#long post?

[enniewritesathing]

Hihi! 🤗 I'm sorry if this has been asked but didn't Brian use to be involved with the testing on John? Wasn't he a nurse or something? I'm confused about how they ended up together. I'm sorry I tend to miss a lot of people's posts.

hi 👋

Yes, Brian's a nurse -- ER nurse to be specific -- but he was never involved with what was done on John. He literally didnt know he was a werewolf until it all happened.

in memory management, Brian was still in college when he met Charles; Charles didn't think much of it other than he could eventually figure it out and had to be more careful with information.

So in this particular... series? I'm not sure what I'm doing with it at the moment, but the boys are going through all of the notes/results/etc on John during through this period to try and piece things together with the intention of putting information out about werewolves (in general and under anonymity, of course).

At this point in the (very) loose timeline I have, John doesn't know much from a medical standpoint and would like to know more because he's gotta live with being a werewolf. (this is more or less the precursor to [redacted])

as for how they ended up together, I haven't told that story yet ^^;;

[anniflamma]

What ships do you like the most ??and the least you dont like??any kind of ships you can list

So Im going to talk about more relationship dynamics rather than spesific ships, if thats alright? ^^ I think my Daniel/Darius ship is the best duo to show what kind of ships I'm into: the angry black cat and the happy golden retriever. That kind of relationship dynamic is something I latch onto all the time. I think we call it a comfort ship or something??? It's in the same lane as opposites attract. Those dynamics force the characters to interact differently with each other and the world around them, creating funny or emotional moments.

Another relationship dynamic I love is star-crossed lovers with a splash of toxicity and/or self-sacrifice! And this explains a lot about why I love Slay the Princess so much. Cuz it fits that dynamic perfectly. It's about two beings meant to be together yet always hurting each other in the worst possible way, and then ending up finding each other at the end of everything. And I find those stories that freaking beautiful.

There was a movie that I really liked called Hancock. I watched it when I was a young kid and thought it was the greatest thing ever XD Child me had some trash taste. It's about two deities who love each other, yet if they are close, they become mortal. The male god one day gets amnesia (and almost freaking dies or something, I don't really remember), and the other one, the female goddess, then makes the decision to leave him so he can be immortal again and not die. And then stuff happens. I don't really remember, only that the guy finds her again, gets his memories back, and is mad that she left him all alone, and there was a lot of drama between them. I just remember that I loved the drama.

When it comes to ships that I don't like... well, I never was fond of the depressed, low-self-esteem x overprotective Dark Lord from the north. I know, I know, it's very specific, but it's a trope that I find so boring. Having a character that doesn't believe in themselves interacting with someone who is overprotective and doesn't trust the other to take care of themselves is boring. It doesn't put the sad character into situations where they can grow OR regress. However, this doesn't mean that this kind of relationship can never be interesting to explore in fiction. It can be inspiring or very tragic. And it does have some overlap with the black cat and golden retriever dynamic, that the characters are opposites from each other, which is something I like. But the problem is that I have read SO MANY stories that handle this specific type of relationship so badly, simply because the low-self-esteem character's only personality trait is that they have low self-esteem and that they love the love interest.

It's kind of hard to just make a list of what kind of ships I like due to being more interested in how the story or themes between the characters work. Like, there are some bad tragic star-crossed lovers stories out there, and there are some extremely good low-self-esteem x overprotective ones.

[neeneejubilee]

The main pages of the first chapter of Night Velvet are done!  I kinda screwed myself over. The whole point of Night Velvet was to be a book with speech bubbles for dialogue and comic pages for important parts, but the first chapter has 10 book pages and 24 comic pages!!!! I also proved myself right and that I'm terrible at sequential art and writing, BUT I HAD FUN! And it's not like I'm asking anyone to pay for it. The art is obviously rushed in places, the dialogue is cringe, the pacing is awful, there are obvious pacing fix attempt pages. This has definitely been a learning experience,(which is the whole reason why I started working on it) and I'm probably going to continue to work on night velvet, hopefully for the next few years. I know I'm not going to finish it, but I'm going to try. Hopefully, once I'm done with night velvet I'll be a better writer  and artist.

Once I have a few things done, I'll be posting the first chapter of my stupid little super villain book soon. Hopefully before the end of the month.

[stuckinuniformdevelopment]

@albertbutyoucancallmebert

(Previous) "That's okay," Bert softly replied to Teddy's apology. He was still antsy and in great need of an explanation, but he resolved to be quiet and patient, giving Teddy all the time he needed to explain the situation. At the mention of a shower his eyelid did furrow, not because he thought that it was inconsiderate; he knew Teddy wouldn’t do such a thing leisurely. But he knew there must be a pertinent reason why he did so. Bert was disheartened to hear Teddy was almost ambushed near the lab, knowing he considered the lab to be a relatively secure area. But then he was flooded with a feeling of dread at the mention of blood. Of course Bert was glad Teddy was unscathed, but someone still got hurt. He couldn’t help but blurt out, “Did a bystander get caught up in this?!”

“No,” Teddy firmly stated while shaking his head. “Fez.”

At that point he realized that he had two conflicting priorities that had nothing to do with keeping Bert calm: Avoiding making Fez sound like a damn hero and not sounding like a callous asshole.

Teddy paused to think his wording over one last time before letting go of Bert, crossing his arms, and bitterly saying, “He had a falling out with Amy. Because he set her on me to force me to surrender.”

Then he looked away while resisting the urge to say any more, or even mutter under his breath. The only words that seemed to suit him were damn fucking idiotic asshole.

Teddy took a moment to force himself to relax before awkwardly rubbing his head while looking at his feet. “Anyways... I had to stick around to stabilize him.”

It was hard to give Bert any more information about his injury. Mostly because he hated the idea of pitying Fez. Yet it was also partly because he didn’t want to think about how someone got shot over what he did. Even if he was a massive asshole who objectively deserved it.

“Ask Judith about it,” he softly said with an awkward shrug.

Glorn. Mike was right. He should have let him die.

[beyondthetemples-ooc]

The Hazbin Hotel reconsideration commentary begins NOW!

I'm only watching it for the second time. The first time I watched it was with my best friend who's absolutely in love with this show! There's fanfics and everything. But the first time around, it didn't Hook something in me enough to consider myself a "fan". I enjoyed it and DEFINITELY enjoyed the music, but not quite enough to revisit it.

Season two completely changed that. I can't quite put my finger on why; the writing was just more intriguing, the plots more compelling, the characters explored on deeper levels. Maybe because they didn't need to introduce such a wide cast, so they could focus more on the integral character moments and develope the plot? (Though I definitely think the music was leagues better, too!)

The thing is, Hazbin Hotel isn't exactly my... usual fare. My mother called it low-brow, and she has a point. (She also called its concept "deceitful" though, which was NOT a fair point. Like, yes, it's a made-up situation, that's what fiction is. We enter into a show already agreeing that we're going to be told a story. She's a bit of a bible-thumper though, so that's probably what she meant.)

But it can definitely be low-brow. It has a lot of the kind of humor my middle-school lunch table was throwing around at age 14. But you know what? It gives this show its personality.

It's genuinely irreverent, and I think that's so FUN. Not just for saying "fuck" or making "harder, Daddy" jokes. But there's something both freeing and refreshing in being ABLE to make a show like this. Being able to watch it, widely available, and just have fun with it. Most adult-specific media I've been exposed to is just... boring. Formulaic and drawn-out in a way that tortures my ADHD. But this one was FUN!

Because sometimes it does startle a laugh out of me. Sometimes hearing bubbly Charlie, who sings songs about rainbows and brings crayon drawings to an important meeting, heave an exasperated "SHIT" when it doesn't go well is just funny.

Plus there's a really fun juxtaposition in the Broadway-adjacent musical style being used to sing songs about how much you suck (affectionate), or how miserable Hell is, or enjoying slaughter.

I'll admit that a lot of the jokes don't land with me. But there are also a solid few that do.

And the plots of each episode are genuinely INTERESTING! The characters may not have the in-depth dramatic heart-to-hearts I love so much, and in season one, the self-contained one-episode subplots generally don't go very in-depth with the stakes or worldbuilding, either. But there IS heart there, and the vast majority of its sub-plots are character-driven, which I really appreciate.

Not to mention, the "monster of the week" style is a writing format I sorely miss. It's nice to get bite-sized stories sometimes, and it's nice to have them self-contained. I actually ENJOY pacing more when it's rapid-fire events. (Sidenote that this even comes through in my writing; one of my favorite authors ever once critiqued my writing by saying "It feels like we're careening from plot point to plot point." I think that kinda applies here too. But to each their own!, because I LIKE that about it!)

And yet, it's not ALL "monster of the week"! Season one ended with a GRAND slew of dangling plot threads to be picked up in season two, and they sure picked them up!

Season one alone didn't earn enjoyment the heights of which lead to hyperfixation for me. But then you get to season two, and HOLY STARS. Subplots galore, and you DO get some of those heart-to-hearts (even in song form!), and the characters interact with a little more emotional intelligence.

…some of them. The gift baskets were Not evidence of emotional intelligence. But I actually really enjoyed that this show showed angels as not being all-knowing high-empathy wisps of love and light and wisdom. They had flaws, and they had depth. They're interesting CHARACTERS! This show introduced the ANGELS as the VILLAINS! I love a good perspective shift!

And the music in season two is AWESOME. I don't know what changed, but there are more instruments in each song, they incorporated motifs across multiple songs, the stylistic differences in each song really shined. My favorite sequence to listen to, from the bouncy Like You to heart-rending Sera's Confession to Lute's furious rock anthem Gravity, spans a HUGE emotional range and style!

But now I'm getting ahead of myself. I'll dive more in-depth with that when we get there. What I'm trying to say is, season two made me appreciate the characters and setting enough to revisit Season One with more appreciation for what was present there, too.

So there's my overall opinion and my journey with this show so far. Up next: DETAILS!

[arcaneschemes]

I am so fucking tired. And it's all my fault.

I totally lost track of time last night and let the insomnia override my common sense, and I didn't end up going to sleep until after 3:30am.

Then I forgot my wrist brace before heading to the range for Chaos' JOAD class. My wrist was better after wearing it all day yesterday, so I had planned on wearing it while I shot today... So I shot for an hour without my brace, sleep deprived, and with my neck muscles freaking out. Also I shot with a weight on my bow for the first time, which added an extra challenge (but it did help with my stability).

It took me awhile to adjust to using the weight, for sure. And I couldn't stop fucking yawning, which added an additional level of annoying difficulty. So I really struggled with consistency, and had a handful of shots off the paper. Probably wasn't doing myself any favors by shooting at a small target for each end until the last one (I used the bigger 60cm target for the last end).

(smaller target is on the right, with the 60cm on the left.)

I'm playing with the idea of participating in the non-sanctioned event at the end of the month just for fun. Chaos is already signed up for the first day, so I'd just do the second day so I wouldn't be competing against him (If I did it). It's going to be ten rounds/ends of 3 arrows, shot from 25 meters, at a 60cm target. (For comparison we usually shoot from 18m or 20yards.)

Next week we have our normal Wednesday shooting, but then Chaos will be away with the hubby again until Saturday night, so he'll be missing his JOAD class (thankfully they allow make-ups). So I'm thinking I might just go shoot for a random hour on Friday instead. I dunno, it will depend on how the week is going.

Archery is my only accessible hobby/interest right now, other than writing. I can't really do embroidery with my neck issues, or my current glasses (new prescription glasses should be arriving next week 🤞). And the weather has been too bad and I've been too disabled to even think of attempting to get back in the saddle, literally.

Oh the bear activity has been high, which when combined with almost constant high humidity, hiking with the dogs and kids hasn't really been an option lately either.

So the archery and fictional characters are the only enrichment I can have for the time being. Which I'm grateful that I can have access to both, but also it gets really tiring having to always be so fucking aware of how my disabilities disable me.

Blargh.

I need to eat something, and then maybe I can sneak a nap. At least the weather is nice today.

[pissmaster228]

which characters do you like and dislike the most in initial d and why

Uhh it's been a while since I watched Initial D but here we go.

Ryosuke had me experiencing hysterics for a whole month. As in "wow this guy sucks. i'd bash his skull with a large brick. he is literally me" Inspired me to go become social.

Mhhh I got kinda obsessed with Mako, so much I watched the Extra Stage in a dub all voiced by one amateur guy. She has swag. She's a Mary Sue through and thorough though. I liked the little detail that in the Ex Stage Mako and Sayuki don't get out of the car to argue with other drivers unlike Takumi or Keisuke or any of the men really.

NATSUKI GOT SHAFTED

I felt Takumi and Keisuke were lacking in characterisation. They could do more with them having essentially the same character traits just raised in different homes. and their rivalry. To be fair Stage 4 has super weak characters in general. They could be racing against the same guy and it would n't change anything.

I actually have complex thoughts about Takumi. His character progressing is shown through his driving, him becoming more confident and relying less on the inertia drift. His car changing as he does. Which is very cool. On the other hand he barely changes. He just goes along with what he's told over the course of the whole story. Then he becomes a professional racer like he wanted it all along? Certainly didn't seem that way.

Liked the Divine Foot guy or whatever his title was. He was funny.

I lowkey hate every stage 5 char. Especially that final kid. Shinji was his name? And his mother and Gou. OOOHHH here's another guy who's basically Takumi just slightly to the left. Come on, why not let them have the exact same car? Oh he learned how to drive by watching his mom. Then she just let him drive like that. Did he even have a license I don't think he had a license. This is supposed to be Gou's team's super secret weapon. Yay. THEN we race this schoolkid and it's supposed to be some big finale? And he doesn't even TRY. Can you tell I'm disappointed by Final Stage coz I'm disappointed by Final Stage.

Wataru and Kazumi are. well. They were fine in Stage 2. But WHAT THE HELL was that in Stage 4? Your sister fights with her boyfriend. Drives off. You, her brother, follow her with HER EX BF???? And then he comes out and says. young women don't like me. coz i'm old and ugly. AND THEN SHE DECIDES HER BROTHER WAS RIGHT AND RECONCILES WITH HER BF? What was that even. Why.

Kyoichi made me recoil. Because he reminded me of some guys I know IRL 🤩 Good character. Hate him.

Uhhh that Grim Reaper race. I laughed. It wa s so random and the flashbacks cutting to these guys's oily faces. It was funny I do not feel bad for these people at all. I can't sympathize with them. Or their fathers. They should have died.

You know, everything after Stage 2 severely lacks violence. There's no stakes. Stage 1 has 3 named characters land in the hospital and they take several episodes to heal. One of the reasons it's so good.

I got wayy off topic lol.

[catnipcrime]

i've been so unmotivated (again) lately. after my partner got off work, i've finally started playing some dbd, but most of the day, i've just been sleeping because 1) i don't have the motivation to do anything else, and 2) i can.

i haven't felt depressed mood-wise at least. well, i'll feel kind of depressed after spending the day sleeping, but it doesn't go along with the lack of motivation. blah blah blah. i've probably talked about this before.

i was really hoping that, after i got back from my trip, i'd be more motivated. but no. i guess not.

i've also been having a harder time doing basic self care things since i got back.

it just sucks wasting so much time. i actually have goals these days. i don't have time to not be doing anything. so then of course my mood is down for that reason, which doesn't of course help.