#lockdaisy

[tandembicycles]

Hey Tandem!! I know that you said that you'll be safe, but, oh, please try to stay as safe as possible and to take precautions!!! If you're driving there, bring towels and vacuums just in case your car floods, and try to take as many pictures w/ dates and proof of ownership attached of all your property so that insurance can't skimp you if your house does indeed (god forbid) go under. Sorry if I sound chiding, but I want you to stay physically, financially, etc safe during this dangerous time!!!

Hey!!! I hope you don’t mind me posting this because I’m sure other people may also be worried. 

I will be leaving tomorrow and the drive is only ~3 hours (going the speed limit and without traffic so it could be longer or even shorter tomorrow) and the Hurricane is only going to just hit SOUTH Florida on, I believe, Sunday morning, so I should well be in the safety of my sister’s home by then.

I don’t actually own this house, I just rent my room, so I’m not entirely sure how exactly that will play out but I will try and take some pictures. Not sure how to get the date with it though. 

I’ve put all my valuables that I won’t be bringing with in a safe (I will be taking the key with me), and everything else in my room, not in dressers or the nightstand and of importance, in my closet on its shelves. I’m going to unplug all electrical devices, save for the fridge, and keep them in high enough places.

I’m making ice packs and putting them in the freezer in case the power goes out (and it probably will) in my absence. I’m going to put towels at the back door and at my closet door. There’s not many trees at the front of the house (where my room is) so we should be good there, but there is a forest behind the house so I am not sure how that may turn out.

My roommate is also going to be leaving to her hometown, which is more west in florida (about an hour and a half drive away) and should be okay.

I am bringing water and snacks on my drive, taking all the “bigger” valuables with me (the wii and laptop), there are already towels in my car as well as a GPS... uhhh... 

I’m really hoping we don’t get hit very hard up here, as we’re in northwest Florida. Hopefully, the hurricane slows down a bit as it hits the southern land and loses power, and we only receive the worst of its outskirts when it’s really strong. 

We had a hurricane last semester that was a category three, and that went alright. No damage to the house, but the power went out for about two-three days. Luckily, we share our power with a publix nearby so it comes on faster than other places. I also have our utility app to check if the area/our house loses power, and for how long that way I can know if we need to throw everything in the freezer out (freezers usually stay cold enough for 48 hours as long as they are unopened). 

Don’t have time to get sandbags, and I don’t have a shovel to get them lol. I recently got a refund with financial aid so I can also work with more money than I expected so that is good as well. 

I’m more concerned for my family in my hometown who live more southern than me.

[heavenly-demon]

I’m very happy to hear that things are going well for you!! :D Things are going fine with me too, thank you :) And also, just because it deserves to be repeated, let me reiterate once more: it’s a genuine delight to see you back again!! Your spirit and vivacity were solely missed 👍🏽 And since I know that the fandom landscape has changed, I hope that not only manage to reunite with all your friends from here soon, but to make some new ones as well!! 👌🏽🙏🏽

gahhh you so cute.  thank you <3the fandom landscape has changed but im sure it still has the same essence, a bit dusty mayhaps but still there. 

[prinzart]

@lockdaisy yes hello, your tags warm my jittery heart.

[navyshenanigans]

Hello, hello!! Sorry about this, but I just wanted to be sure... what gender were you giving Cora in your Cora art? :O Sorry if this question sounds odd, it's just that I was planning to reblog that super gorgeous art and I just want to make sure that I call the Cora in your art by the right pronouns in the tags since it's part of a gender/sexuality collection ^^;

hello! it’s not odd at all, that’s super sweet and considerate of you!! I like to hc Cora as a demiguy (that’s the demiguy/demiboy flag painted on his right palm), and I refer to him with he/him pronouns, just as the English translation does. (/^▽^)/ (I actually don’t stray from the official translations very often when it comes to pronouns, haha.) thank you for asking!

and thank you… for calling my art gorgeous *cries gently*

[tandembicycles]

Also, if you're ever stuck on creating a name again, a trick that I like to use is to type up "girls/boys names" in Google and scroll through all the names. It takes a while, but you'll find a name you like, guaranteed 👍🏽

I normally use babynames.com if I gotta but I didn’t wanna do all the work so I just wanted to see if other people would come up with something good lmao

aaahhh but thank you that’s a good tip!!!!

[tandembicycles]

@lockdaisy

LKNLDSNKDSL I'M SO SORRY It's been so long since i've spoken to you!!! Whenever we've talked, I've really enjoyed our conversations. You are so welcoming, kind, and insightful. I find the way you speak to be so enthralling, I love how analytical you come across. You're an absolute sweetheart, and so damn smart. Please have a very merry Christmas, happy holidays, a wonderful new year, the whoooole shebang.

[callmearcturus]

I'm really, REALLY fascinated by your alternate interpretation of how episode 5 SHOULD'VE went!! Especially in regards to how Jack would treat Rhys. In your opinion, would Jack treat Rhys the same way he treated Angel (harming him but saying that it's for his own good/wellbeing)? Or would he be more of the isolating type who confines Rhys there and ultimately ignores his pleas to be released/be back with his friends because he thinks he knows what Rhys needs more than Rhys does?

STORM DON’T LOOK, SPOILERS ABOUND

I mean it depends on how you play Rhys. Like, my Rhys was amicable and cared about people, but his goal was always to become president of Hyperion. It was his grand quest.

I think that Jack’s actions in Episode 5 don’t make a lot of sense. His plan is stupid and flies in the face of his egotism. It’s also a plan he can’t really control the course of, and Jack is a very fucking smart motherfucker. Like, that’s Jack’s entire point is that yes he’s ridiculous and murderous and unhinged, but he’s also fucking smart. It is how he survives all the shit thrown at him.

No, what I wanted was a non-canon ending. I wanted the game to Go There, to let Rhys hitch his wagon to Jack, to become President of Hyperion as Jack’s partner. Because Jack has a long history of fucking people over, but canonically? Only when he feels they’ve fucked him over first. Otherwise he’s a dangerous ally, but an ally.

Jack turning on Rhys to me flies in the face of all his character development and feels badly implemented and shoehorned. And it forces Rhys into a narrow characterization, the Nice Guy Rhys rather than the ambitious bastard many people played him as. So. /shrugs.

I know why it happened. Like, I understand that Telltale was putting all of its support behind GoT and Minecraft, not TFTBL. But TFTBL was the most ambitious and intelligent shit TTG has ever done and I mourn what could have been.

[tandembicycles]

Hey, I know this is late, but happy birthday Tandem!! I wish you the absolute best of everything--good health, joy, fun, good luck, success, and more!! I hope your birthday has been fantastic, and I wish you the absolute best year ^_^

Ah, what wonderful, kind words!!!!! Thank you so much, this is so sweet c’: