#tamber talks

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Genuinely what am I doing that tumblr keeps suggesting me H*rry P*tter role play and fanfic blogs as “based on my likes”

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OC Ask Game: 3, 13, 27, 28, 35, 43

(I tried to keep it to one per set of ten, but 27/28 were both too interesting!)

So you sent these at uhhhhh the end of May, and then my summer got completely insane, and I'm now finally getting back to my inbox! Link to the original post here.

3: If your OC could revisit their childhood, what would they want to change about it, if anything at all?

Most of my favorite OCs go through the torment nexus in their childhoods (because I think that's fun to write), so it's hard to pick one where they don't want to just throw their entire childhood in the trash. I think the easiest thing for me to say about this one is that Enigma knows that almost every shitty thing they went through set them up to become a person they love being, and without things going the way they did, it never would have happened. So as much as they think no one should ever have to go through what they went through, the only thing they would probably change is to let their younger self know that they don't have to be a boy, and they don't have to be a girl, either. That would alleviate a lot of nameless dread, and even if they wouldn't have been in a situation to do anything about it for a long time, just knowing would have helped tremendously.

13: What is something your OC does (to others) that they would not like if others did to them? Are they aware that they do this?

Aurora is always making decisions for other people without telling them everything about the situation. This is a trait they picked up from Amalina, and they hate it when she does it; it makes them very uncomfortable. But obviously they only do it when it's really necessary, right? Which they also know Ama thinks she does. They don't like to think about it in regards to themself, they are stubbornly ignoring their hypocrisy. Which is part of the reason Ama doing it makes them uncomfortable.

27: What are some assumptions others make about your OC? Are any of them true?

Back to Enigma: ohhhh plenty. That they're a woman, that they're a man, that they're a slut, that they're delusional, that they think too much of themself, that they're kinda stupid. They do act pretty slutty a lot of the time, and they do sex work pretty often too. They do go around calling themself a superhero, in a world where that isn't really a thing, but they have the skills to back it up, and they aren't joking about the monsters and they're not crazy. They are over the top extra and act pretty cocky, which comes off badly to some people, but once they get into action, they pull it off every time. Even though they are kinda stupid and jump into danger without a second thought, somehow it (almost) always works out for them. Main character problems for sure.

28: What does your OC think others are saying about them behind their back? Is any of this true?

Enigma again: they think people talk about how cool and heroic they are, and how attractive they are, and how good at monster hunting they are. And they are correct about all that, in some cases, but people say a lot of other stuff too. Less kind stuff. As above.

35: If your OC had to kill someone, how would they do it? If killing is a near-daily occurrence to them, what is their preferred method?

How about an antagonist for this one? Let's take Niles Evers. He likes to kill people For Science™️. He'll kill anyone that he thinks will get him the data he wants, including coworkers and civilians (frowned upon), as well as Assets under his control (acceptable in many circumstances). This includes slightly blowing up the facility where he works, if need be. He'd probably collapse a wormhole if he thought it would be enlightening. He especially likes to single out a child from any given batch of Assets and pick on them particularly over years, trying to drive them crazy, even to suicide, and then not let them die until it's convenient for him. I love me a cartoonishly evil villain. This man is my in-universe torment nexus.

43: What are common things your OC worries about?

Deep cut into the Tamber lore here that about three of you could possibly get: we're going with Jade Stormsilver. She worries about how her little sister is coping with her being gone, about how her best friends are doing without her, about how she thinks she killed her father, about if she can keep successfully lying to her captain, about the strange power not-quite-possessing her. I love partial possession. So many of my MCs have some weird relationship going on with something inhuman. A favorite trope for sure.

Sorry it took three months to get to this! It was fun and challenging :)

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Someone in the neighborhood is absolutely belting out the Banana Boat Song to the general area

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We're back, baby!

Craft night snacks never actually stopped, but my coverage of them did. And so did my enjoyment of them while I was on that stupid diet. But no longer! We resume!

This post is actually going to be about last week's snacks, since I put it off all week. I will have more soon!

First up: Weinrich's Dubai-Style chocolate bar

It took a long time of casually browsing for a Dubai-style bar that the the nut-allergic among us could try. Did you know that most of the easily available ones [in the US] have hazelnuts or peanuts in them? Because we sure did! I can only assume this is because of a) the pistachio shortage caused by this fad and 2) companies who process other nuts and don't want to go through the effort of cleaning their equipment to the standards needed, so they just throw in some of those other nuts and call in on purpose.

Anyways, it was okay. I don't see what the hype is about, tbh.

Amos brand Pineapple and Green Apple Peelerz

We've had a few things from this company lately, specifically the Peelerz. I think we had some at Halloween last year that were body parts? Something like that. The textures are interesting. I think the body parts were more fun than the fruits. The pineapple ones were not good enough for me to try a second one, no matter how much I like gummy candy, but I had several of the apples.

Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps, Fireworks Berry Crème flavor with Popping Candy

These smelled like a candle. A berry crème candle. Tasted like it, too. And the poprocks didn't pop! Which actually may have been my fault, since I insisted we wait to try them until I could eat again. It wasn't worth it.

Zapp's Sinfully-Seasoned Pretzel Sticks: Voodoo flavor

We've had the voodoo-flavored chips before, but people liked those enough to get these too. They're pretty good; it's a good flavor.

Orion brand Turtle Chips, Matcha Choco flavor

These are really good. I want more already. My immediate response to the flavor was "this tastes like the county fair," which @crowscriven thought through for me and explained as the grassy flavor of matcha plus the taste of fried dough, like a funnel cake on the lawn. That was exactly it. 10/10 best thing we had last week.

Trader Joe's Carolina Gold-style BBQ flavored ridge cut potato chips

I did not try these. Carolina Gold is a mustard-based sauce. I hate mustard. Everyone else loved them.

And that's it for last week! Stay tuned for this week's Oreo feast, coming to a blog near you!

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When you get this, list 5 of your favourite songs, publish. Send this ask to 10 of your favourite mutuals! ⭐️

Alright, starting to get back into my inbox again!

These are in no particular order, just things I've loved over the years that come to mind today.

Hold On Tight by Greg Holden

Saturn by Sleeping At Last

Stupid Deep by Jon Bellion

Home by Phillip Phillips (written by Greg Holden)

The Padstow Mayers' Song as sung by the Revels Chorus

idk if I have ten people to tag, let's see: @quohotos @crowscriven @shrikeofficial @lizardho @singlebrick @raspberrypie4u @sattarehi @team-rnjr @gay-charizard @siras13

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The owl is AI, it can't move like that.

Booooo I hate it here