make up an exam. It was a while before I knew he was in there because he was sitting with the lights off. I finally went in, apologized, and took the exam by the light of a nearby window (which was fine). Forty-five minutes into dead silence he panicked and yelled in this booming voiced, “WAIT, YOU CAN SEE!!!” before diving across his desk to turn on the lights. I’m sure he was embarrassed but I thought it was endearing and it highlighted a large aspect of disabled life that I hadn’t previously considered.

[hotmolasses]

Sort of relatedly I once had professor who was deaf, but she had learned to read lips and speak so she could communicate easily with hearing people who didn’t know sign language. One day she had gotten off topic and was talking a little about her personal life, so that one of the students said “Oh, I know, I grew up in Brooklyn too.” 

She stared at him for a long time and then said “How do you know I’m from Brooklyn?”

And he said “You have a Brooklyn accent.”

She said “I do?” and the whole class nodded, and then she burst out laughing and said “I had no idea!  The school where I learned to speak was in Brooklyn.  I learned by moving my mouth and tongue the way my teachers did.  So I guess it makes sense that I have their accent, I just never thought about it.”

[wrote-my-own-deliverance]

My moms a sign language interpreter, and she’s signed with people from all over the US. According to her, when she signs with people from the south they sign with a “drawl.” They have slower hand movements and exaggerate certain parts of the sign. People from the Midwest sign very fast and people from the south sign very slow.

So we were at a restaurant once and my mom started interpreting for someone who was trying to order and she was like “oh you’re from the south!”

And they were like “how did you know that?”

And she said “you sign with a drawl.” And they were really surprised that it came through that much.

It’s really interesting that even when not speaking verbally accents and heritage come through.

[soft-butch-cassidy]

I was getting pretty fed up with links and generators with very general and overused weapons and superpowers and what have you for characters so:

Here is a page for premodern weapons, broken down into a ton of subcategories, with the weapon’s region of origin. 

Here is a page of medieval weapons.

Here is a page of just about every conceived superpower.

Here is a page for legendary creatures and their regions of origin.

Here are some gemstones.

Here is a bunch of Greek legends, including monsters, gods, nymphs, heroes, and so on. 

Here is a website with a ton of (legally attained, don’t worry) information about the black market.

Here is a website with information about forensic science and cases of death. Discretion advised. 

Here is every religion in the world. 

Here is every language in the world.

Here are methods of torture. Discretion advised.

Here are descriptions of the various methods used for the death penalty. Discretion advised.

Here are poisonous plants.

Here are plants in general.

Feel free to add more to this!

[thejovianmute]

An exceedingly useful list of lists for writers.

[agonyofanuntoldstory]

Quoll Writer

I recently discovered a novel planner/writing program that doesn’t seem to have a whole lot of publicity behind it yet. It has a lot of good, useful features, so I wanted to do a quick review of it.

Quoll Writer is a free, open-source program with a minimalist feel. Unfortunately, it is currently only available for Windows, but it looks like they are trying to feel out if people are interested in a Mac/Linux version.

You can create scenes, chapters, character bios, locations, and items. This is the main screen:

At the bottom of the main screen’s navigation pane, there are options to save chapter text, add new items (like plot outline, scenes, characters, etc.), edit chapter information, view wordcounts (I’ll come back to this), toggle the spellcheck, delete items, and other tools. 

Character Bios:

You can link characters to other characters, as well as tag them to specific chapters. As you can see at the bottom of the Character screen, clicking on any specific page (Character 1, Chapter 1, etc) will open up a new tab rather than a new window. I particularly like this because it cuts down on distraction and makes it much easier to switch between different items.

If you click the fourth symbol on the bottom of the main chapter screen, it will bring up wordcount and other information, including words typed in this session, and words per chapter:

If you click the ‘View Detail’ link, it will bring up a handy chart showing your progress:

You may have noticed by now several icons in the upper right-hand corner. The first of these will take you to an Idea Board, where you can add ideas for chapters, scenes, characters, locations, and items. You also have the ability to create your own Idea categories, which I think is a nice touch.

The symbol on the farthest right will bring up a menu where you can open different projects, save snapshots of your projects, and import and export. It also gives you access to the Warm-Up exercices, which is one of my favorite features of Quoll Writer. It gives you a writing prompt, and you can set a time or wordcount goal. You can even add your own writing prompts.

Another fun feature is the Achievement board. As you use Quoll Writer, you can earn achievements. You can even set Quoll Writer to play a small sound to alert you to a new achievement. 

There is also a full-screen, distraction-free mode:

Quoll Writer seems like a great program. So far, I have only found two downsides to this program. The first is that it may be difficult to organize worldbuilding notes. The second is that you cannot import pictures, which is a major drawback for me because I love to include character inspiration pictures. However, I contacted the creators and they said that is a feature they plan on including in one of the future updates.

If you’re interested in learning more about Quoll Writer, you can find a full list of features here, and download it here!

[arsanatomica]

I’ve always found the lifecycle in aliens to be really cool, and I wish it was used in fiction more. The real life variations that plants take with their multiple adult forms should be explored more in fictional creatures. Other places to see my posts: INSTAGRAM / FACEBOOK / ETSY / KICKSTARTER

[bewareofdragon]

“xenomorphs are ferns” is a wild take, but one I could get behind. 

[tafferling]

That’s some good content right there. 

[thateagleguy]

[fatsexybitch]

This is funny, but I can tell you why right now without a study

Glasses give you an immediate and blinding indication if your mask is not worn properly. If you wear glasses you are more likely to secure the mask tightly to ensure you dont fog up your glasses.

And 2, no one can sneeze or cough on ur eyeballs

[snipertrifle]

I know the study hypothesized that it’s because glasses wearers don’t touch their face as much. But as a glasses wearer, I think Fatsexybitch is onto something with #1.

[mens-rights-activia]

I was thinking the glasses reduce the chances of ocular transmission or some shit but truly Fatsexybitch cracked the case

[klbmsw]

Heartbreaking! Written by one of the Uvalde victims moms:

"The chicken soup in her thermos stayed hot all day while her body grew cold.

She never had a chance to eat the baloney and cheese sandwich. I got up 10 minutes early to cut the crust off a sandwich that will never be eaten.

Should I call and cancel her dental appointment next Wednesday? Will the office automatically know?

Should I still take her brother to the appointment since I already took the day off work? Last time Carlos had one cavity and Amerie asked him what having a cavity feels like.

She will never experience having a cavity.

She will never experience having a cavity filled.

The cavities in her body now are from bullets, and they can never be filled.

What if she had asked to use the bathroom in the hall a few minutes prior to the gunman entering the room, locking the door, and slaughtering all inside?

Was she one of the first kids in the room to die or one of the last?

These are the things they don’t tell us.

Which of her friends did she see die before her?

Hannah?

Emily?

Both?

Did their blood and brains splatter across her Girl Scout uniform?

She just earned a Fire Safety patch.

What if it got ruined?

There are no patches for school shootings.

Was she practicing writing GIRAFFE the moment he walked in her classroom, barricaded the door and opened fire?

She keeps forgetting the silent “e” at the end.

We studied this past weekend, and now she doesn’t need to take the spelling test on Friday.

None of them will take the spelling test on Friday.

There will be no spelling test on Friday.

Because there is no one to give it.

And no one to take it.

These are the things I will never know:

I will never know at what age she would have started her period.

I will never know if she had wisdom teeth.

(Or if they would have come in crooked.)

I will never know who she spoke to last. Was it the teacher? Was it her table partner, George? She says George is always talking, even during silent reading.

Did she even scream?

She screamed the lyrics to We Don’t Talk About Bruno at 7:58 AM as she hopped out of my car in the circle drive.

She always sings the Dolores part, her sister sings Mirabel and I’m Bruno.

“And I wanted you to know that your bro loves you so

Let it in, let it out, let it rain, let it snow, let it goooooo……..”

Did the killer ever see Encanto?

Could we have sat in the same row of seats, on the same day, munching popcorn?

What if Amerie brushed past him in the aisle? Did she politely say, “Excuse me,” to the boy who would someday blow her eye sockets apart?

Was he chomping on bubble gum as he destroyed them all?

If so, what flavor?

Cinnamon?

Wintergreen?

Was the radio on as he drove to massacre them? Or did he drive in silence?

Was the sun in his eyes as he got out of the car in the parking lot?

Did his pockets hold sunglasses or just ammunition?

These are the things I will never know.

There is laundry in the dryer that is Amerie’s.

Clothes I never need to fold again.

Clothes that are right now warmer than her body.

How will I ever be able to take them out of the dryer and where will I put them if not back in her dresser?

I can never wash clothes in that dryer again.

It will stand silent; a tomb for her pajamas and knee socks.

Her cousin’s graduation party is next month and I already signed her name in the card. Should I cross it out?

That will be the last card I ever sign her name to.

The dog will live longer than she will.

The dog will be 12 next month and she will be eternally 10.

What will the school do with her backpack?

It was brand new this year and she attached her collection of keychains like cherished trophies to its zipper.

A beaded 4 leaf clover she made on St. Patty’s Day.

A red heart from a Walk-a-Thon.

A neon ice cream cone from her friend’s birthday party.

Now there will be no more keychains to attach.

No more trophies.

Surely they can’t throw it out?

Would they throw them all out?

19 backpacks, full of stickered assignments and rainboots, all taken to the dumpster behind the school?

Is there even a dumpster big enough to contain all that life?

These are the things someone else knows:

The moment the semiautomatic rifle was put into his hands--was “Bring Me a Higher Love” playing in the gun store? “Get off my Cloud” by the Rolling Stones? Maybe it was Elton John’s “Rocket Man.”

Did the Outback Oasis salesperson hesitate as they slid him 375 rounds of ammunition?

not my problem my kids are grown and out of school

Or I don’t have kids, so I don’t have to worry about their skulls getting blown across the naptime mat

Or fingers crossed there’s a good guy with an equally powerful gun that will stop this gun if needed

Did they sense any danger or were they more focused on picking that morning’s Raisin Bran out of their teeth?

My Nana used to say, “Pay attention to what whispers, and you won’t have to when it starts screaming.”

But now I know there is a more deafening sound than children screaming.

More horrific even, than automatic rifles on a Tuesday morning.

I beg the world:

Pay attention to what’s screaming today, or be forced to endure the silence that follows."

[tyrantisterror]

I’m watching The Sword in the Stone for the first time in decades and I’ve gotten to the part where Merlin is trying to get Arthur to lose his virginity to a squirrel.

[tyrantisterror]

Y’know, if Merlin turned that squirrel into a human it would save Camelot a significant amount of problems down the road.

[tyrantisterror]

“Squirrels mate for life Arthur, so the chances of her fucking your best friend and inadvertently causing a schism that leads to the downfall of an entire utopian kingdom are completely nil!”

[tyrantisterror]

Ok hopefully this is the last time I add onto this but Arthur marrying the squirrel would stop both of the events that destroyed Camelot - namely the aforementioned falling out with Lancelot AND the birth of Mordred.  Being with him since youth, Squirrel would keep Arthur from being seduced by his half-sister Morgause (or Morgan Le Fay in the versions of the myth that cut Morgause out) when he was young and foolish, as he’d already be in a committed relationship and thus wouldn’t be able to be tricked into starting one with said half-sister.  No incest means no Mordred.  Then, as mentioned above, Squirrel would be a faithful wife, which means Guenevere would be single, which means Lancelot and Guenevere could pork each other without causing a huge row that ends with Lancelot killing dozens of his fellow knights of the round and inspiring several others to turn against Arthur out of loyalty to him.

Camelot would have been saved if Arthur just. Fucked. That. Squirrel.

[duskargentum]

You say all that but all I hear is “here is how Merlin trying to convince Arthur to become a furry could have saved the world”

[tyrantisterror]

Look this was a journey for me ok?

It started as “I can’t believe Disney made a movie where Merlin tries to get a squirrel to take Arthur’s virginity” and slowly became “I can’t believe Disney’s weird bestiality subplot actually solves the two biggest problems that cause Camelot’s downfall.”

Because as baffling as the squirrel fucking plotline is just on its own, the fact that it’d actually be solution to the eventual problems Arthur faces - whether anyone at Disney was actually thinking about that or not (and I’m guessing not) - is even more so.  It is bizarre and unsettling to me that squirrel fucking could have saved Camelot, and that’s, uh, the point of this I guess.

[literatedead]

So, pointless fun fact. Around 2008, someone on 4chan actually made a ‘humanized’ version of the squirrel called ‘Hazel’ (i.e. one who had been changed to a human to be with Arthur). For a little while, there were a number of artists making pieces about her, and stories written suggesting alternate histories.

I know it’s a minor point, but I still love the notion that people are still finding ways to rewrite the story so Arthur can f*@# the squirrel.

Whole gallery of pics here, because some of this artwork gets downright amazing…

[strixmoonwing]

I REMEMBER THESE!!!!

[mousathe14]

Fascinating

[bugcthulhu]

@tyrantisterror  your legacy endures

[tyrantisterror]

To an ever widening group of people, I am “that guy who ranted about Arthur fucking a squirrel.”

Of all my legacies, this is certainly one of them.

[spankzilla85]

I think I’ve posted about this before buuuuuuut fuck it? This makes me deliriously happy and sad. The resolution of Arthur becoming human and having to try to explain himself to a sobbing squirrel is one of my strongest childhood memories about having to deal with heartbreak and I’m literally fucking tearing up right now GOD DAMN YOU TYRANTIS.

[supreme-leader-stoat]

Does this mean there’s an alternate version of history where Camelot never fell and Britain just always carried on its legacy.

Are you trying to tell me that in the fixed up version of the Arthur mythos the entire royal family is part squirrel?

[celtic-pyro-deactivated20230725]

I mean, it’s not the weirdest AU I’ve seen with Arthurian legends…

[teal-deer]

@break-rpg I’m bringing this to your attention so you can tell Rey.

[hedgiwithapen]

@tanoraqui

[janedrewfinally]

Squirrel Girl’s secret royal heritage!

[crazy-pages]

“not the weirdest AU”, hah! This wouldn’t even be the weirdest thing to happen in Arthurian Canon. Fuck it wouldn’t even make the top 10.

[lordsmaf]

I will forever respect Animorphs for tricking kids who are just really into animals to read a book series by going “Hey you, you daydream about what it’s like to be a dolphin or a bird or a wolf? Have I got a book for you!” and then slowly radicalizing them with 50+ books of “There are no winners in war. Whatever ‘victory’ you perceive comes at the cost of sacrificing your own morals and killing the part of you that is human. In the end you will resort to murder, torture and war crimes and the knowledge of what you have done will haunt you for as long as you live.”

[trickstertime]

I also respect the author for putting them all online for free

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#what the FUCK is going on in the animorphs books

Why not find out they’re all online for free

[bogleech]

Animorphs is a series in which the main children at one point have to permanently trap another child in the body of a rat and abandon him to die so he won’t expose their identities to genocidal space fascists and that’s really only the tenth or fifteenth most fucked up thing that happens.

[danny-chase]

Incomplete List of Raven’s Powers from reading NTT (1980)

Dimension shifting - not teleportation

Learned from Azar: “I learned how to flow between dimensions and how to control the myriad pathways to my destination”

Cannot go through diamond

Appears soundlessly and silently, just with smoke

Can use this to create a smoke screen

Soul self - Raven is able to separate her soul from her body

Her soul self was imbued with Trigon’s essence in Tales of the New Teen Titans #2

This power originally had a five minute limit, which she conquered by having the will to defend herself

She can encapsulate people with her soul self and give them a taste of hell (or just store them in there, though it isn’t pleasant)

The soul self can be shattered - described as causing pure agony

Soul self can render people unconscious

Soul self can carry/transport inanimate objects and living things

Soul self can talk

Soul self can counteract external control to some extent by enveloping the controlled hero

Cannot go through diamond

Soul self can fly

Can take damage from laser blasts but not guns, what hurts the soul self is up in the air - possibly light based attacks, magic, and special substances

Can absorb physical objects, store them, and take them back out, she can let things pass through if necessary

The soul self can still be controlled separately when Raven’s physical form is unconscious

Can survive in space for short periods of time

Can envelop people in it to help them seek out information (maybe related to precognition powers?) - source The New Teen Titans #36

Is susceptible to being controlled by aliens - The New Teen Titans #36

Empathetic healing - has limitations but is also OP af

“Disease is beyond my power to disperse” - Tales of the New Teen Titans #2

“Those pains, those agonies, become my own and they can tear my soul asunder.” - Tales of the New Teen Titans #2

“Oh, they stay… in all too many ways they remain with me forever.” - Tales of the New Teen Titans #2

Cuts disappear from the target of healing, reappear on Raven, then disappear completely

She can heal people from near drowning (somehow yeets the water out of lungs?)

This power drains Raven, making her pass out at times

Power is also corrupted by Trigon’s possession, he blocks her ability to expel the pain completely

Empathy - ability to sense and take away the emotions of other

“Raven is an empath, a conduit for emotions she is not allowed to experience for herself” - Legends of the DC Universe #18

“A healer of souls… she can dig into your deepest sub-conscious. She can take your most terrible pains… and make them her own. She can reach into your mind and imperceptibly alter it. She can sense your deepest fears, and exploit them. She can learn of your truest love… and…” - The New Teen Titans #14

Is able to sense evil and power level

Possibly came from Arella - it’s stated that Arella’s emphatic powers were increased on Azarath, may be her mother’s side of the family (The New Teen Titans #6)

Can sense who pain/emotions are coming from if she already knows the person

Can sense when someone’s dying/is dead/is alive

Can reach out to Gar and sooth his emotions while he’s in beast form - does this extend to animals?

Can sense “mental blockage”

Can draw out someone’s inner strength

Strength sapping - can draw the power from people

Used in The New Teen Titans #6 on Trigon in coordination with Arella

Precognition - limited

She sometimes gets flashes of the future, they are uncontrolled

Language absorption - Annual #5 of The New Titans

Two fingered touch to the forehead lets Raven learn the language of the person she touches

Immunity - is unable to get disease

Is also unable to cure disease, could there be a connection?

Dreams/Nightmares - has the ability to influence others’ dreams

Used on Dick Grayson once in the first issue and then never brought up again

Unconsciousness - The New Teen Titans #19

Is able to previous render people unconscious with a touch

Lasts long enough for her to slip away

Hallucinations - has the ability to make others hallucinate

Used on Grant Wilson to show him the Titans defeated

Enthrallment - is able to make others love her

Used on Wally West, breaks when her “true nature” is revealed (similar to Trigon and Arella, it takes seeing the evil part of her soul for the feelings to leave completely)

Can’t undo it

Knowledge extraction - The New Teen Titans #21

Can force information out of people with a touch

Sometimes happens unintentionally and subconsciously when someone steps through her soul self

Works even when person is “mentally blocked” (comatose/unconscious)

Technology manipulation - ???

Picked up a phone and makes it call someone without dialing or knowing the number

Blasts - she can blast people away from her

Generally only happens in demon form

Death Stare - her death can become deadly

Only used in nearly possessed form - Tales of the Teen Titans #46

Fabric manipulation

While Trigon has nearly possessed her soul, she’s able to grab someone using her cloak - Tales of the Teen Titans #56

Also happens while possessed in The New Teen Titans #31

Empathetic Rebound - can make people feel the pains she’s previously absorbed

Only used in nearly possessed form - Tales of the Teen Titans #56

Turning into a giant Raven

Once she got contact high on PCP in a drug PSA and it made this happen

Okay to be fair this one’s not technically in NTT but I’m including it

Edit: Ty @momo-whore for the help!

[cavern-of-remembrance-deactivat]

nintendo is taking down the 3ds and wii u eshops next year

and they had this lovingly made totally not taunting message to leave about their virtual console legacy they’re destroying

(that they’ve, fun fact, taken down from their site now :])

[cavern-of-remembrance-deactivat]

this pisses me off so much because nintendo is AWARE we want their legacy of games put on their best selling system (literally, outside of the combined sales of every nintendo DS, lite, DSi, and XL, and the GB and GBC’s combined sales, the switch is at the top)

and yet they still do not care. it’s not about them not having this content either because 1 the wii u vc and 3ds vc. exist. and 2, even for stuff that isnt on the virtual console yet, we’ve been given internal proof from previous big nintendo leaks (namely the gigaleak) that nintendo does not mess around when it comes to keeping backups of their older content. its not a lack of money either, nintendo is literally one of the richest companies in japan. it’s just. a lack of caring

[cavern-of-remembrance-deactivat]

last thing im gonna say about this is that the 3DS and Wii U both have excellent, actively updated guides for softmodding them to run homebrew. the Wii and DSi do as well!

on top of that the emulation general wiki is an amazing resource for emulators for pretty much every generation of game system, including emulators for non game systems like arcade hardware, PCs, and mobile phones, along with emulators on game systems! so check the wiki out if you’re interested!

[susurrationofthewind]

And if/when you do softmod your 3DS, gosh, wouldn’t it be nice if there was a site that safely and reliably hosted games for it, where you could even download them directly to your 3DS through a QR code?

[chipper-smol]

lil fox get baff!

[chipper-smol]

ZOOMIES

OH NO

:c