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Ragtag Family With A Mission - 20+ icons of Star Wars: Rebels for free20in20

When I first started my "deep dive" into all things Star Wars, "Rebels" was big white space on my radar. At the first glance, none of the main characters was familiar, and while I liked what I had seen from "Clone Wars" at that point, I was quite unsure if another animated series would live up to my (limited at that time) expectations XD Suffice to say that it did, mostly by delivering one of my all-time favorite tropes, "found family", pretty much from the get-go. Over the course of the four seasons, we not only get to know the entire team a lot better, we also see the growing rebellion against the Empire coming to life, and meet familiar faces, such as Mon Mothma, Princess Leia, Bail Organa, or, in one of the best episodes of the entire series, Obi-Wan Kenobi. This set was made for the inaugural Round 1 of

free20in20. Enjoy!

( Rebellions are based on hope... )

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TFF 2026... uh...

So... that was a bust. My sister talked some sense into me but I learned a lot. In a bad way. This weekend made me realize I have PMDD and that basically ruined it??

Pros:
- My new itabag is great and will replace the old coffin itabag. I traded a good gimmick for functionality. Unfortunately I haven't posted photos of my itabag on art sites, so skip this if you don't get it.

- Got some good gifts! My impulse control was great and I realize last month the vendors aren't my go-to since I'm barely into any mainstream fandoms. I got a shirt as a gift and a shirt for me.

- Freebie stuff was bountiful as ever! I also had 2 stickers of my own this year and plan on continuing ordering from Sticky Brand for that.

- Went to the game room on Friday and Crushing Force is uh... very unique! I had a hearty laugh playing a few rounds.

- Went to the panel about attending cons on a budget and had a great talk with the host for first time rooming advice.

- This isn't a pro, but it's not a con either. Just extremely weird. When asking for rooming advice, I was directed to a vetted Telegram chat in a "DM this person to get in" way. I DMed her, told her I was at TFF and couldn't automatically verify with ID since my phone was in my pocket most of the time. She had a friend attending and I could meet her to verify. We were both at different locations for a few hours, and THEN I got her. She ended not knowing what I needed her for until I told her and wasn't even in the server I was being verified for, but it was cleared up LOL.

- Harmonycon 2027 table on Saturday!!! Tried to Wander Over Yonder pill the guy at the table, you're welcome. (xd) (If you love G4 and Powerpuff Girls, there's a 80% chance you will love Wander.)

- I found a pony plushie maker! I'm aiming to have Sparkler made by next year, but I haven't arranged anything since my Insta is IRL-centric and inactive. The hilarious part is she was the maker of two pony plushies I saw the other night, I was just going home and couldn't ask for the maker...

- UNOFFICIAL LPS MEET UP! Was totally worth having my legs falls asleep for nearly 2 hours. I unfortunately didn't offload my "to trade" pile but I got 2 hamsters on my wishlist and gave 2 of mine away to nice people :) Unfortunately I haven't posted my LPS customs but I'm sad I couldn't join in the "custom group shot" photo :(

- Shadow the hedgehog liked my itabag and hugged me on Friday? Absolutely sweet experience and melted my heart.

- Silly moment when going down the elevator, someone asked if anyone had a spare hair tie when stopping on the way down. I did... but it was buried in my purse and we had to hold the door open til I grabbed it. "You’re a queen!"

- Both drag shows on Friday and Saturday were kino as usual. I preferred Friday since it leaned towards burlesque and had more boobs, but Saturday was a proper Otterly Fierce production and made me lose it at several parts. I GOTTA see Mustache Envy at Sue Ellens again after my tolerance break.

- I didn't know there were some "rogues" that stuck around after artist's alley closes. Do not take this as tattling or problematic, they were just sitting there socializing to whoever was still on the 2nd floor. (Anecdotal con advice I wish someone told me.)

- Met @/iggy666 before I left! LOCALS PLS TALK TO ME xd
(Note: this is being cross-posted to multiple sites, that @ may not work.)

Cons:
- Uh... a lot. This will be the last multi-day con I will go to without a room. For convention newbies, here's some advice: IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE LOCAL. UNLESS IT'S RIGHT OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE, GET A ROOM IN ADVANCE OR GRAB A DAY PASS. HOTEL ROOMS CLOSE BEFORE THE EVENT, YOU NEED TO GET ONE IN ADVANCE. Holy fucking hell.

- Room party situation was dire and completely killed my plans. A lot of my plan hinged on attending a party on Friday and feeling the rest out... nope. The hotel was actively cracking down on parties, no matter how tame. I attended one NSFW party on Friday night but it made me so claustrophobic I quickly left. The room party I was at during Harmonycon had its issues because some channers got too edgy, but I NEVER felt like I was literally suffocated. I couldn't even sit down and listen to music :( 2 chairs + couch + bed is a terrible arrangement for a party advertised under the table, jfc. Save that for you and your friends.

- The ELEVATOR SITUATION was also horrific. The gaming and artist room being on the 37th floor killed A LOT of potential fun because the lines were so long and it was high up. Absolutely bullshit.

- This isn't a complaint, but I'm putting it under con since it's meta. Why isn't TFF 18+? It feels like it wants to be an adult con when even the normal vendors have suggestive daki merch and leatherwork. I don't mean this in a "think of the children" way, I only saw one actual child and a teenager at the LPS meetup on Saturday. I just think it'd probably be healthier to admit what people are really here for? But I don't know what the social scene is for minors or if this is their only con option or not.

- I was not at the Chester memorial because I didn't know them, but I was heartbroken about how it happened to someone so young. Drunk drivers KYS challenge. (Or... just not do that. Please get a fucking Uber or Lyft.)

- Trading Post wasn't as good this year. Didn't even bother with the AD trading post, I don't want to stay here late or spend all day carrying [REDACTEDS] in my bag.

- I also passed on buying anything from the AD vendors due to not feeling very confident with myself :( This isn't a dig at them, it's me. I have got to get sexier.

- The AD rodeo on Friday was neat, but another instance of "oh geez I need a hotel room"... it didn't appear to be there on Saturday.

- Catering was absolute dogshit just like last year. The cafe on 1st floor skews pricey but was still a lot better.

- I developed a tolerance to alcohol because I drank too much vodka leisurely after Harmonycon. On Friday I had 3 shots before I left and didn't get drunk, it's so fucking over. April is my tolerance break month.

- I'm retiring my G3 Rarity stickers. I have some left that I'll give or distribute next con. Maybe they'll be "to give" only because I realized it's weird for my Carrd sticker to have a copyrighted character instead of my own???

- You miss all of the shots you don't take. I don't have anything to say about most panels I attended besides "I should've spoken up" or "I should've asked someone this" etc. I don't struggle with anxiety anymore, my default is just not speaking or having surface level interactions.

- My mom has never driven around downtown Dallas without getting lost. The drunk drivinh story made me paranoid so I wanted my sister to be with her for Google maps and to keep me posted. I really want to try DART instead one day.

- Was curious about FanExpo and other DFW cons. I was told FanExpo is extremely large. I do not want to deal with attending another large convention.

- Speaking of large... yeah. TFF was too big. It was very very overwhelming and lonely. It was mysterious and exciting last year but a huge bummer now.

- I do not like the Sheraton as a venue in general. It's like night and day compared to the Hyatt. TFS last year was lovely and Harmonycon was magical, but this venue is a pain to maneuver and I'm still pissed over the placement of the game room. Def going to mention that in my post-con survey.

- Didn't see anyone else online :(

- I am also dealing with hormonal issues and thus just not in a good mood most of the time. Friday sucked minus some cute moments, Saturday was slightly better but I spent the time wishing I got a day pass instead and either depressed or pissed about the elevators/no parties between panels/meetups.

So... 5.5/10, ironically worse than Sonic Expo which was a 6/10. The difference is my expectations with Sonic Expo were low, I got a day pass, and my complaint was the concert ordeal and dogshit catering. PMDD aside, my issues here... are numerous! I go back to work on the 31st so I'm probably going to draw and chip at WIPs until I work 4 days in a row. I'm not allowed to think about anything until a family birthday coming up, otherwise I'm putting feelers out for room sharing during TFS. I really need to get some "adult" experience, it'll be good prep for Harmonycon 2027 or even (maybe) (unlikely) traveling out of state in the future. Well, not with the airport BS going on right now...

I also need to decide on my birthday in August. I want a Samsung Tab S6 for portable digital art, and to start commissioning my Sparkler plushie before Harmonycon next year. I can buy both for myself, but not at once. I'm considering the Tab for my birthday, and depending on how long it takes for a plushie, start my payment plan after August or save it for Christmas. The plushiemaker doesn't have a Carrd and is only on Instagram, but I can link if anyone needs me to.

Current Mood: mellow
Current Location: hueco mundo
Current Music: you'll be safe here - rivermaya

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020 - 2 gifs; 26.01 - the rise of skywalker

Medium: film
Title: This Unlikely Union
Fandom: The Rise of Skywalker
Character: Kylo Ren, Rey
Prompt: Wallstreet - kismet
Notes: 2 gifs for week 11 of "26.01 - Monopoly" at Fandom Empire.

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games: tomb raider

Shadow of the tomb raider, 3

So, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, are you going to acknowledge or address the canonisation of another plane of existence in your universe, which the Yaaxil returned to? No? Alrighty then.

I did the rest of the DLC tombs :') It turns out the first one just really, really sucks in terms of level design - you can tell for several of these that they were designed with co-op in mind, there's a lot of needless back and forth. The last two also had a bit of this, though one of them was more so, damn this puzzle would be ten times easier if I had someone to stand on this platform so I didn't have to force the game to let me stand on a winch which I don't think is the solution but after half an hour and countless failed attempts somehow jumping on a winch twenty times until it let me stay on it for the additional height seemed the best idea.

The rest did have some timed sections - one is an almost level long raft ride - but they played more like classic 90s platformers, so I did the score/time attack trophies on those too. I should do the other three I did not like. But I'll have to look up how to do those puzzles quickly...

For the most part the DLC is weird. Some pad with missions outside of the tomb, some don't. A lot of the things you do are superflous and have no effect on the story or its outcome at all, you leave as you start. One did have a fun nightmare sequence which culminates in a shadow version of Lara telling her to end the pain and Lara being confused, because she's not in pain, and the shadow saying no, don't be so selfish, not your pain, theirs, you ruin the lives of everyone you touch so just end yourself, and I gently pressed my hands together like oh this is another catgirl with Esteem moment absolutely.

Otherwise the only thing left is Deadly Obsession. We'll see if I fold and give it a go: I need to pre-prepare for mogtomes by taking 3-5 alts through the start of HW so they can access Coerthas Western Highlands and Sea of Clouds to be eligible for Ultimog, so once I've done that and I've settled in to the Gold Saucer, maybe I'll take breaks by having Lara plummet to her death from cliff jumps.

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MIYOU

pronounced mee•yoh

pronouns

she/her

age

30s

timezone

CST

contact

poohsticks

hi, i'm miyou! graphic designer by day, smashing fictional barbies together by night ... and also on company time. when i'm not rping, i watch a ton of documentaries and docuseries — most of which usually involve serial killers, cults, heists, or fraud, but i'll watch just about anything about anything if it sounds interesting! i love learning and researching new things (that's my librarian gene jumping out) and often get lost in the wikipedia mines or scouring academic articles for One Specific Thing or else i'll explode. my brain quite literally cannot leave a question unanswered.

i majored in japanese studies in college and lived in japan for 4 months during my senior year, but after i graduated i took a long break from anything japan-related. the one piece live action got me back into animanga after a decade or so (the prodigal fujoshi returns) and i've recently started to brush up on my japanese a little through translating one piece fan comics 😂

other than that, i'm moderately involved in fandom, though i don't do as much creating as i used to since rp is my main outlet. fandoms i'm currently into or that will probably come up on my plurk, in no particular order:

uncharted • one piece (animanga) • one piece live action • percy jackson (riordanverse) • supernatural • young justice • dc comics • mcu (against my will) • heated rivalry • south park

i also really, really love sloths.

faves & deep miyou lore

🎶 these are a few of my favorite things 🎶

color

pink

food

mac n cheese

candy

butterfinger

drink

coke

band

fall out boy

book

the great gatsby

movie

inception

exercise

ballet

sport

baseball

game

uncharted

dc hero

superman

marvel hero

thor

anime

TTGL

animal

sloth

dog

dachshund

▶ why poohsticks?

i've loved winnie the pooh since i was a teeny tiny wee miyou and while attempting to censor myself in front of my parents, i'd say poohsticks instead of "shit" or something equally vulgar 😂 and i simply think the game of poohsticks is adorable. they hold the world poohsticks championships every year in england!

▶ where did the name miyou come from?

gaia online is the first place i used it on the internet, but it originated in high school between my friend group. we were all taking japanese and our teacher had us pick japanese names — thankfully, i'd already crowdsourced my new nickname via email asking all my friends to vote on a name. miyouko kawakami was the winner, but over time i've realized how cringe that is and dropped it to just miyou. sidenote: i realize miyouko is spelled wrong. i was like 16 and thought it looked better with the extra u. however, miyou with the u is a real japanese name with several different kanji combinations, my favorites being: 光陽 (ray of sunshine) and 美洋 (beautiful ocean)

▶ what's a mongoliabun?

a friend of mine had chinese bootleg yu-gi-oh dvds we used to watch and, naturally, the subtitles were a little fucked up. there were some pretty hilarious mistranslations or just nonsense, including kaiba calling jounouchi "mongolia bun" — which i think was meant to be a translation of one of the many ways kaiba calls jounouchi an idiot lmao and if i somehow misremembered this inside joke for 25 years i will simply expire

▶ any claims to fandom fame?

i wrote the first ever hartmon (cisco/hartley) fic. that's about it, but i'll take it!

games i've been in

i've been rping since around 2003 — starting out on forums like invisionfree as well as a brief foray into AIM rp — until i was introduced to ljrp by a friend of mine around 2009. since then, i've been in a variety of games, from horror to smut and everything in between. you might know me from some of my greatest hits! or check out my muselist.

▶ discedo (2009–2010)

shibuya yuuri (kkm) • bak chan (dgm) • jounouchi katsuya (ygo) • miria harvent (baccano!)

▶ salkia island (2009)

shibuya yuuri (kkm)

▶ evergrove (2009)

kio kaidou (loveless)

▶ route 29 (2011–2012)

wally west (yj) • mabel pines (gravity falls)

▶ terminal (2013)

wally west (yj)

▶ haven (2013–2015)

wally west (yj)

▶ cape kore (2013)

becky rosen (spn)

▶ proxima beta (2013)

wally west (yj)

▶ entranceway (2014)

clarisse la rue (pjo) • becky rosen (spn)

▶ eachdraidh (2014–2015)

clarisse la rue (pjo) • sokka (atla)

▶ st. augustine (2014)

wally west (yj)

▶ eudio (2013–2017)

eddie thawne (cw flash) • clarisse la rue (riordanverse) • tyrell wellick (mr. robot) • becky rosen (spn) • wally west (yj) • arthur pendragon (bbc merlin) • leo elster (humans) • jesper fahey (six of crows)

▶ jumpscares (2015)

ronnie raymond (cw flash) • clarisse la rue (pjo)

▶ mythian (2017–2018)

kevon pyle (oc), leon nemeth (oc)

▶ cuddle city (2017)

arthur pendragon (bbc merlin)

▶ mask or menace (2018)

clarisse la rue (riordanverse)

▶ the quiet place (2018)

nate lambert (pacrim)

▶ reverie (2018)

wally west (yj)

▶ acatalepsy (2018)

jesper fahey (s&b)

▶ in the night (2020)

dean winchester (spn)

▶ ad astra (2020–2021)

thor (mcu) • wally west (yj) • bill denbrough (it 2019) • harry flynn (uncharted)

▶ polymythos (2021)

sam drake (uncharted)

▶ vaera (2021)

jesper fahey (six of crows)

▶ vvitch (2023–2024)

shanks (opla)

▶ abraxas (2024)

clarisse la rue (riordanverse)

▶ etraya (2024)

sokka (atla)

▶ saltburnt (2024–)

felix catton (saltburn) • shanks (opla) • wally west (yj) • clarisse la rue (riordanverse) • becky rosen (spn)

▶ karteria (2025)

sabo (one piece)

broadway here i come

i love musicals. i was never a theater kid (marching band represent), but i was friends with plenty of them in high school. and, yes, we were Those Kids who had rent sing-along watch parties. i don't know when exactly my obsession with musical theater started — my best guess is the production of cats my high school put on, which i saw probably 5 or 6 times (and not just to support my friends) — but the seed had been planted much earlier in my childhood through the musical movies of old hollywood. i grew up on movies like seven brides for seven brothers, on the town, guys and dolls, and fiddler on the roof. these are still some of my all-time favorite movies and musicals.

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the height of early aughts chronically online teen humor eventually led me to avenue q ("if you were gay" was Thee song of the moment) — and through my south park hyperfixation i discovered book of mormon. once i saw my first professional production (the tour of avenue q — for my birthday!), there was no going back. at some point after i went on a musical deep dive, downloading tons of cast recordings like chess and urinetown and so much more. the more obscure, the better.

by college, i fell in love with sondheim. i was familiar with his work on sweeney todd (if you've never been jumpscared by That Whistle, try falling asleep with the menu of the 1982 proshot playing all night), but i hadn't really been interested in his other works until an rp friend of mine who played hetalia america introduced me to assassins. it hooked me so much i requested the libretto through interlibrary loan because i needed to consume everything about this musical. i've seen assassins twice now: once as a regional production, and once off-broadway nearly ten years later.

my first broadway show was dear evan hansen, a show that completely changed my life. before it closed in 2022, i was fortunate enough to see it 5 times on broadway, featuring a range of evans from andrew barth-feldman to jordan fisher. on tour, i saw it another 4 or 5 times. i've followed the cast (both original and replacements) to other musicals and projects and i can't wait to see what they all do next.

it's been a few years since i was last in new york for my (semi-annual) broadway pilgrimage — but i know i'll be back soon. as orpheus would say: wait for me, i'm coming too!

below are some of my favorite musicals — and a few hot takes because i love drama.

fave

dear evan hansen
next to normal
be more chill
hadestown
assassins
company
the lightning thief
hamilton
fiddler on the roof

great

avenue q
book of mormon
beetlejuice
les miserables
sweeney todd
phantom of the opera
chess
little shop of horrors

mid

waitress
hello, dolly!
cruel intentions
something rotten
oklahoma
kinky boots

bad

anastasia
beautiful (carole king)
flying over sunset
love never dies
miss saigon
new york, new york

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icons & code very sporadically i make icons, which you can also find on supercurl when i'm too lazy to post an entry. that said, i always love a little project and coding is relaxing for me, so i am always open for requests!

gifs & shoops no one should let me have photoshop because it is a dangerous tool in my hands for the dumbest shit possible. gifs, memes, and various graphics for fanfics or fandom in general. this tag is probably at least half cringe.

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Ko Fi & Making Stickers

Okay.

I am looking for a little help from someone who may be willing to walk me through setting up a Ko Fi and a Printify. I think I just need to get the Ko Fi set up with an option for people to do a pure donation if they want or to buy one of the limited products (probably cat stickers) I'm going to set up through Printify.

We are in desperate need of the money and running out of time and options. We have a beautifully photogenic cat that I wish to use. He already has his own Instagram (which is kind of mine, but I really only post pictures of him, then I use it to stalk cats, snakes, spiders, friends and fan stuff).

Again, I haven't made an icon of Wilbur, so look at dear old Percy.

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games: tomb raider

Shadow of the tomb raider, 2

100% completion! I have scoured the map for collectibles and had a lovely week inside of ruins and have been jumpscared a few times (but not too badly) and got frustrated during combat sequences a few times (if they discover a body the npc's AI just fucking BEELINES for you even if you're hidden) and had a fair few ???? moments during climbing exploration because it wasn't immediately obvious... sometimes jumps do not look jumpable at first glance, the grappling mechanic fails for no discernible reason except Lara is angled oddly, or she won't navigate complex terrain all that well...

The DLC unfortunately returns to the format that I remember Rise using for its tombs, in that they're all designed around timed puzzles so you can run them quickly to get a higher score and then trophies. I sincerely do not care for timed puzzles that require me to double back half a dozen times because I missed activating something by a fraction of a second. I want to explore it's about the aesthetic and vibes. I want to take my time solving a puzzle myself, but not in a repetitive way. I was perhaps two thirds of the way through the first DLC tomb and so frustrated and having so little fun that I had reached the point of "I don't care I just want it to be over" and used a walkthrough to get out. I am hesitant to do any more of them frankly, but trophies.

I was thinking about maybe doing a Deadly Obsession run in NG+, which is the hardest difficulty of the game with no checkpoints and reduced campfires, which can be done reasonably quickly in NG+ if you get all the gear you need and max out your resources before you start the file. The final boss arena changed my mind on this entirely because I can foresee losing hours of my life to running this sequence.

( why I will not be doing that )

Uhhh what else. I liked Lara's feral moment: good is not soft. She has a terrible day after Square dutifully kills their one other female character that fights, and your doe eyed protagonist should have moments of striking fear into those who have chosen to test her. I liked the ending: Lara got to see her parents one last time, I liked the Crimson Fire twist, there was some really good music playing during the tomb at the Mission of San Juan, I got to explore a Spanish galleon, temples galore. I liked an npc commenting on the thrill of discovery he could hear in Lara's voice, of seeing things unseen for thousands of years, and hoping she'd never lose that wonder. I did not like Lara's death cutscenes, which I never ever have, but if you're fast enough you can checkpoint reload before you have to see it and spare yourself watching spike impalement. Honestly the most heinous of these was during an escape sequence in Paititi, if the guard catches you they joyously hack you to pieces in the street whilst Lara screams, and that is way, way too 2013 Tomb Raider for me, which is why I never played it. It's just torture porn. It bothers me that there are cutscenes people had to make for every single location which is just Lara screaming and dying in brutal ways, it's not necessary. Men of the genre don't have this happen to them, your defining woman does not need it either. It also bumps the rating: there's a lot of stabbing going on in the closing hours but you don't see any of it on screen and there's no blood either?? The most gruesome thing was in the opening couple hours with a recently mauled, blood soaked half body asset being thrown at you from a jaguar's maw but most of the time unless it's Lara out of combat deaths, nothing.

Anyway, I give it a solid "it was fine", music was consistently great, it looked beautiful, narrative was not ground breaking but it wasn't a bad story to tell by any stretch. Once I decide what to do re: DLC tombs, it's probably time for Endwalker, where I'll be wishing for Mayan and Incan ruins, and what Dawntrail could have been...

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boosting: latam

Saw this on

dw_community_promo and thought it was a really great idea for a community, so I'm boosting it.

From the post about it:

latam is a new community for people to come together to talk about latinamerican music, films, food, culture, fandom, and more!

Everyone's welcome, no matter where you're posting from! And you can also post in your language (official languages of the community are Spanish, Portuguese and English!)

I'm not very conversant on that culture myself so I'm not joining the comm (yet), but I fully support the idea of it and would be happy to hear it's an active community.

I've already added it to my list of interesting DW communities so next time I post the list, it'll be there.

Also, since I'm posting: I'm always on the lookout for good communities to promote! If you know of one that's not on my list, let me know and I'll add it.

Current Mood: productive
Current Location: hueco mundo
Current Music: specialz - king gnu

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seasons of fandom pre-round: sig tag exchange

Behind the cut are the sig tags I made for others.

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THIN BLOODS (IJ) CAST

"Cricket"

Thin Blood

@devilsbargain

Mia Goth

Kartik Varma

Human

@glimpses

Amar Chadha-Patel

Lucy West

Vampire, Tremere

@truhmeer

Emma Stone

Tyler Muir

Thin Blood

@bloodsimple

Luke Newberry

CODING

Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Location: room of space and time

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2026

can now access tumblr

I could open the site again yesterday. Perhaps this is a reminder not to become too invested in one site. Anyway, it was (fictional) Itadori Yuuji's birthday on March 20. Happy birthday my dude!

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Media consumption: SPY×FAMILY S03

⚠️ Mild spoilers

Personal rating 9/10

There were some very interesting story beats this season even if we didn't get much movement on the Operation Strix front!

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No confirmation yet on a fourth season, but I'd be very surprised if we didn't get one.

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Link nabbed from goodbyebird!

Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery

As the decades rolled on, female whales had more options, and the males were getting more competitive.

"Then we see as the population gets bigger, there's this kind of preference towards older males. And it just shows us that whaling and the reduction in the population size has led to changes in these behaviours through time."

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dear author

Dear Sufficiently Advanced Exchange Creator | 2026 Letter

Hi, thanks so much for stopping by!

Here are some prompts and fannish thoughts, and perhaps an easier way to see my signup details. Feel free to ignore it though; I’d be happy with anything you make!

If you spot anything that seems off or confusing, or there’s something you’d like to know, I’ll be happy to answer through the mod.

Treats are enabled on AO3, and welcome.

AO3: LittleRaven

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Black Magician Trilogy - Trudi Canavan

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Traitor Spy Trilogy - Trudi Canavan

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The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club – Theodora Goss

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Thank you for checking out my requests! I hope it was fun, and that you enjoy the exchange!

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updoot (DRUNK POST!)

Day off 2 out of 3:

( boring list, some suggestive content mentioned )

Current Mood: curious

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weekend stream plans

Okay folks! I'm still catching up on sleep and am otherwise not up to doing anything strenuous, but I *would* like to stream this weekend to get back into it as it's been a few weeks!

Final Fantasy XI stream! (tonight)

Therefore, tonight's Final Fantasy XI will be a "Chill & Chat" stream! I plan to just grind levels on one of my non-main jobs tonight. What job? WELL, THAT'S UP TO YOU!

Feel free to vote on the poll even if you don't intend to watch the stream. Wanna watch? I'm at https://twitch.tv/altheavalara

Poll #34390 FFXI Job to Level?

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 0

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What Job Should I Level in FFXI?

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Warrior (Currently level 1)
0 (0.0%)

Red Mage (Currently level 55)
0 (0.0%)

Ninja (Currently level 37)
0 (0.0%)

Dancer (Currently level 40)
0 (0.0%)

Monk (Currently level 1)
0 (0.0%)

Black Mage (Currently level 50)
0 (0.0%)

Thief (Currently level 53)
0 (0.0%)

Scholar (Currently level 52)
0 (0.0%)

What other job(s) should I unlock tonight?

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Paladin
0 (0.0%)

Dark Knight
0 (0.0%)

Beastmaster
0 (0.0%)

Bard
0 (0.0%)

Ranger
0 (0.0%)

Samurai
0 (0.0%)

Dragoon
0 (0.0%)

Blue Mage
0 (0.0%)

Corsair
0 (0.0%)

Puppetmaster
0 (0.0%)

You can read about the different jobs here: https://www.bg-wiki.com/ffxi/Category:Jobs

Final Fantasy XIV Stream! (tomorrow)

Tomorrow, I also plan to take it easy. We'll be doing the latest Hildibrand, then clearing out more open quests from my journal. I also might just keep an eye on the discords and hop around to FATEs or hunt trains. Whatever looks interesting and chill.

Start time is 7:30pm for both streams -- or later. Lately, we haven't even started dinner until 6:50pm (much to my displeasure, but can't be helped). I'm also not sure how long I'll stream, but I figure it will be at least 60-90 minutes?