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The Cold left as Aria’s voice cried out, her scream carrying through the forest trees. Winter’s chill remained, but compared to the biting frost that she’d felt before it was as if a blanket had been draped over her. Newly formed tears washed over the ones frozen to her cheeks, the warmth from them comforting as her sobbing continued. It was not despair that fueled her weeping, however, but rather the rush of… everything that she felt since crying out. Anger, sadness, fear, happiness, determination burned within her, and she had no other outlet, no other way to process it other than the tears that poured from her eyes and the scream that escaped her lips. Through her blurred vision she could see the moons peeking through the canopy of trees above, their glow adding to the comfort that steadily began to take hold.
What felt like an eternity passed before her cries dwindled to reflexive wimpers. Her throat was hoarse, and her body may as well have been made of stone, but there was a lightness to her chest now that made her feel like she was floating. It was only after the rush passed through her that she could fully feel Helbram’s hands on her shoulders, his grip firm, but comforting. He released one of his hands from her and, after shaking off his broken gauntlet, wiped the tears from her face. His hand was roughed and callused, but radiated a warmth that brought color back to Aria’s cheeks. A gentle smile was spread across his face, overtaking the blood that trailed down his face and the frost that clutched at his skin. His blue eyes flared under the moonlight, and for a moment she thought she saw a glint of green wash over them.
Before their light started to fade.
Helbram was still smiling as his hands dropped to his sides, eyes still looking ahead as he collapsed to the ground. Blood dripped from the sword impaled through him, and through the layer of frost that coated his body, his skin started to grow pale. Relief escaped Aria as she looked at him and horror took its place. She fell to her knees in front of him, hands trembling as they reached out to his.
He did not respond.
“Helbram?” A voice said from behind her, its tone weak but alarmed. It was followed by a rush of footsteps as Jahora ran to his side, “Helbram!”
The Mage looked around in a panic, eyes eventually stopping as they fell upon something that was behind Aria. Jahora ran to it, and as the girl’s eyes followed her she saw that the woman pulled Ren from the ground.
“Wake up!” she pleaded, “we don’t have time!”
The Cleric’s eyes fluttered, threatening to close again, but they snapped open in response to the panic in Jahora’s voice. He held himself upright and shook his head, eyes falling upon Helbram as he did so. Any fatigue that may have held Ren down appeared to vanish momentarily as he rushed to Helbram’s side, the symbol on his forehead filled with a golden light as he gripped the sword that was impaled through Helbram’s stomach. The Cleric took in a deep breath and, bracing himself, pulled the sword from Helbram and tossed it to the side. He shifted the unconscious man onto his back and placed his hands on the wound, channeling his golden Aether into it. Jahora joined him soon after.
“I need more Aether,” Ren said through gritted teeth.
The Mage nodded and closed her eyes. Her jaw clenched, and as her body trembled three rings of Aether formed around her head. She placed her hand on the Cleric’s shoulder, channeling a bluish aura onto the Cleric that bled into Ren’s own golden glow. His hands flared with a brighter gilded light, its brilliance enough to push back the panic and shock that had overtaken Aria’s mind.
It only lasted for a moment.
The rings around Jahora’s head flickered before dying out, with Ren’s symbol doing the same. The glow in the Cleric’s hands started to fade, reducing to a dull sheen over his ashen hands.
“No, not now,” Jahora despaired. She clenched her hands so tight and closed her eyes, shaking as a growl slipped through her lips. Her Aetheric rings blinked, sparking to life only to collapse a moment later. The effort drained the Mage even further, and she barely caught herself before yelling in frustration.
“Elly,” she said, a twinge of hope growing in her voice, “Elly!”
Jahora tried to push herself to her feet as she cried out, but failed to find the strength to stand as she collapsed back to the ground.
“ELLY!” she screamed, tears filling her eyes as she started to crawl.
Aria stood still, feeling a chill start to crawl over her. Except… it was not The Cold this time, but instead the bite of fear that nipped at her skin. Fear not for herself, but for Helbram, whose eyes grew more hollow with each passing second. All while she stood there, watching him slowly fade away.
She heard a rustle in the leaves off to the side, but did not take her eyes off of Helbram. Hurried footsteps drummed into her ears, a precursor to Elly’s appearance out of the corner of her vision. The Weaver slid to Helbram’s side and placed one hand on Ren’s shoulder. With the other, she held Helbram’s hand, the one used to wipe away Aria’s tears. Rings of light appeared around Elly’s wrist and ankle, and like Jahora had done before the caster started to channel a soft blue aura into the Cleric. The symbol on Ren’s forehead regained its steady glow, and the light in his hands grew brighter, but he still shook his head.
“This will only keep him stable,” Ren looked at Elly with a grim expression, “And I know you are at your limits as well.”
“I’m fine,” the Weaver asserted. Her grip on Helbram’s hand tightened, “More than fine.”
As if fate were calling her bluff, the rings around her limbs started to fade.
Elly grit her teeth and closed her eyes. Sweat beaded on her brow as she shook, willing her Aetheric Rings to glow brighter as the tide of energy that flowed to Ren grew. Hope took hold of Aria as the light in the Cleric’s hands started to glow.
She knew it was fleeting.
The light was already dimming even as Elly pushed herself, and the desperation on Jahora’s face told Aria what was soon to happen. Helbram was going to die.
And there was nothing she could do about it.
In her despair, the desire to sink back into the Cold reared its head once again. The need to escape the growing pain in her chest grew with each passing moment, but that ethereal chill did not answer her desires. Aria had made her choice, and now she must suffer its consequences. Tears pooled in her eyes once again..
Tears that Helbram would never be able to wipe away again.
The girl fell to her knees as she looked on, all sound around her muting as she looked at the fallen man. Jahora’s screams, Elly’s yells, and Ren’s urging faded, and time itself felt as if it slowed, locking Aria in this torturous moment for what may as well have been an eternity. Her breath stopped at her throat, a barrier to the cries that wanted to escape, and she could feel the dull ache in her chest flare into a dagger that dug into her heart. All she could feel was the pain, the sorrow, the agony as she watched on, the last of the light in Helbram’s eyes draining away.
Through the pain, something prodded the back of her mind. A chill, but not like the one that the Cold possessed. It was… comforting, like a cool breeze in the midst of Summer’s heat. Aria expected a voice to follow its presence, but no words rang through her mind. Instead, the chill traveled through her, flowing throughout her entirety. Frost followed, its misty form pouring from Aria like an aura.
An aura of Aether.
Ren, Elly, and Jahora looked at her with shock, but that soon faded as Elly released Helbram’s hand and held out her own towards Aria.
Ren looked at the Weave in alarm, “You don’t know wh-”
“I don’t care,” Elly interrupted. She looked at the girl with gentle eyes, ones that failed to hide the desperation behind them, “take my hand.”
Aria raised her hand, clutching onto the Weaver’s with a strength that she did not know she possessed. As their hands locked, she felt a pull. Not physical, but rather at the frost that gathered around her. As it flowed from her and into Elly, Aria felt a hollowness in her chest and a dull ache start to form in her head. That was pushed to the side, however, as she saw frost build up across Elly’s arm. Panic stopped the flow of energy between her and Elly.
“It’s alright,” the Weaver said, “we can save him.”
As she spoke, Aria felt another hand on her shoulder. It was Jahora, who grabbed the girl’s free hand.
“Together,” she said, her voice filled with the same comforting tone she held the night they first met.
Aria met Jahora’s gaze, and, pushing aside the fear that gripped her, gave a firm nod. Panic released its grip over her, allowing her frosty aura to flow into both casters as they placed their hands onto Ren’s shoulders. The hands that gripped Aria’s own were coated in ice, but as the girl’s energy flowed through them it shifted into a deeper blue that let Ren’s golden light regain its brilliance. The Cleric pressed his hands firmer against Helbram’s wound, driving the energy into it. Aria could not tell if Ren’s spell was working, but as she looked upon the determined looks of both Jahora and Elly, she let any questions in her mind fade. Helbram needed her all, and she would give it. As if it sensed her will, the chill at the back of her mind grew, and her aura flared with a soft pale light.
It was the last thing she saw before her vision went white.
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Helbram looked up into the endless expanse of the void. Nothing but blackness greeted his vision, but there was an odd sort of serenity to it all that let him lie still. Even if he possessed the drive to move, he knew it would be an impossible task. Even within the recesses of his own mind did he feel like he was made of lead.
He tried not to think about what that meant for his actual body.
Out of the corner of his sight sat himself, the him who possessed eyes of green. He leaned back in a simple wooden chair, dressed in simple clothes. His gaze drifted upwards, just like Helbam’s had, and he had an empty, almost vacant look on his face.
“Odd, is it not?” his mental self said, “After all that you have been through, the only thing that greets you is the endless space above us.”
Helbram snorted, “Had you not spoken, I would have assumed that I had returned to the Cycle.”
“If this is what awaits us in the Cycle, then death truly would be a fate most foul,” the green-eyed version of him stood up, “but we have not escaped such an outcome, not yet at least,” he sighed.
Helbram tried to move, but his limbs did not respond.
“I suspected as much,” he admitted, “it is not easy to escape death when a sword is driven through your gut.”
“It would be impossible,” his mirror said, “for those without the gifts of an Awoken or spellcaster.”
“Ren must have performed a miracle then… though I imagine things are much more complicated than that.”
The footsteps of his other self thundered around him as he walked right next to Helbram’s head, kneeling down as the echo of himself peered down at him.
“You cannot continue on like this,” he said.
"I know,” Helbram replied.
“If you continue to push yourself to this point, you will break.”
“This is true.”
“...you would do it again.”
“That I would.”
Helbram met the green eyes of his other self, their stares unmoving, “I know you would too.”
His mirror clicked his teeth and looked away, “Without hesitation.”
Helbram snorted, “Then the only thing that we can do is carry on.”
His other self sighed and walked out of his sight, “I suppose so…your companions are going to give us hell for this.”
“Of that I have no doubt. I expect I will be seeing you soon after I wake up.”
The both of them laughed.
“Then we should best get ourselves some rest,” his mirror said. As he spoke, his voice started to sound more distant, and Helbram could feel a heaviness to his eyes.
“I suppose you are right…”
“I shall be here when you need me. Rest well, you did good today.”
“We did good today.”
“Heh… I suppose we did.”
As his other self’s voice faded, sleep took Helbram one again.
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Leaf sat at the corner of the room, taking in the gathering in front of him. It had been nearly a week since they’d gone after Aria, and though all of them were beaten and broken they had managed to make their way back to Redhaven. The fearful eyes of the townsfolk followed them as they made their way back to The Wandering Fowl, and apparently the image they cut was enough to keep them from disturbing the group as they licked their wounds. Tried as the party did to refuse Ren’s aid, the Cleric was insistent in treating them no matter how much it wore on him. This, paired with Leaf’s natural recovery as an Awoken, meant that he was at least functional after a few days of rest.
Elly and Jahora, however, were not so fortunate.
Both casters sat on a bed on one side of the room, free from wounds but with a hollowness to their features as fatigue continued to wear on them. Aether Sickness, from pushing themselves far beyond their limits. Ren, who sat on the bed opposite to them, suffered from the same, though the seriousness in all three of the casters’ expressions somehow broke through their clearly haggard states. At the far side of the room, directly within Leaf’s line of sight, were the ones that were bound. Cora and Erik had their wrists bound behind their backs by Sealing Cuffs, and their legs were tied together by rope. Neither of the Shade’s were awake, having fallen into a slumber after the battle. Though their wounds were treated by Ren before he felt the effects of Aether Sickness, their unconscious states were no doubt due to the same strain that everyone in the room most likely felt, and with their abilities dampened that only meant their recovery would be slower.
At their side was Leon, whose wrists were constricted with rope, though his arms hung in front of him and his legs were unbound. The Black Cloak was awake and without his armor, but his eyes were downcast to the wooden floor, and were it not for the slight heave of his chest as he breathed Leaf would have suspected the man to be dead. The man had been unconscious for several days after the battle, and though Ren refused to restrain his companion at the party’s urging, the Black Cloak himself bound his wrists and fell into silence upon waking up. For an Awoken of his caliber, the ropes meant little, but Leon had moved little since restricting himself.
It was the least he should have done, given the state of the one not in this room.
“Are you certain about this?” Ren asked.
Jahora gave a firm nod, “Yes. Given how things are… we cannot in good conscience let Aria go with you.”
“If you mean to go against us on this, know that we will be unmoving,” Elly’s eyes narrowed, “Uncompromising, just as your companion was.”
Ren opened his mouth to reply, but as he looked over to Leon, his shoulders slumped and he sighed, “Of that I have no doubt…”
“Do not be mistaken,” Jahora said, “We are beyond grateful for your aid, and we are in debt to your kindness for the past few days, but we can’t trust you with her.”
“Please, you owe me nothing,” Ren said, “Without your assistance we would not have prevailed against these two,” he motioned to Cora and Erik, “and I shudder to think what would have happened had you not stopped Leon.”
He looked up and smiled, “So with this let’s call it square, shall we?” He stood up and stretched, letting out a satisfied groan, “Our mission was the pursuit of these two anyhow, and transporting two Shades is a handful enough as is.”
Leaf let go of a breath that he did not know he was holding. From the sag in their shoulders, his companions no doubt felt the same.
“But we cannot keep her existence hidden,” the Cleric said in a serious tone, “not for long, anyway. I’ve seen many a Shade, and by raw power alone Aria is within a league of her own, and that is something that should not be hidden from my order.”
He sighed, “And yet, though it will certainly earn me quite the lecture, we cannot remove a child from their guardians by force,” he chuckled, “and I would say there are none that fit the description of ‘guardians’ more than you lot.”
Leaf looked to Leon, who did not react to his companion’s words.
“We thank you,” Jahora said, “I know this is not a decision you make lightly.”
“Nor was your decision to take care of her,” Ren said, “And from what I have witnessed she will be in good hands indeed.”
The Cleric clapped his hands, “But I believe that is enough serious discussion for today. Go on, I know you wish to check on Helbram.”
Elly and Jahora both nodded and stood up, making their way to the door. Leaf followed after them, but stopped as he stood in at the doorway. He looked back at Leon and, as if the Black Cloak could feel his gaze, met his eyes.
“Know this,” Leaf said, anger bleeding into his voice “If you try anything, I will not miss the next time.”
Before Leon could respond, he left the room, closing the door behind him as he walked into the hallway of the tavern’s upper floor. He saw Jahora and Elly enter a room further down, near the stairs, and followed after them. He was halted at the doorway by the two women, who had stopped just in front of the room’s entrance. He’d expected to see the sight he’d always seen for the past few days. Helbram would be laying in one bed, his body more bandage than man and Aria would be in the other, the girl having exhausted herself so much that she too fell into a deep slumber for days.
Except, now only one bed was occupied. Helbram remained asleep, but at his side was Aria, the girl having decided to take a seat next to the unconscious man’s bed after having apparently woken up. A state of consciousness that must not have lasted long, for the girl had fallen back to sleep, her hand clutched to Helbrams as she leaned against his bed. Gentle breaths exuded from both, and were it not for Helbram’s wounded state it would be easy to imagine that both were taking an afternoon nap together.
Jahora approached them first, adjusting the girl’s position to a more comfortable one and fixing her hair, but letting their hands stay entwined. Elly followed after the Mage, her attention focused on Helbram as she looked him over. She placed a hand on his forehead, her touch lingering as she closed her eyes and took in a deep breath.
Not noticing Helbram’s own eyes fluttering open.
“Your hand…” he said, “is surprisingly warm.”
Elly’s eyes snapped open as Jahora’s gaze turned to the newly awakened man.
“Really? That’s the first thing you say?” her hand didn’t leave his forehead, and there was clear relief in her voice.
“What else did you expect?” Helbram said in a soft tone. He looked down at his hand, and at Aria, who still held onto it. He gave the girl’s hand a squeeze and looked towards Jahora. The Mage’s eyes glistened with tears, ones that brought a sheen to Leaf’s own eyes. As Helbram looked at him, he looked away and wiped the tears away and cleared his throat.
“You are all safe,” Helbram said, “that is good.”
He looked at the window, the pale light of winter’s sun pouring over him, “I must have been asleep for sometime.
“You’re godsdamned right,” Leaf barked, voice cracking as he made his way across the room, “You bloody bastard.”
Helbram did not have time to respond before they all embraced him.
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The Cold left as Aria’s voice cried out, her scream carrying through the forest trees. Winter’s chill remained, but compared to the biting frost that she’d felt before it was as if a blanket had been draped over her. Newly formed tears washed over the ones frozen to her cheeks, the warmth from them comforting as her sobbing continued. It was not despair that fueled her weeping, however, but rather the rush of… everything that she felt since crying out. Anger, sadness, fear, happiness, determination burned within her, and she had no other outlet, no other way to process it other than the tears that poured from her eyes and the scream that escaped her lips. Through her blurred vision she could see the moons peeking through the canopy of trees above, their glow adding to the comfort that steadily began to take hold.
What felt like an eternity passed before her cries dwindled to reflexive wimpers. Her throat was hoarse, and her body may as well have been made of stone, but there was a lightness to her chest now that made her feel like she was floating. It was only after the rush passed through her that she could fully feel Helbram’s hands on her shoulders, his grip firm, but comforting. He released one of his hands from her and, after shaking off his broken gauntlet, wiped the tears from her face. His hand was roughed and callused, but radiated a warmth that brought color back to Aria’s cheeks. A gentle smile was spread across his face, overtaking the blood that trailed down his face and the frost that clutched at his skin. His blue eyes flared under the moonlight, and for a moment she thought she saw a glint of green wash over them.
Before their light started to fade.
Helbram was still smiling as his hands dropped to his sides, eyes still looking ahead as he collapsed to the ground. Blood dripped from the sword impaled through him, and through the layer of frost that coated his body, his skin started to grow pale. Relief escaped Aria as she looked at him and horror took its place. She fell to her knees in front of him, hands trembling as they reached out to his.
He did not respond.
“Helbram?” A voice said from behind her, its tone weak but alarmed. It was followed by a rush of footsteps as Jahora ran to his side, “Helbram!”
The Mage looked around in a panic, eyes eventually stopping as they fell upon something that was behind Aria. Jahora ran to it, and as the girl’s eyes followed her she saw that the woman pulled Ren from the ground.
“Wake up!” she pleaded, “we don’t have time!”
The Cleric’s eyes fluttered, threatening to close again, but they snapped open in response to the panic in Jahora’s voice. He held himself upright and shook his head, eyes falling upon Helbram as he did so. Any fatigue that may have held Ren down appeared to vanish momentarily as he rushed to Helbram’s side, the symbol on his forehead filled with a golden light as he gripped the sword that was impaled through Helbram’s stomach. The Cleric took in a deep breath and, bracing himself, pulled the sword from Helbram and tossed it to the side. He shifted the unconscious man onto his back and placed his hands on the wound, channeling his golden Aether into it. Jahora joined him soon after.
“I need more Aether,” Ren said through gritted teeth.
The Mage nodded and closed her eyes. Her jaw clenched, and as her body trembled three rings of Aether formed around her head. She placed her hand on the Cleric’s shoulder, channeling a bluish aura onto the Cleric that bled into Ren’s own golden glow. His hands flared with a brighter gilded light, its brilliance enough to push back the panic and shock that had overtaken Aria’s mind.
It only lasted for a moment.
The rings around Jahora’s head flickered before dying out, with Ren’s symbol doing the same. The glow in the Cleric’s hands started to fade, reducing to a dull sheen over his ashen hands.
“No, not now,” Jahora despaired. She clenched her hands so tight and closed her eyes, shaking as a growl slipped through her lips. Her Aetheric rings blinked, sparking to life only to collapse a moment later. The effort drained the Mage even further, and she barely caught herself before yelling in frustration.
“Elly,” she said, a twinge of hope growing in her voice, “Elly!”
Jahora tried to push herself to her feet as she cried out, but failed to find the strength to stand as she collapsed back to the ground.
“ELLY!” she screamed, tears filling her eyes as she started to crawl.
Aria stood still, feeling a chill start to crawl over her. Except… it was not The Cold this time, but instead the bite of fear that nipped at her skin. Fear not for herself, but for Helbram, whose eyes grew more hollow with each passing second. All while she stood there, watching him slowly fade away.
She heard a rustle in the leaves off to the side, but did not take her eyes off of Helbram. Hurried footsteps drummed into her ears, a precursor to Elly’s appearance out of the corner of her vision. The Weaver slid to Helbram’s side and placed one hand on Ren’s shoulder. With the other, she held Helbram’s hand, the one used to wipe away Aria’s tears. Rings of light appeared around Elly’s wrist and ankle, and like Jahora had done before the caster started to channel a soft blue aura into the Cleric. The symbol on Ren’s forehead regained its steady glow, and the light in his hands grew brighter, but he still shook his head.
“This will only keep him stable,” Ren looked at Elly with a grim expression, “And I know you are at your limits as well.”
“I’m fine,” the Weaver asserted. Her grip on Helbram’s hand tightened, “More than fine.”
As if fate were calling her bluff, the rings around her limbs started to fade.
Elly grit her teeth and closed her eyes. Sweat beaded on her brow as she shook, willing her Aetheric Rings to glow brighter as the tide of energy that flowed to Ren grew. Hope took hold of Aria as the light in the Cleric’s hands started to glow.
She knew it was fleeting.
The light was already dimming even as Elly pushed herself, and the desperation on Jahora’s face told Aria what was soon to happen. Helbram was going to die.
And there was nothing she could do about it.
In her despair, the desire to sink back into the Cold reared its head once again. The need to escape the growing pain in her chest grew with each passing moment, but that ethereal chill did not answer her desires. Aria had made her choice, and now she must suffer its consequences. Tears pooled in her eyes once again..
Tears that Helbram would never be able to wipe away again.
The girl fell to her knees as she looked on, all sound around her muting as she looked at the fallen man. Jahora’s screams, Elly’s yells, and Ren’s urging faded, and time itself felt as if it slowed, locking Aria in this torturous moment for what may as well have been an eternity. Her breath stopped at her throat, a barrier to the cries that wanted to escape, and she could feel the dull ache in her chest flare into a dagger that dug into her heart. All she could feel was the pain, the sorrow, the agony as she watched on, the last of the light in Helbram’s eyes draining away.
Through the pain, something prodded the back of her mind. A chill, but not like the one that the Cold possessed. It was… comforting, like a cool breeze in the midst of Summer’s heat. Aria expected a voice to follow its presence, but no words rang through her mind. Instead, the chill traveled through her, flowing throughout her entirety. Frost followed, its misty form pouring from Aria like an aura.
An aura of Aether.
Ren, Elly, and Jahora looked at her with shock, but that soon faded as Elly released Helbram’s hand and held out her own towards Aria.
Ren looked at the Weave in alarm, “You don’t know wh-”
“I don’t care,” Elly interrupted. She looked at the girl with gentle eyes, ones that failed to hide the desperation behind them, “take my hand.”
Aria raised her hand, clutching onto the Weaver’s with a strength that she did not know she possessed. As their hands locked, she felt a pull. Not physical, but rather at the frost that gathered around her. As it flowed from her and into Elly, Aria felt a hollowness in her chest and a dull ache start to form in her head. That was pushed to the side, however, as she saw frost build up across Elly’s arm. Panic stopped the flow of energy between her and Elly.
“It’s alright,” the Weaver said, “we can save him.”
As she spoke, Aria felt another hand on her shoulder. It was Jahora, who grabbed the girl’s free hand.
“Together,” she said, her voice filled with the same comforting tone she held the night they first met.
Aria met Jahora’s gaze, and, pushing aside the fear that gripped her, gave a firm nod. Panic released its grip over her, allowing her frosty aura to flow into both casters as they placed their hands onto Ren’s shoulders. The hands that gripped Aria’s own were coated in ice, but as the girl’s energy flowed through them it shifted into a deeper blue that let Ren’s golden light regain its brilliance. The Cleric pressed his hands firmer against Helbram’s wound, driving the energy into it. Aria could not tell if Ren’s spell was working, but as she looked upon the determined looks of both Jahora and Elly, she let any questions in her mind fade. Helbram needed her all, and she would give it. As if it sensed her will, the chill at the back of her mind grew, and her aura flared with a soft pale light.
It was the last thing she saw before her vision went white.
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Helbram looked up into the endless expanse of the void. Nothing but blackness greeted his vision, but there was an odd sort of serenity to it all that let him lie still. Even if he possessed the drive to move, he knew it would be an impossible task. Even within the recesses of his own mind did he feel like he was made of lead.
He tried not to think about what that meant for his actual body.
Out of the corner of his sight sat himself, the him who possessed eyes of green. He leaned back in a simple wooden chair, dressed in simple clothes. His gaze drifted upwards, just like Helbam’s had, and he had an empty, almost vacant look on his face.
“Odd, is it not?” his mental self said, “After all that you have been through, the only thing that greets you is the endless space above us.”
Helbram snorted, “Had you not spoken, I would have assumed that I had returned to the Cycle.”
“If this is what awaits us in the Cycle, then death truly would be a fate most foul,” the green-eyed version of him stood up, “but we have not escaped such an outcome, not yet at least,” he sighed.
Helbram tried to move, but his limbs did not respond.
“I suspected as much,” he admitted, “it is not easy to escape death when a sword is driven through your gut.”
“It would be impossible,” his mirror said, “for those without the gifts of an Awoken or spellcaster.”
“Ren must have performed a miracle then… though I imagine things are much more complicated than that.”
The footsteps of his other self thundered around him as he walked right next to Helbram’s head, kneeling down as the echo of himself peered down at him.
“You cannot continue on like this,” he said.
"I know,” Helbram replied.
“If you continue to push yourself to this point, you will break.”
“This is true.”
“...you would do it again.”
“That I would.”
Helbram met the green eyes of his other self, their stares unmoving, “I know you would too.”
His mirror clicked his teeth and looked away, “Without hesitation.”
Helbram snorted, “Then the only thing that we can do is carry on.”
His other self sighed and walked out of his sight, “I suppose so…your companions are going to give us hell for this.”
“Of that I have no doubt. I expect I will be seeing you soon after I wake up.”
The both of them laughed.
“Then we should best get ourselves some rest,” his mirror said. As he spoke, his voice started to sound more distant, and Helbram could feel a heaviness to his eyes.
“I suppose you are right…”
“I shall be here when you need me. Rest well, you did good today.”
“We did good today.”
“Heh… I suppose we did.”
As his other self’s voice faded, sleep took Helbram one again.
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Leaf sat at the corner of the room, taking in the gathering in front of him. It had been nearly a week since they’d gone after Aria, and though all of them were beaten and broken they had managed to make their way back to Redhaven. The fearful eyes of the townsfolk followed them as they made their way back to The Wandering Fowl, and apparently the image they cut was enough to keep them from disturbing the group as they licked their wounds. Tried as the party did to refuse Ren’s aid, the Cleric was insistent in treating them no matter how much it wore on him. This, paired with Leaf’s natural recovery as an Awoken, meant that he was at least functional after a few days of rest.
Elly and Jahora, however, were not so fortunate.
Both casters sat on a bed on one side of the room, free from wounds but with a hollowness to their features as fatigue continued to wear on them. Aether Sickness, from pushing themselves far beyond their limits. Ren, who sat on the bed opposite to them, suffered from the same, though the seriousness in all three of the casters’ expressions somehow broke through their clearly haggard states. At the far side of the room, directly within Leaf’s line of sight, were the ones that were bound. Cora and Erik had their wrists bound behind their backs by Sealing Cuffs, and their legs were tied together by rope. Neither of the Shade’s were awake, having fallen into a slumber after the battle. Though their wounds were treated by Ren before he felt the effects of Aether Sickness, their unconscious states were no doubt due to the same strain that everyone in the room most likely felt, and with their abilities dampened that only meant their recovery would be slower.
At their side was Leon, whose wrists were constricted with rope, though his arms hung in front of him and his legs were unbound. The Black Cloak was awake and without his armor, but his eyes were downcast to the wooden floor, and were it not for the slight heave of his chest as he breathed Leaf would have suspected the man to be dead. The man had been unconscious for several days after the battle, and though Ren refused to restrain his companion at the party’s urging, the Black Cloak himself bound his wrists and fell into silence upon waking up. For an Awoken of his caliber, the ropes meant little, but Leon had moved little since restricting himself.
It was the least he should have done, given the state of the one not in this room.
“Are you certain about this?” Ren asked.
Jahora gave a firm nod, “Yes. Given how things are… we cannot in good conscience let Aria go with you.”
“If you mean to go against us on this, know that we will be unmoving,” Elly’s eyes narrowed, “Uncompromising, just as your companion was.”
Ren opened his mouth to reply, but as he looked over to Leon, his shoulders slumped and he sighed, “Of that I have no doubt…”
“Do not be mistaken,” Jahora said, “We are beyond grateful for your aid, and we are in debt to your kindness for the past few days, but we can’t trust you with her.”
“Please, you owe me nothing,” Ren said, “Without your assistance we would not have prevailed against these two,” he motioned to Cora and Erik, “and I shudder to think what would have happened had you not stopped Leon.”
He looked up and smiled, “So with this let’s call it square, shall we?” He stood up and stretched, letting out a satisfied groan, “Our mission was the pursuit of these two anyhow, and transporting two Shades is a handful enough as is.”
Leaf let go of a breath that he did not know he was holding. From the sag in their shoulders, his companions no doubt felt the same.
“But we cannot keep her existence hidden,” the Cleric said in a serious tone, “not for long, anyway. I’ve seen many a Shade, and by raw power alone Aria is within a league of her own, and that is something that should not be hidden from my order.”
He sighed, “And yet, though it will certainly earn me quite the lecture, we cannot remove a child from their guardians by force,” he chuckled, “and I would say there are none that fit the description of ‘guardians’ more than you lot.”
Leaf looked to Leon, who did not react to his companion’s words.
“We thank you,” Jahora said, “I know this is not a decision you make lightly.”
“Nor was your decision to take care of her,” Ren said, “And from what I have witnessed she will be in good hands indeed.”
The Cleric clapped his hands, “But I believe that is enough serious discussion for today. Go on, I know you wish to check on Helbram.”
Elly and Jahora both nodded and stood up, making their way to the door. Leaf followed after them, but stopped as he stood in at the doorway. He looked back at Leon and, as if the Black Cloak could feel his gaze, met his eyes.
“Know this,” Leaf said, anger bleeding into his voice “If you try anything, I will not miss the next time.”
Before Leon could respond, he left the room, closing the door behind him as he walked into the hallway of the tavern’s upper floor. He saw Jahora and Elly enter a room further down, near the stairs, and followed after them. He was halted at the doorway by the two women, who had stopped just in front of the room’s entrance. He’d expected to see the sight he’d always seen for the past few days. Helbram would be laying in one bed, his body more bandage than man and Aria would be in the other, the girl having exhausted herself so much that she too fell into a deep slumber for days.
Except, now only one bed was occupied. Helbram remained asleep, but at his side was Aria, the girl having decided to take a seat next to the unconscious man’s bed after having apparently woken up. A state of consciousness that must not have lasted long, for the girl had fallen back to sleep, her hand clutched to Helbrams as she leaned against his bed. Gentle breaths exuded from both, and were it not for Helbram’s wounded state it would be easy to imagine that both were taking an afternoon nap together.
Jahora approached them first, adjusting the girl’s position to a more comfortable one and fixing her hair, but letting their hands stay entwined. Elly followed after the Mage, her attention focused on Helbram as she looked him over. She placed a hand on his forehead, her touch lingering as she closed her eyes and took in a deep breath.
Not noticing Helbram’s own eyes fluttering open.
“Your hand…” he said, “is surprisingly warm.”
Elly’s eyes snapped open as Jahora’s gaze turned to the newly awakened man.
“Really? That’s the first thing you say?” her hand didn’t leave his forehead, and there was clear relief in her voice.
“What else did you expect?” Helbram said in a soft tone. He looked down at his hand, and at Aria, who still held onto it. He gave the girl’s hand a squeeze and looked towards Jahora. The Mage’s eyes glistened with tears, ones that brought a sheen to Leaf’s own eyes. As Helbram looked at him, he looked away and wiped the tears away and cleared his throat.
“You are all safe,” Helbram said, “that is good.”
He looked at the window, the pale light of winter’s sun pouring over him, “I must have been asleep for sometime.
“You’re godsdamned right,” Leaf barked, voice cracking as he made his way across the room, “You bloody bastard.”
Helbram did not have time to respond before they all embraced him.
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2024.06.02 20:51 haloryder My roommate has a psychotic laugh and I can’t get it out of my head (part 1)
About 3 months ago, my former roommate and his girlfriend decided they were going to move in together. On the surface I couldn’t have been happier for the two of them, though I’ll admit I felt a pang of jealousy deep down because I was nowhere near doing that with a partner. Especially since I didn’t even have a partner.
After the hangover from the goodbye party had been tamed, I decided to do some budgeting. I calculated that I didn’t really need a roommate, but I knew I wouldn’t be happy living alone, and thought it could be fun to meet some new people.
I don’t remember how many dud interviews I went through. They all felt like the human equivalents of the colour beige; boring, and dull beyond belief. It had to have been dozens because it was the 15th of the month by the time I met Jack, and we got on like a house on fire.
As he was touring the apartment, he saw some posters I had in my room of bands that I like, he said he also loved their music, and named a few deep cuts from the bands that I absolutely gushed over, he also saw a collection of Star Wars merch I had and showed me pictures of some of his own that he had set up in his current place. All of his merch was still in its original packaging and I praised his restraint because I always had to open and pose all my figures as soon as I got home.
This prompted me to ask why he was leaving his current place.
“The landlord is selling the place. ‘Hot market’ or whatever. Only gave me a month’s notice, can you believe that?”
“Fuckin’ landlords.” I said in affirmation.
He then mentioned he liked watching stand-up comedy which was yet another interest we shared. He said he likes to watch it before bed because it helps with his mood when he wakes up in the morning. In hindsight this probably should’ve raised some red flags for me, but I was so caught up in the elation of finding what felt like a kindred spirit that I didn’t think much of it.
I didn’t want to seem too eager so I said that I’d message him tomorrow, to let him know what I decided either way.
“See ya tomorrow.” He said with a wink as he left.
After he left I took a look at the “roommate resume” I asked him to put together, just a list of previous addresses with contact info for the landlords, and a credit report. Jack had lived in 3 different apartments in as many years, and had a perfect credit rating, with the only recurring charges being his cell phone, and the rent for a storage unit across town. Always paid in full, and on time.
I had already made my mind up at this point, but in the spirit of doing my due diligence I called Jack’s most recent landlord.
“Hi, Sandy? My name’s Mason, I’m calling in reference to your current tenant Jack Kerninski.”
I wasn’t really finished my sentence but for some reason I paused.
“Is this the police?” She said to fill the void.
“What? Uh, no. I’m just calling to ask about what sort of tenant Jack is, or if you have any insights into him as a person that I should know about before making him my roommate.”
“Oh! Okay, sure!” She perked up and almost sounded giddy.
“Jack’s great! Very friendly and pleasant. Quiet as a mouse except for when he would get into his shows, but a quick text or knock and he’d quiet right down. And he’s a great cook! Such amazing smells coming from his suite. He’d often even share with me, as he frequently bought large cuts of meat and couldn’t eat it all himself. Exotic stuff, too. Pork, lamb, even sometimes the organs! Things like liver that before him I’d always gagged at the thought of! I had started to feel like I was living at a five-star hotel! He’s such a gourmand, you’re lucky.”
There was something in the back of my head that said it seemed like she was trying too hard to sell Jack to me, but because him and I got on so well, and because I was a crap cook, I ignored that thought.
“He’s also quite the ladies man! Revolving door of women, I don’t think I ever saw the same girl twice!”
“Thanks for all the info, Sandy. This has been very helpful.”
“No, thank you!” She said, and I almost ended the call when I remembered what she said at the start of the call.
“Uh, one more thing, before I let you go. Why’d you think I was the police?”
“Oh…” she paused for an awkwardly long moment “…you sounded so official when you introduced yourself! Jack doesn’t have any family here, so I’m his emergency contact. I was worried he might have been robbed or something!”
“I didn’t realize I came off that way over the phone!” I said, but it felt like I didn’t believe either her words or mine.
“Thanks, Sandy. Have a good night.” I said and hung up without listening to her farewell. My mind was preoccupied with questions I was doing my best to ignore, and replace with my daydreams of having a new best friend that would cook elegant meals for us as we listened to our favourite bands and talked about what the lyrics in the songs meant to us.
I decided I’d message Jack in the morning with the good news. My still booze binge recovering thirty-year-old body and brain needed more sleep.
The next morning I sent Jack the confirmation text.
“Jack! It’s Mason. If you haven’t found any other place yet, I’d love for you to move in here!”
“Awesome! Super happy to hear that! Thanks!”
“When are you available for the move in? I could help you move out of your old place.”
“Moving van’s already packed. I could be at your place later today! Say around noon?”
“Sounds good. See you then.”
Jack arrived precisely at Noon. The second the clock shifted from 11:59am to 12:00pm I heard the honk from the moving van, and I got up to greet him outside.
“Told you I’d see you today!” Jack said as he walked to the rear of the van to open it and reveal his belongings.
Moving his stuff only took about an hour. He only had a bed and about 8 boxes of belongings consisting of clothes, books, collectibles, and CD’s, but we still acted like it was a great physical effort and that we needed pizza and beers afterwards.
The rest of that day was normal. Jack spent it unpacking, and I spent it writing, the anxiety of looming deadlines hanging over my head.
Around the time I usually ate dinner, Jack popped his head out of his room.
“Hey, you hungry?” He asked
I paused to think and as if in reply, my stomach grumbled.
“Starved. I didn’t realize what time it was.”
“Great! I’ll be back in a bit, gotta go get some ingredients.”
Jack returned about an hour later with a plethora of fresh herbs, vegetables, and meat wrapped in brown deli paper that I didn’t recognize when he unwrapped it.
“It’s fois gras. Fattened duck liver.” He said as if reading my mind.
“It’s incredibly hard to find,” he continued as he prepared the ingredients “a lot of places consider the process animal cruelty because the ducks are force-fed until their livers become diseased and swell up to ten times their normal size. But I know a guy.” He looked up from what he was doing and winked at me with a smirk, without even stopping his swift knife work. With the way Jack glided around the kitchen, you could’ve told me I was watching a Michelin Star chef at work and I would’ve believed you.
As he cooked he uncorked a bottle of vintage red wine, poured a small amount into a glass for a smell and taste test, then poured two glasses.
“A perfect pairing, don’t you think?” He asked as he watched me take a sip.
“It’s…superb, but I gotta say, Jack, I think this might be a little…rich, for my blood. A fancy bottle of wine for me is the $50 bottles that I grab when they go on sale at the local liquor store. I don’t know if I can really appreciate this fully.”
“Nonsense!” Jack exclaimed as he turned back to the sizzling pans.
“You know enough to appreciate it, just not enough to identify every aspect and enjoy its deeper layers. You’ll get there.”
I was completely enamoured by this man. His every movement in the kitchen was measured, and as silky smooth as the surface of a still lake. He spoke with a reassuring tone that could melt all your fears and worries away, as he bathed you in affirmation and encouragement. He was charisma personified.
That is what made what happened later that night all the more strange.
“Alright man, I’m exhausted.” He said as he finished cleaning the dishes from dinner (I said I would but he insisted that he do it).
I looked at the clock and noticed it was past midnight by then.
“Oh shit it’s late. Yeah, time for bed!”
“Goodnight, Mason.” He said, patting my shoulder once.
“G‘Night, Jack.”
About half an hour later, I heard a laugh coming from Jack’s room.
“Heh heh hehehehehe.”
I tried to ignore it, but it got louder.
“Heh heh…HA HA HA HA HA HA HA”
If I didn’t know it was Jack in there, I would’ve thought that Mark Hamill had come over to record some audio as Joker in my apartment, Jack’s laugh sounded identical. It was uncanny. Every “ha” was pronounced but also sounded like it was all the same word, with a slight wheeze between each. I wouldn’t be able to sleep with it though so I got up to go knock on Jack’s door.
“Come in.” Jack said after a short pause.
I opened the door to see Jack sat on his bed, on top of the covers. I hadn’t actually seen his room until this moment. It looked somehow both lived-in and sterile. The collectibles on his shelves were arranged spaced exactly the same distance apart, lined up perfectly with each other, the wires of his electronic devices were neatly tucked away, and everything was arranged in perfect right angles. Jack was sitting perpendicular on his bed, facing his tv across the room. The screen was paused on a frame of Kevin Hart, on top of which the title “stand-up compilation #21” hung.
“Hey man, you mind keeping it down a little?”
“Sorry, was I being loud? No problem, Mason, I’ll keep it down. Sleep well.”
“Thanks Jack. ‘Night.”
After I had gone back to bed I heard him leave. Clearly making every effort to be quiet.
This pattern went on for 2 months.
Because of the massive amount of benefits there were to having Jack around, I didn’t really mind having to ask him to quiet down every night. It seemed superfluous. Every night he would cook these decadent five-star meals, exotic meats always paired with bottles of wine, champagne, or scotch that couldn’t have cost less than $500. He didn’t even flinch one night when I had a few friends over, and insisted that he cook for all 5 of us, he was almost excited by it, and the idea that I was going to order us pizza was simply unfathomable to him. He even talked and joked around with my friends, and whenever he’d laugh it was the same Joker-like laugh I heard every night. On hearing his laugh one of my friends shot me a look and I shrugged in reply, they raised an eyebrow at me then went back to the conversation.
Eventually the laughing just became white noise to me. I had purchased noise-cancelling headphones but didn’t even take them out of the packaging because by the time they arrived, I could fall asleep to;
“Heh heh hehehe HA HA HA HA HA HAHAHAHA AHA AHA AHA AHAHAHAHAHA”
I stopped thinking much of it. “It’s just how he laughs” I told myself.
Two weeks after Jack moved in, I started to feel like I was always being watched. Even when I was alone, when Jack had gone to work for the day. I couldn’t really explain why, or come up with any ideas how. My apartment window overlooked a park, with no other residential windows in line-of-sight of my window. I didn’t have interior security cameras, and Jack hadn’t set any up that I could see.
The feeling was much more intense when Jack was around, and I still couldn’t figure out why. Sure, his gaze was intense, but he was sort of an intense person. In a fit of paranoia one night, when Jack was in his room, door closed, I wrote on a mini white board “I know you’re watching me, I found the cameras” held it up and faced my bedroom door. I waited two minutes for some kind of response before moving to the living room still holding the sign to my chest. Still nothing.
“Heh heh hehehe HA HA HA HA HA HAHAHAHA AHA AHA AHA AHAHAHAHAHA”
I pushed the feeling to the back of my mind. Surely, if I was being surveilled, the move with the sign would have brought my spy out, I thought.
“Or maybe they just called your bluff” a voice in the back of my mind said. Another thought I pushed away.
“Heh heh hehehe HA HA HA HA HA HAHAHAHA AHA AHA AHA AHAHAHAHAHA”
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After the hangover from the goodbye party had been tamed, I decided to do some budgeting. I calculated that I didn’t really need a roommate, but I knew I wouldn’t be happy living alone, and thought it could be fun to meet some new people.
I don’t remember how many dud interviews I went through. They all felt like the human equivalents of the colour beige; boring, and dull beyond belief. It had to have been dozens because it was the 15th of the month by the time I met Jack, and we got on like a house on fire.
As he was touring the apartment, he saw some posters I had in my room of bands that I like, he said he also loved their music, and named a few deep cuts from the bands that I absolutely gushed over, he also saw a collection of Star Wars merch I had and showed me pictures of some of his own that he had set up in his current place. All of his merch was still in its original packaging and I praised his restraint because I always had to open and pose all my figures as soon as I got home.
This prompted me to ask why he was leaving his current place.
“The landlord is selling the place. ‘Hot market’ or whatever. Only gave me a month’s notice, can you believe that?”
“Fuckin’ landlords.” I said in affirmation.
He then mentioned he liked watching stand-up comedy which was yet another interest we shared. He said he likes to watch it before bed because it helps with his mood when he wakes up in the morning. In hindsight this probably should’ve raised some red flags for me, but I was so caught up in the elation of finding what felt like a kindred spirit that I didn’t think much of it.
I didn’t want to seem too eager so I said that I’d message him tomorrow, to let him know what I decided either way.
“See ya tomorrow.” He said with a wink as he left.
After he left I took a look at the “roommate resume” I asked him to put together, just a list of previous addresses with contact info for the landlords, and a credit report. Jack had lived in 3 different apartments in as many years, and had a perfect credit rating, with the only recurring charges being his cell phone, and the rent for a storage unit across town. Always paid in full, and on time.
I had already made my mind up at this point, but in the spirit of doing my due diligence I called Jack’s most recent landlord.
“Hi, Sandy? My name’s Mason, I’m calling in reference to your current tenant Jack Kerninski.”
I wasn’t really finished my sentence but for some reason I paused.
“Is this the police?” She said to fill the void.
“What? Uh, no. I’m just calling to ask about what sort of tenant Jack is, or if you have any insights into him as a person that I should know about before making him my roommate.”
“Oh! Okay, sure!” She perked up and almost sounded giddy.
“Jack’s great! Very friendly and pleasant. Quiet as a mouse except for when he would get into his shows, but a quick text or knock and he’d quiet right down. And he’s a great cook! Such amazing smells coming from his suite. He’d often even share with me, as he frequently bought large cuts of meat and couldn’t eat it all himself. Exotic stuff, too. Pork, lamb, even sometimes the organs! Things like liver that before him I’d always gagged at the thought of! I had started to feel like I was living at a five-star hotel! He’s such a gourmand, you’re lucky.”
There was something in the back of my head that said it seemed like she was trying too hard to sell Jack to me, but because him and I got on so well, and because I was a crap cook, I ignored that thought.
“He’s also quite the ladies man! Revolving door of women, I don’t think I ever saw the same girl twice!”
“Thanks for all the info, Sandy. This has been very helpful.”
“No, thank you!” She said, and I almost ended the call when I remembered what she said at the start of the call.
“Uh, one more thing, before I let you go. Why’d you think I was the police?”
“Oh…” she paused for an awkwardly long moment “…you sounded so official when you introduced yourself! Jack doesn’t have any family here, so I’m his emergency contact. I was worried he might have been robbed or something!”
“I didn’t realize I came off that way over the phone!” I said, but it felt like I didn’t believe either her words or mine.
“Thanks, Sandy. Have a good night.” I said and hung up without listening to her farewell. My mind was preoccupied with questions I was doing my best to ignore, and replace with my daydreams of having a new best friend that would cook elegant meals for us as we listened to our favourite bands and talked about what the lyrics in the songs meant to us.
I decided I’d message Jack in the morning with the good news. My still booze binge recovering thirty-year-old body and brain needed more sleep.
The next morning I sent Jack the confirmation text.
“Jack! It’s Mason. If you haven’t found any other place yet, I’d love for you to move in here!”
“Awesome! Super happy to hear that! Thanks!”
“When are you available for the move in? I could help you move out of your old place.”
“Moving van’s already packed. I could be at your place later today! Say around noon?”
“Sounds good. See you then.”
Jack arrived precisely at Noon. The second the clock shifted from 11:59am to 12:00pm I heard the honk from the moving van, and I got up to greet him outside.
“Told you I’d see you today!” Jack said as he walked to the rear of the van to open it and reveal his belongings.
Moving his stuff only took about an hour. He only had a bed and about 8 boxes of belongings consisting of clothes, books, collectibles, and CD’s, but we still acted like it was a great physical effort and that we needed pizza and beers afterwards.
The rest of that day was normal. Jack spent it unpacking, and I spent it writing, the anxiety of looming deadlines hanging over my head.
Around the time I usually ate dinner, Jack popped his head out of his room.
“Hey, you hungry?” He asked
I paused to think and as if in reply, my stomach grumbled.
“Starved. I didn’t realize what time it was.”
“Great! I’ll be back in a bit, gotta go get some ingredients.”
Jack returned about an hour later with a plethora of fresh herbs, vegetables, and meat wrapped in brown deli paper that I didn’t recognize when he unwrapped it.
“It’s fois gras. Fattened duck liver.” He said as if reading my mind.
“It’s incredibly hard to find,” he continued as he prepared the ingredients “a lot of places consider the process animal cruelty because the ducks are force-fed until their livers become diseased and swell up to ten times their normal size. But I know a guy.” He looked up from what he was doing and winked at me with a smirk, without even stopping his swift knife work. With the way Jack glided around the kitchen, you could’ve told me I was watching a Michelin Star chef at work and I would’ve believed you.
As he cooked he uncorked a bottle of vintage red wine, poured a small amount into a glass for a smell and taste test, then poured two glasses.
“A perfect pairing, don’t you think?” He asked as he watched me take a sip.
“It’s…superb, but I gotta say, Jack, I think this might be a little…rich, for my blood. A fancy bottle of wine for me is the $50 bottles that I grab when they go on sale at the local liquor store. I don’t know if I can really appreciate this fully.”
“Nonsense!” Jack exclaimed as he turned back to the sizzling pans.
“You know enough to appreciate it, just not enough to identify every aspect and enjoy its deeper layers. You’ll get there.”
I was completely enamoured by this man. His every movement in the kitchen was measured, and as silky smooth as the surface of a still lake. He spoke with a reassuring tone that could melt all your fears and worries away, as he bathed you in affirmation and encouragement. He was charisma personified.
That is what made what happened later that night all the more strange.
“Alright man, I’m exhausted.” He said as he finished cleaning the dishes from dinner (I said I would but he insisted that he do it).
I looked at the clock and noticed it was past midnight by then.
“Oh shit it’s late. Yeah, time for bed!”
“Goodnight, Mason.” He said, patting my shoulder once.
“G‘Night, Jack.”
About half an hour later, I heard a laugh coming from Jack’s room.
“Heh heh hehehehehe.”
I tried to ignore it, but it got louder.
“Heh heh…HA HA HA HA HA HA HA”
If I didn’t know it was Jack in there, I would’ve thought that Mark Hamill had come over to record some audio as Joker in my apartment, Jack’s laugh sounded identical. It was uncanny. Every “ha” was pronounced but also sounded like it was all the same word, with a slight wheeze between each. I wouldn’t be able to sleep with it though so I got up to go knock on Jack’s door.
“Come in.” Jack said after a short pause.
I opened the door to see Jack sat on his bed, on top of the covers. I hadn’t actually seen his room until this moment. It looked somehow both lived-in and sterile. The collectibles on his shelves were arranged spaced exactly the same distance apart, lined up perfectly with each other, the wires of his electronic devices were neatly tucked away, and everything was arranged in perfect right angles. Jack was sitting perpendicular on his bed, facing his tv across the room. The screen was paused on a frame of Kevin Hart, on top of which the title “stand-up compilation #21” hung.
“Hey man, you mind keeping it down a little?”
“Sorry, was I being loud? No problem, Mason, I’ll keep it down. Sleep well.”
“Thanks Jack. ‘Night.”
After I had gone back to bed I heard him leave. Clearly making every effort to be quiet.
This pattern went on for 2 months.
Because of the massive amount of benefits there were to having Jack around, I didn’t really mind having to ask him to quiet down every night. It seemed superfluous. Every night he would cook these decadent five-star meals, exotic meats always paired with bottles of wine, champagne, or scotch that couldn’t have cost less than $500. He didn’t even flinch one night when I had a few friends over, and insisted that he cook for all 5 of us, he was almost excited by it, and the idea that I was going to order us pizza was simply unfathomable to him. He even talked and joked around with my friends, and whenever he’d laugh it was the same Joker-like laugh I heard every night. On hearing his laugh one of my friends shot me a look and I shrugged in reply, they raised an eyebrow at me then went back to the conversation.
Eventually the laughing just became white noise to me. I had purchased noise-cancelling headphones but didn’t even take them out of the packaging because by the time they arrived, I could fall asleep to;
“Heh heh hehehe HA HA HA HA HA HAHAHAHA AHA AHA AHA AHAHAHAHAHA”
I stopped thinking much of it. “It’s just how he laughs” I told myself.
Two weeks after Jack moved in, I started to feel like I was always being watched. Even when I was alone, when Jack had gone to work for the day. I couldn’t really explain why, or come up with any ideas how. My apartment window overlooked a park, with no other residential windows in line-of-sight of my window. I didn’t have interior security cameras, and Jack hadn’t set any up that I could see.
The feeling was much more intense when Jack was around, and I still couldn’t figure out why. Sure, his gaze was intense, but he was sort of an intense person. In a fit of paranoia one night, when Jack was in his room, door closed, I wrote on a mini white board “I know you’re watching me, I found the cameras” held it up and faced my bedroom door. I waited two minutes for some kind of response before moving to the living room still holding the sign to my chest. Still nothing.
“Heh heh hehehe HA HA HA HA HA HAHAHAHA AHA AHA AHA AHAHAHAHAHA”
I pushed the feeling to the back of my mind. Surely, if I was being surveilled, the move with the sign would have brought my spy out, I thought.
“Or maybe they just called your bluff” a voice in the back of my mind said. Another thought I pushed away.
“Heh heh hehehe HA HA HA HA HA HAHAHAHA AHA AHA AHA AHAHAHAHAHA”
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ROOM DETAILS Master bedroom connected to bathroom Lots of natural light Enough space for two twin beds or one full bed Pet and smoke free
LOCATION Located on Midvale Ave Walking distance to campus and Westwood Village (In-n-out, Trader Joes, Ralphs, Target) Safe location, building is secured
AMENITIES Laundry room inside building Swimming pool, rooftop hot tub Gym Package lockers
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ROOM DETAILS Master bedroom connected to bathroom Lots of natural light Enough space for two twin beds or one full bed Pet and smoke free
LOCATION Located on Midvale Ave Walking distance to campus and Westwood Village (In-n-out, Trader Joes, Ralphs, Target) Safe location, building is secured
AMENITIES Laundry room inside building Swimming pool, rooftop hot tub Gym Package lockers
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ROOM DETAILS Master bedroom connected to bathroom Lots of natural light Enough space for two twin beds or one full bed Pet and smoke free
LOCATION Located on Midvale Ave Walking distance to campus and Westwood Village (In-n-out, Trader Joes, Ralphs, Target) Safe location, building is secured
AMENITIES Laundry room inside building Swimming pool, rooftop hot tub Gym Package lockers
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- Koi-Koi Japan [Hanafuda playing cards] *Koi-Koi Japan : UKIYOE tours Vol.1 DLC *Koi-Koi Japan : UKIYOE tours Vol.2 DLC *Koi-Koi Japan : UKIYOE tours Vol.3 DLC
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- THE DARK PICTURES ANTHOLOGY: LITTLE HOPE
- The Darkest Tales
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- The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos
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- THE GAME OF LIFE 2
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- The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game
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- The Tarnishing of Juxtia
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- The Uncertain - The Last Quiet Day
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- The Uncertain: Light At The End
- The USB Stick Found in the Grass
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- The Walking Dead - 400 Days
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- The Way
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- Thief of Thieves
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- Trailmakers Deluxe Edition
- Train Sim World 3: Standard Edition
- Train Simulator Classic
- Train Valley 1
- TRANSFORMERS: BATTLEGROUNDS
- Transport INC
- Treasure Hunter Simulator
- TRIBES OF MIDGARD
- Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
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- Tropico 5 - Complete Collection
- Trover Saves the Universe
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- Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
- Twin Mirror
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- TYPECAST
- Tyrant's Blessing
- Ultimate Chicken Horse
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- Underhero
- Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy
- Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
- Universim
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- Until I have you
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- URU: Complete Chronicles
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- WE NEED TO GO DEEPER
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- Webbed
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- West of Dead
- What Lies in the Multiverse
- When Ski Lifts Go Wrong
- while True: learn()
- Whos Your daddy
- Wick
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- Witch It
- Witchy Life Story
- wizard of legends
- Worms Rumble
- Worms Rumble + Legends Pack
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- WRC 6 FIA World Rally Championship
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- WWE 2K Battlegrounds
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- WWZ Aftermath
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- X-COM: COMPLETE PACK
- XCOM: ULTIMATE COLLECTION
- XIII - Classic
- X-Morph: Defense
- X-Morph: Defense + European Assault, Survival of the Fittest, and Last Bastion DLC
- X-Morph: Defense Complete Pack
- Yakuza Kiwami
- Yakuza: Like A Dragon
- Yumeutsutsu Re:After
- Yumeutsutsu Re:Master
- Zen Chess: Mate in One, Mate in 2 , Mate in 3 , Mate in 4 , Champion's Moves (5 games)
- Ziggurat
- Zombie Army 4
- Zombie Army Trilogy
- Zool Redimensioned
- Zwei: The Arges adventure
- Zwei: The ilvard insurrection
- For The King: Lost Civilization Adventure Pack
- Train Simulator: Isle of Wight Route Add-On
- Train Simulator: Woodhead Electric Railway in Blue Route Add-On
- Train Simulator: North Somerset Railway Route Add-On
- Train Simulator: Union Pacific Heritage SD70ACes Loco Add-On
- Train Simulator: London to Brighton Route Add-On
- BR Class 170 'Turbostar' DMU Add-On
- DB BR 648 Loco Add-On
- Europa Universalis IV: Wealth of Nations
- Expansion - Europa Universalis IV: Conquest of Paradise
- Expansion - Europa Universalis IV: Res Publica
- Grand Central Class 180 'Adelante' DMU Add-On
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- SONIC ADVENTURE 2: BATTLE
- Small World - A Spider's Web
- Small World - Cursed
- Small World - Royal Bonus
- The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos - Goodies Pack
- The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos - OST
- Thompson Class B1 Loco Add-On
- Total War: Shogun 2 - Rise of the Samurai
- Train Sim World® 3: Birmingham Cross-city line
- Train Sim World®: BR Class 20 'Chopper' Loco
- Train Sim World®: Brighton Main Line: London Victoria - Brighton
- Train Sim World®: Caltrain MP36PH-3C 'Baby Bullet'
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- Train Sim World®: Peninsula Corridor: San Francisco - San Jose
- Train Sim World®: Rhein-Ruhr Osten: Wuppertal - Hagen
- Train Sim World®: Tees Valley Line: Darlington - Saltburn-by-the-sea
- Worms Rumble - Armageddon Weapon Skin Pack
- Worms Rumble - Captain & Shark Double Pack
- Worms Rumble - Legends Pack
- Worms Rumble - New Challengers Pack
- Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 7
- Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft - The Eldritch Box DLC
- Duke Nukem Forever Hail to the Icons
- Duke Nukem Forever The Doctor Who Cloned Me
- GRIP: Combat Racing - Cygon Garage Kit
- GRIP: Combat Racing - Nyvoss Garage Kit
- GRIP: Combat Racing - Terra Garage Kit
- GRIP: Combat Racing - Vintek Garage Kit
- GameGuru
- GameMaker Studio 2 Creator 12 Months
- Intro to Game Development with Unity
- Music Maker EDM Edition
- Neverwinter Nights: Darkness Over Daggerford
- Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition Dark Dreams of Furiae
- Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition Tyrants of the Moonsea
- Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition
- Neverwinter Nights: Infinite Dungeons
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- Neverwinter Nights: Wyvern Crown of Cormyr
- PDF-Suite 1 Year License
- Pathfinder Second Edition Core Rulebook and Starfinder Core Rulebook
- RPG Maker VX
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- City Skylines:mass transit
- A Game Of Thrones - A Dance With Dragons
- A Game Of Thrones - A Feast For Crows
- Blood Rage: Digital Edition - Gods of Asgard
- Blood Rage: Digital Edition - Mythical Monsters
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- Small World - Cursed!
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- 10 Second Ninja X
- 11-11 Memories Retold
- 112 Operator
- 12 is Better Than 6
- 198X
- 1993 Space Machine
- 60 Parsecs
- 7 Billion Humans
- 8 DOORS
- 8-bit Adventure Anthology: Volume I
- 9 Years of Shadows
- 911 Operator
- A Game of Thrones: The Board Game
- A Hat in Time
- A Hole New World
- A JUGGLER'S TALE
- A Long Way Down
- A PLAGUE TALE: INNOCENCE
- A Robot Named Fight!
- A Tale for Anna
- A.I.M.2 Clan Wars
- Abalon (Summoners Fate)
- Above Snakes
- ABZU
- Ace Combat Assault Horizon Enhanced Edition
- ADOM
- Adore
- Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion
- Aeterna Noctis
- AETHERIS
- Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot The First Cases
- AIdol
- Airborne Kingdom
- Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
- Alder's Blood: Definitive Edition
- Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo
- Alien Breed Trilogy
- Aliens vs. Predator™ Collection
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- Almost There: The Platformer
- American Fugitive
- American Truck Simulator
- Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy
- AMID EVIL
- Amnesia rebirth
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent + Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
- Anomalous
- Another World – 20th Anniversary Edition
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- APICO
- APICO
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- Aragami 2
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- Arcade Paradise
- Arcade Paradise - Arcade Paradise EP
- Arcade Spirits
- Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace
- Armada 2526 Gold Edition
- Army Men RTS
- army of ruin
- Arto
- Ary and the Secret of Seasons
- As Far as the Eye
- Ascension to the Throne
- Assemble With Care
- Assetto Corsa Competizione
- Assetto Corsa Ultimate Edition
- Astebreed Definitive Edition
- Astro Colony
- Astronarch
- Attack of the Earthlings
- Automachef
- Automobilista
- Automobilista 2
- AUTONAUTS
- AUTONAUTS VS PIRATEBOTS
- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™ - Ubisoft Connect
- AVICII Invector: Encore Edition
- Awesomenauts All Nauts pack
- Axiom Verge
- Axiom Verge 2
- Baba is you
- Back 4 Blood
- Back 4 blood (EU)
- Backbone
- Banners of Ruin
- Bartlow's Dread Machine
- Basement
- Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
- Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition
- Batman: Arkham Origins
- Battle Royale Tycoon
- Battlecruisers
- Battlestar Galactica Deadlock
- BATTLESTAR GALACTICA DEADLOCK SEASON ONE
- Battlestar Galactica Deadlock: Complete
- BATTLETECH MERCENARY COLLECTION
- BATTLETECH Shadow Hawk Pack
- BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION
- Bee Simulator
- BEFORE WE LEAVE
- Beholder 2
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- Ben 10: Power Trip
- Bendy and the Ink Machine™
- Between the Stars
- Beyond a Steel Sky
- Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
- BEYOND THE WIRE
- Beyond: Two Souls
- BIOMUTANT
- Bionic Commando
- BioShock: The Collection
- BLACK BOOK
- Black Moon Chronicles
- Black Paradox
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- BLACKHOLE: Complete Edition
- Blacksad: Under the Skin
- Blade of Darkness
- Blasphemous
- Blazing Chrome
- Blightbound
- Blood And Zombies
- Blood Rage: Digital Edition
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
- Blue Fire
- Bomber Crew
- Boneless Zombie
- Boomerang Fu
- Borderlands 3
- Borderlands 3 Super Deluxe
- Borderlands 3 Super Deluxe Edition
- Borderlands: The Handsome Collection
- Bot Vice
- Bounty of One
- Brawlout
- Breakout: Recharged
- Breathedge
- bridge constructor
- Bridge constructor medieval
- bridge constructor stunts
- Broken Lines
- Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
- BUILDER SIMULATOR
- calico
- Call of Duty® Modern Warfare 3™ (2011)
- Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
- Capitalism 2
- Car Mechanic 2018
- Car Mechanic Simulator 2015
- Car Mechanic Simulator 2018
- Cardboard Town
- Castle Morihisa
- castle storm
- CastleStorm
- Cat Cafe Manager
- Catherine Classic
- Caveblazers
- Celeste
- Centipede: Recharged
- Cepheus Protocol
- CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience
- Charlie's Adventure
- Chenso Club
- Chernobylite: Enhanced Edition
- Chess Ultra
- Chicago 1930 : The Prohibition
- Chivalry 2
- Chop Goblins
- Chorus
- Chorus
- Circuit Superstars
- Cities Skylines + After Dark
- Cities: Skylines
- City of Beats
- CivCity: Rome
- Click and Slay
- Cloud Gardens
- Cloudpunk
- Code Vein
- Coffee Talk
- Comedy Night
- Command & Conquer Remastered (Origin)
- Complete Dread X Collection
- Conarium
- Construction Simulator (2015) Deluxe Edition
- Constructor Plus
- Control
- Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3
- Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!
- Cookie Cutter
- cornucopia
- Corridor Z
- Cosmic Osmo and the Worlds Beyond the Mackerel
- Cosmonautica
- Crash Drive 2
- Crash Drive 3
- Creaks
- Creepy Tale
- Crookz the big heist
- CROSSBOW: Bloodnight
- Crush Your Enemies
- Cube Runner
- Cultist Simulator: Anthology Edition
- Curse: The Eye of Isis
- Cyber Ops
- Cybercube
- Danger Scavenger
- Dark Deity
- Dark Future
- Darkwood
- DARQ: Complete Edition
- Day of the Tentacle Remastered
- days of war definitive edition
- DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace
- DC's Justice League: Cosmic Chaos
- Dead by Daylight
- Dead Estate
- Dead Rising 2
- Deadly Days
- Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
- DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
- Death's Gambit
- Deceased
- DECEIVE INC.
- Degrees of Separation
- Deleveled
- Delicious! Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire
- Deliver Us The Moon
- Demetrios - Deluxe Edition
- Depraved
- DESCENDERS
- Desert Child
- DESOLATE
- Destiny 2: Beyond Light
- DESTROYER: THE U-BOAT HUNTER
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- Devil May Cry HD Collection
- Devilated
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- Dirt 5
- dirt rally
- Dirt Rally 2.0
- Disaster Band
- Disciples III: Reincarnation
- Disjunction (GOG)
- DISTRAINT 2
- Distrust
- DmC: Devil May Cry
- Do Not Feed the Monkeys
- Don't Be Afraid
- Doomed Lands
- Door Kickers: Action Squad
- Doorways: Prelude
- Downfall
- Dragons Dogma Dark Arisen
- Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
- Drake Hollow
- Draugen
- Draw Slasher
- Drawful 2
- Dreams in the Witch House
- Dreamscaper
- DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders
- DreamWorks Dragons: Legends of the Nine Realms
- DRIFT21
- Driftland: The Magic Revival
- drive!drive!drive!
- Drone Swarm
- Due Process
- Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
- Duke of Alpha Centauri
- Dungeon Rushers
- Dungeons 2
- Dungeons 3
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- Dusk Diver
- Dust to the End
- Dynopunk
- Earth Defense Force 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair
- Eastern Exorcist
- Eastward
- Effie
- Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising
- El Matador
- Elderand
- Elderborn
- ELDEST SOULS
- Electrician Simulator
- Elemental Survivors
- Elex
- Elex II
- Elite Dangerous
- Embr
- Empire: Total War - Definitive Edition
- Empyrion - Galactic Survival
- ENCASED: A SCI-FI POST-APOCALYPTIC RPG
- Encodya (GOG)
- Endless Space 2
- Endless Space 2 - Digital Deluxe Edition
- Endless Space® 2 - Digital Deluxe Edition
- Endzone - A World Apart
- Epistory - Typing Chronicles
- Escape the backrooms
- Eternal Threads
- Etherborn
- Europa Universalis IV
- European Ship Simulator
- Everdream Valley
- Evil Genius 2: World Domination
- Exorder
- EXPEDITIONS: ROME
- Explosionade
- F1 2018
- F1 2019 Anniversary Edition
- F1 2020
- F1 RACE STARS Complete Edition Include DLC
- Fable Anniversary
- Factory Town
- Fallback uprising
- Family Man
- Family Mysteries 3: Criminal Mindset
- Fantasy Blacksmith
- FARMER'S DYNASTY
- Farming Simulator 17
- Farming Simulator 19
- Fast & Furious: Spy Racers Rise of SH1FT3R
- Fictorum
- Field of Glory II
- Fights in Tight Spaces
- Filthy Animals Heist Simulator
- Firefighting Simulator - The Squad
- Fishing Adventure
- Flashback
- FLATLAND Vol.2
- FlatOut
- FLING TO THE FINISH
- Floppy Knights
- Fluffy Horde
- FOBIA - ST. DINFNA HOTEL
- For the King
- Forgive me Father
- Forts
- Framed Collection
- Fred3ric
- Fresh Start Cleaning Simulator
- Friends vs Friends
- Frogun
- From Space
- From the Depths
- Frostpunk: Game of the Year Edition
- Frozenheim
- Fun with Ragdolls: The Game
- Funtasia
- Fury Unleashed
- Gamedec - Definitive Edition
- Gang Beasts
- GARAGE bad trip
- Garden Story
- Garfield Kart
- GAS STATION SIMULATOR
- Gelly Break Deluxe
- Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition
- Gevaudan
- Ghost Song
- Ghostrunner
- Giana Sisters 2D
- GIGA WRECKER
- Gigantosaurus: Dino Kart
- Glitch Busters: Stuck On You
- Gloria Victis
- Go Home Dinosaurs
- Goat of Duty
- Godlike Burger
- Godstrike
- Going Under
- Golf Gang
- Golf It!
- Gone Home + Original Soundtrack
- Good Knight
- Gotham Knights
- GREAK: MEMORIES OF AZUR
- GREEDFALL
- Gremlins, inc
- grey goo
- GRID - 2019
- grid ultimate
- GRIP: Combat Racing
- Gungrave G.O.R.E
- Guppy
- Guts and glory
- GYLT
- Hacknet
- Haegemonia: Legions of Iron
- Hamilton's Great Adventure
- Hammerting
- Hammerwatch
- Hands of Necromancy
- Havsala: Into the Soul Palace
- Headsnatchers
- Heartwood Heroes
- Heat Signature
- Heaven's Vault
- Helheim Hassle
- Hell Let Loose
- Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
- Hellbound
- Hellpoint
- Hellslave
- Hellstuck: Rage With Your Friends
- Hero of the Kingdom III
- Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 2
- Heroes of Hammerwatch
- Heros hour
- Hexologic
- Hidden & Dangerous 2: Courage Under Fire
- Hidden & Dangerous: Action Pack
- Hidden Deep
- Hi-Fi Rush
- High On Life
- Hitman (2016) Game of the Year Edition
- HITMAN 2 - Gold Edition
- Hoa
- Hob
- Hollow Knight
- Holy Potatoes! A Spy Story?!
- Home Sweet Home
- Home Sweet Home EP2
- Homestead Arcana
- Hood: Outlaws & Legends
- Hoplegs
- Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora
- HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED ™
- Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard
- Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures
- Hotshot Racing
- House Flipper
- How to Survive 2
- Hue
- Human: Fall Flat
- HUMANKIND DEFINITIVE EDITION
- Hungry Flame
- Hyper Knights
- I am Bread
- I Am Fish
- I am not a Monster: First Contact
- I Hate Running Backwards
- ibb & obb Double Pack
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2024.06.02 19:48 ComprehensiveEase345 Family issues; are we crazy to be frustrated?
Long story as short as possible! Wife (37f) and I (30f) have a 20 month old. My BIL has three kids (8m, 6f, and 4f). My MIL helps us and watches our LO one day every two weeks so we can get business things taken care of. My MIL and FIL babysit my nieces and nephew three nights a week, and overnight frequently on weekends. We often all get together for dinner on weekends at my in laws.
Our nieces and nephew are very active, loud; and quite demanding. BIL and SIL check out completely when they get to my in laws, and essentially we and my in laws end up watching their kids all night while they swim, drink, whatever. Essentially; they and their kids take over every get together we have. It’s an exhausting experience for everyone, including our LO who gets overwhelmed by them at times. The 4yo also is not a fan of LO, and has been baby talking, stealing her toys, etc for months now. We constantly are redirecting her while her parents do not say anything. She has also been pinching neighborhood kids and these concerns have been brought to my SIL. My in laws are always focused on them, because they demand their attention. They will yell, scream; etc if my in laws are not paying attention to them; and my in laws cave every single time.
Our LO had a rough start the life with a NICU stay, allergies, colic, you name it. Things did not really calm down until the past six months.
We tried to plan a one night getaway this time last year, with the understanding that LO would be the only one my in laws were watching. Last minute (day before our trip), my in laws dropped on us that they will be also watching nieces and nephew for the day. We reiterated our concerns, and they said they did not agree. We took LO on our trip with us; and moved on from it.
MIL had been encouraging us to take a trip away together as we haven’t been away since our LO was born. We planned three months in advance to go away for the weekend. Confirmed multiple times they had no plans and would be able to babysit, to which they let us know just last week that SIL was actually planning a pool party at their home on Sunday. We were a little frustrated but we understand we don’t own their house or their time.
We said no worries and that we would just leave early Sunday morning to make sure we were back before guests arrived and the pool was opened as we weren’t comfortable with LO at their house with people especially multiple kids coming in and out through the back door. They do not have a pool fence, and the pool is in-ground located through their sliding door. LO is able to open these doors on her own. Our LO is not a sit down kind of kid. She is always moving, incredibly nosy, and loves the pool. They said no problem and closed the safety pool cover before we left to reassure us we had nothing to worry about.
Flash forward to Saturday on our trip. I’m scrolling on Facebook before heading to dinner. My SIL had posted a picture of her three kids, and some other kids we did not know, and SIL at our in laws pool. My wife called her parents and asked them if the pool party was moved and if so why they didn’t tell us? MIL and FIL were instantly defensive saying LO didn’t even know people were swimming and they kept her inside. MIL said she did not know they needed permission for people to swim at their house and that they just had friends over and it wasn’t the pool party that is tomorrow. I did not see this photo until 6 hours after it was posted, so when I did everyone was gone.
Are we wrong to be pissed at this? I’m so frustrated. I feel like they just genuinely don’t care what we have to say; and that my nieces and nephew will always take priority of our LO. Why couldn’t my MIL just say that Saturday didn’t work and to come tomorrow to my SIL?
We came home first thing Sunday morning and picked up LO in a brief exchange. Nothing was talked about as we still are not sure how to feel. MIL has sent a passive aggressive text since but we have not replied.
If you read that whole thing please tell me your thoughts, I appreciate it more than you know. I do not have any family outside of my in laws so no one to really go to for advice or insight
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Our nieces and nephew are very active, loud; and quite demanding. BIL and SIL check out completely when they get to my in laws, and essentially we and my in laws end up watching their kids all night while they swim, drink, whatever. Essentially; they and their kids take over every get together we have. It’s an exhausting experience for everyone, including our LO who gets overwhelmed by them at times. The 4yo also is not a fan of LO, and has been baby talking, stealing her toys, etc for months now. We constantly are redirecting her while her parents do not say anything. She has also been pinching neighborhood kids and these concerns have been brought to my SIL. My in laws are always focused on them, because they demand their attention. They will yell, scream; etc if my in laws are not paying attention to them; and my in laws cave every single time.
Our LO had a rough start the life with a NICU stay, allergies, colic, you name it. Things did not really calm down until the past six months.
We tried to plan a one night getaway this time last year, with the understanding that LO would be the only one my in laws were watching. Last minute (day before our trip), my in laws dropped on us that they will be also watching nieces and nephew for the day. We reiterated our concerns, and they said they did not agree. We took LO on our trip with us; and moved on from it.
MIL had been encouraging us to take a trip away together as we haven’t been away since our LO was born. We planned three months in advance to go away for the weekend. Confirmed multiple times they had no plans and would be able to babysit, to which they let us know just last week that SIL was actually planning a pool party at their home on Sunday. We were a little frustrated but we understand we don’t own their house or their time.
We said no worries and that we would just leave early Sunday morning to make sure we were back before guests arrived and the pool was opened as we weren’t comfortable with LO at their house with people especially multiple kids coming in and out through the back door. They do not have a pool fence, and the pool is in-ground located through their sliding door. LO is able to open these doors on her own. Our LO is not a sit down kind of kid. She is always moving, incredibly nosy, and loves the pool. They said no problem and closed the safety pool cover before we left to reassure us we had nothing to worry about.
Flash forward to Saturday on our trip. I’m scrolling on Facebook before heading to dinner. My SIL had posted a picture of her three kids, and some other kids we did not know, and SIL at our in laws pool. My wife called her parents and asked them if the pool party was moved and if so why they didn’t tell us? MIL and FIL were instantly defensive saying LO didn’t even know people were swimming and they kept her inside. MIL said she did not know they needed permission for people to swim at their house and that they just had friends over and it wasn’t the pool party that is tomorrow. I did not see this photo until 6 hours after it was posted, so when I did everyone was gone.
Are we wrong to be pissed at this? I’m so frustrated. I feel like they just genuinely don’t care what we have to say; and that my nieces and nephew will always take priority of our LO. Why couldn’t my MIL just say that Saturday didn’t work and to come tomorrow to my SIL?
We came home first thing Sunday morning and picked up LO in a brief exchange. Nothing was talked about as we still are not sure how to feel. MIL has sent a passive aggressive text since but we have not replied.
If you read that whole thing please tell me your thoughts, I appreciate it more than you know. I do not have any family outside of my in laws so no one to really go to for advice or insight
2024.06.02 19:43 NoRushRush Activities List
Please just add to the list! Activities can be structured or unstructured. Please keep posts limited to activities and requests for additional details of the activities. Any criticisms or debates will be immediately removed, as will disruptive/dramatic accounts.
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- My little one and I were at Chastain Park playground. Unfortunately, there weren’t many kids to play with. I felt like my child was not getting much out of it. So we walked down to the trees, nearer the road, picked up a stick and started moving around the leaves beneath the tree. Interestingly, it was moist beneath the leaves and we found worms and centipedes. My little one picked up a centipede and was entertained for a good 30-45 minutes, before we returned it to its home.
- Center for Puppetry Arts
- Fernbank museum
- Slime Museum Atlanta / Sloomoo Institute
- Marietta Fire Museum
- Aquarium
- Tiny Towne (3yrs - early teen)
- Museum of Design Atlanta
- The Splatter Studio
- Ready Set Fun (Sandy Springs)
- Boomerang (Atlanta)
- Kid’s Empire (Marietta)
- HippoHopp (ATL but smells like marijuana when we went)
- Wiggle Giggle (Marietta)
- Delta Flight Museum
- Southeastern Railway Museum
- Children’s Museum
- Zoo Atlanta
- Monster Mini Golf (Marietta)
- Chattahoochie Nature Center (Mommy and Me event)
- Six Flags White Water (Marietta)
- Carl E Sanders YMCA (ATL) has outdoor pool and slide
- Lego Discovery Center
- Morningside Nature Preserve
- Lynwood Park Splash Pad & Pool (3360 Osborne Road, Brookehaven)
- Buck’s Sports Barn - birthday party spot for toddlers
- Brooke run Park (Dunwoody) has a small stream that some kids play in. Playgrounds for toddlers and bigger children are shaded but the slides still get hot based on angle of the sun
- Ashcroft Park
- Apple picking at Hillcrest Orchards
- Pumpkin Patch - Southern Belle Farm ; Washington Farms
- Putt shack
- Beat the Bomb
- Treetop Quest
- Great Wolf Lodge (LaGrange, 2 hrs from ATL)
- Home Depot Kid’s Free Workshop, first Saturday of each month
- Medieval Times (Lawrenceville)
- Museum of Illusions (Atlantic Station)
- Run the track at Cheney Stadium
- Atlanta Track Club has kids program called Kilometers Kids for grades K-5
2024.06.02 19:25 BJBBJB99 First Smoker Final Choices: CC Woodwind Pro36,CCXXL Pro, Recteq FS-XL1400, GG Mammoth, Pellet Pro 2300, Yoder YS640S
I am buying my first pellet smoker this month and this sub has been so helpful. I am okay spending up to around $2k. I want a hopper big enough so I don't have to remember to add to it and good steel walls which helps. Definitely want wifi and will be a "set it and forget it" smoker at first anyway. I will not be smoking for an army but I can see smoking for 4 plus enough to frig. Want real phone support. I originally started thinking I had to go vertical as I already had a grill. The Pit Boss elite was it! Then I started learning, and asking questions! A vertical still makes sense to me but it sure seems there are less good quality options with what I want. Anyway, here is the list of what I am deciding between. Interested in opinions but most importantly the differences based on what I'm looking for. I have already read the standard comments on these brands so hopefully my questions have a little bit of knowledge in them.
-Camp Chef Woodwind Pro 36. Of course have read about the smoke box (which I like) but do you really have to add chips every hour? Bigger chips lasts longer? Of course I don't even know how many smokes are overnight and how many are a few hours. Clueless. But seems high quality and well-liked. Like the smoke setting numbers even without using wood box. Are there still rust issues? The pro has stainless steel internals but what about outside? Are the walls thicker than their vertical? Will be smoking in snow sometimes😃 Availability and best source to buy from and do any assemble? Sidekick- useful? Propane right next to the hot smoker gives me pause if there is "an issue".
-Camp Chef XXL Pro vertical- Quality wise how does this compare to Woodwind? Same smoke box? If all I did was smoke, no grilling, what difference would I notice from the Woodwind? Less square inches for sure (3.3 cubic ft?). Price is so much less there must be more going on than size. Any other verticals in this range to look at or should I just get over it and go horizontal? How much less cooking space than woodwind?
-Recteq flagship XL 1400 Does not have smoke box but looks quality, US etc. Solid wifi app. If I don't use the smokebox on the Woodwind as I won't or can't add every hour that may not matter. What are other differences from the Woodwind? Seems comparable and the owners love them.
-Grilla Grill Mammoth vertical - A bit worried about the noise. Out of stock. 40lb hopper and 1,660sq in of cook space good. Double walled and seems bigger than the Camp chef XXL. Seems like best vertical if I could buy? But no smoke box of course and the noise is a concern unless reviews overstate that and the others are loud too.
-Pellet Pro 2300 vertical- has double wall.says 10 cubic feet of cabinet? But does not have wifi?...I know...don't need it. But I do based on where it will be. . I know I can add a third party probe but want control. US company, but made overseas.
-Yoder YS640S- Seems like the best but wow... 350 pounds! No smoke box like Woodwind but a beast.. Do they bring a crain to deliver?😃 Great wifi app and probes. How does it compare to recteq and woodwind? May be too heavy and willl I really appreciate the differences from the ones above.i will want to roll the smoker a few feet during winter.
It has been hard for me to figure out actual cooking area among the above smokers but other than the XXL vertical, am I right the rest are in the ballpark size-wise? Hopefully mak sense for my 4 person plus extra to store smokes.
Given lead times for some of these want to get going! Did I miss any?😃 Thanks!!
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-Camp Chef Woodwind Pro 36. Of course have read about the smoke box (which I like) but do you really have to add chips every hour? Bigger chips lasts longer? Of course I don't even know how many smokes are overnight and how many are a few hours. Clueless. But seems high quality and well-liked. Like the smoke setting numbers even without using wood box. Are there still rust issues? The pro has stainless steel internals but what about outside? Are the walls thicker than their vertical? Will be smoking in snow sometimes😃 Availability and best source to buy from and do any assemble? Sidekick- useful? Propane right next to the hot smoker gives me pause if there is "an issue".
-Camp Chef XXL Pro vertical- Quality wise how does this compare to Woodwind? Same smoke box? If all I did was smoke, no grilling, what difference would I notice from the Woodwind? Less square inches for sure (3.3 cubic ft?). Price is so much less there must be more going on than size. Any other verticals in this range to look at or should I just get over it and go horizontal? How much less cooking space than woodwind?
-Recteq flagship XL 1400 Does not have smoke box but looks quality, US etc. Solid wifi app. If I don't use the smokebox on the Woodwind as I won't or can't add every hour that may not matter. What are other differences from the Woodwind? Seems comparable and the owners love them.
-Grilla Grill Mammoth vertical - A bit worried about the noise. Out of stock. 40lb hopper and 1,660sq in of cook space good. Double walled and seems bigger than the Camp chef XXL. Seems like best vertical if I could buy? But no smoke box of course and the noise is a concern unless reviews overstate that and the others are loud too.
-Pellet Pro 2300 vertical- has double wall.says 10 cubic feet of cabinet? But does not have wifi?...I know...don't need it. But I do based on where it will be. . I know I can add a third party probe but want control. US company, but made overseas.
-Yoder YS640S- Seems like the best but wow... 350 pounds! No smoke box like Woodwind but a beast.. Do they bring a crain to deliver?😃 Great wifi app and probes. How does it compare to recteq and woodwind? May be too heavy and willl I really appreciate the differences from the ones above.i will want to roll the smoker a few feet during winter.
It has been hard for me to figure out actual cooking area among the above smokers but other than the XXL vertical, am I right the rest are in the ballpark size-wise? Hopefully mak sense for my 4 person plus extra to store smokes.
Given lead times for some of these want to get going! Did I miss any?😃 Thanks!!
2024.06.02 19:25 Past_Independence217 The Ultimate Ranked Gameplay and Legend Guide from a Top Apex Pred
A lot of folks come to me asking how they can get good at ranked and get that precious dive trail. Well, I'm here to tell you exactly what to do in order to do well in this game. These ideas, bullet points, and explanations are fool proof and unassailable. I've lived (and very rarely ever die) by these guidelines for years and find myself atop the pile of ranked very consistently. Follow them closely, and you too can be an Apex Predator like me.
Behavior: If you see or hear any kind of homophobia, sexism, bullying, or any kind of behavior like this, DO report them using the system. Fire and foremost the best thing that can be done for the Apex community is reporting and removing those toxic elements from the community so that its a welcoming place for everyone, regardless of skill level or dedication. It starts with you, the player, to call this out and shape the community.
Inputs: First, the gulf between controller and KB+M is at this point too large to ignore, especially at the higher level of play. Sometimes you're just going to get clipped at close range and it will have less to do with your ability to hit your shots and more to do with the very prevalent aim assist the enemy has. Keep engagements a bit further away if you can to prevent this. Report anyone that gets close with a shotgun or R99 in order to maintain a better player pool in these scenarios, Gameplay Sabotage. If they are on console using a controller in a PC lobby, also take the above appropriate action. Furthermore, if anyone is using a controller or console player and critiques any other players aim in or out of game, do the needful as well. Many players only have ever played on controller and have no concept of un-assisted aim and thus should be removed from that kind of consideration.
Classes: Mix up the classes at legend select screen. Doubling up the classes simply needlessly reduces the amout of EVO you can gain and can be the difference between life or death in a close fight. If you see someone has picked a class you were going to go, do your duty and change over to something else useful, even if its just the passive like scanning crates or being able to craft banners. Report anyone that doesn't do this for Gameplay Sabotage, there is a class and EVO system for a reason.
Dropping: Hot dropping is incredibly stupid in ranked. So many games are lost immediately upon the drop from an unfocused jump master its not even funny. Even if you're the best shot in the world, you're essentially putting your team on a roullette wheel in terms of the aforementioned close-range controller roller, but also whether you'll even get a gun or not. Why do this? Why potentially waste your team mates' time by dropping them in between other people like that? 100% 360 no scope accuracy counts for absolutely nothing if you don't have a gun, and the 2 other enemy teams are meleeing you to death, or you DO get a gun and its not something useful for that situation. Hot dropping takes the choice of winning the game out of your teams hand and into RNG. Save that for non ranked games or private lobbies.
If you DO find yourself in a hot drop because others peel in, STAY TOGETHER. Running off as a wraith or octane or revenant is essentially throwing when even your mere presence can stop your team from being focus fired. Remember, 2 melee's from two of you is 120 damage if you never get a gun. Thats way better than dashing off, getting that sweet gun, turning around and ope, your team mates are down because they had to fight alone, then YOU get melted cuz there are more of them than you. Peeling off is a lot less important on a drop if it means staying together with crappy guns than splitting off and throwing the dice on a separate 1v1's or 1v2's. If someone hot drops intentionally and rages that someone didn't split off when there are 9 enemies around, report them. Gameplay Sabotage. You came to play Ranked, not gamble on the gun obtaining roulette wheel.
Equipment: Similar to above, if you see a piece of gear, even if you hate the guts of your team mates, dislike their class selection, whatever: You're there to win a ranked game. Share the equipment. If your team mate has no gun, and you have two, and you're in a fight, drop one for them. If they are rolling snipper or marksman, give them the scope, its far better for them to have a useable long range gun than a fancy 3x on your Havoc. If you have a support class and you see a gold knockdown shield, ping it, don't even pick it up unless its specifically to bring to a team mate. Its a waste of everyones time if you do withhold items and can earn a report for Gameplay Sabotage and selfish play.
Also in relation to this point and the below point: remember if you ping an item and then take off, your team mate now has to run all the way over or back, often alone, if you keep moving on. Thats a great way to split up a party and get yourself down a person out of selfish play. See above actions that should be taken for selfish play. Pick it up and bring it or stay back to provide overwatch as they loot the item.
Movement: Loba, Revenant, Pathfinder, etc. Remember: Not everyone else can zip up a wall in a few seconds like you can. If you're in a firefight or chasing a team or some such, you are literally splitting up your team if you hop up to different areas that others can't reach. At high level play, people notice this. They see you bracelet over to chase that battery-poppin Bangalore and will immediately pounce the rest of your team. Use these abilities in conjuction with your team, not to secure yourself some extra goodies or loot that bin just a little bit faster. I have lost track of the number of times a Loba was just gonna scoot up and get those bins first with her bracelet and ope, another team was there and no one can help you. Its worth it to move a bit slower as a team than to move faster as an individual in many instances in ranked. If a team mate or two insists on face tanking everything and hard charging in, leaving team mates behind, there are fewer text book examples of Gameplay Sabotage.
The Ring, looting, and POI's: Don't ignore the ring. Saying its "only ring 1" is some absolute rookie behavior and is ripe for a Gameplay Sabotage charge. It isn't about how much damage the ring does, its about where it places you for the next fight. What good is your team for the next fight if all of you are breathlessly popping syringes to ensure you can get to the next ring before it moves?
Half the game is about positioning and being able to take on a fight before aiming and quick movement enters the equation. Its often better to disengage from a fight or even miss out on some loot if it means you can be into position for the next ring sooner and shoot those folks trying to hustle in after you. It may not feel good to leave behind those team wipes or death boxes, but when they are in a much worse position and likely eliminatd themselves, you'll be glad as your RP value tics slowly upward as the ring gets smaller. Similarly, do not push teams into a closing ring, you never know who is lurking waiting to take on a bone headed move like that. You might get that team wipe, but now you gotta hustle back to your buddies alone and fully dependant on a medkit now, sabotaging your teams chances.
Lastly, going to different POI's late in a ring cycle can also set you up for failure. You may have picked your prime drop point clean and need more loot, but pushing away out of the ring will let more savvy teams take over where you just came from and shoot you as you return, thanking you for all the extra loot you brough them. Loot TOWARDS the ring, not out of it, otherwise be prepared to get ambushed or find yourself constantly playing a game of catch-up because you wanted go get that last bin at the cost of an extra 800 meters of running. This is often fatal on maps like Broken Moon and absolutely gameplay sabotage of your team. Get inside the ring with mid loot and let the deparate players bring YOU the high tier loot they went for. If you played it right, you'll have some time to pick their boxes clean at the inside edge of the just-closed ring rather than hustling in and having to move again without a chance to lot.
Abilities and Legends: Use them to help your team, not just for yourself. Badly placed or used abilities are the epitome of Gameplay Sabotage and reduces everyones enjoyment and competativeness of Apex. For all of these COMMUNICATION is going to be the best underlying application when considering them.
Here is a quick and easy run down:
Alter: Put down your ult where its safe and remember your tactical goes BOTH ways. Trying to chase that kill alone can put you inside a building ALONE, getting you knocked and the ability for the enemy to come out and ambush YOUR team. Thats a fine way to sabotage your team. You can use Alter's ult while downed, so do it.
Ash: Your ult charges faster than you think, put it in places your entire team can use it. Not just you and the nearby person. Otherwise your'e just splitting - and sabotaging - your team.
Ballistic: Your ult charges faster than you think and can be a life saver for your team mates. Any engagement that goes down without your ult active is essentially sabotaging the team.
Bangalore: Smoke is useful for running away, approaching through open areas, repositioning, or obsuring recovery. Smoking an enemy so THEY can approach under cover or reposition is actively helping the enemy team. Thats Gameplay Sabotage if I've ever heard it. Use your smoke tactically, not as a fun whimsical thing to fire at enemies for fun. Your ult slows down your team too, use it to make space, not to make noise.
Bloodhound: Scanning and not getting enemy teams gives away your position and class. Absolutely sabotage, so keep it tight with those tac uses.
Catalyst: Your wall is extremely powerful for crossing open area and charges relatively quickly. Your team should never struggle to get through an area without your assistance in some way. Your wall reinforcement can be key as well to the succes of a team. A Catalyst in a fight with abilities off cooldown is a Catalyst Sabotaging Gameplay. Don't let that be you.
Caustic: Use your traps to not necessarily block doors but to allow enemies to come inside and BREATHE IT IN while blocking their movement forward. This will do more to disrupt their ability to pressure you than blocking a door your team may need to use. Remember if you see your teams gas, you know the enemy isn't there. Go get in it and pressure the enemy more. If its enemy gas, just hold your breath, no problem. Caustic is the best boy though, and is actually incapable of sabotaging his team.
Conduit: Point your face at your team and boost their shields in a fight. Do not just use it for yourself or before anyone takes any damage, thats just wasting a very powerful ability and is actively sabotaging your team. The Jammers are KEY but have a long wind up and wind down, so get them out early if you see an enemy go down to prevent enemy movement to flank you or pick them up. A passive Conduit is an empty battery, so lock it in.
Crypto: Use the drone to get intel, scan antennae, res your teamies, and cover your flanks. Your drone doesn't have to be fancifully placed, just available to EMP the enemy and cover areas. EMPing a bunch of equipment can be more useful than hitting an enemy team with it, so remember that. If a Crypto dies with an active undeployed drone, that is necessarly a Gameplay Sabotage moment and you should take appropriate action.
Fuse: Your ult is almost always up. Use it early, use it often. Its less about melting the enemy, and more about controlling where they can and can't go. Your team mates, if they are paying attention, will recognize this and use it as a No-Go zone so they can flank effectively. Use your knuckl to hit downed enemies, it the best way to press the assault. Free grenades are strong, but remember, your teamies can body block your shots, causing them to bounce into your face or away from the enemy. If this happens, call it out for the sabotage it is and take the right steps.
Gibralter: Your dome shield is extremely powerful, but remember it also functions as a No-Go zone. Putting it down so only you can hit a syringe is a waste. Use it for your team or to res your buddies as you res faster in the dome than outside of it. If you find the shield is blocking your team from shooting the enemy and is only a hindrance, be sure to get the reports going for gameplay sabotage on the offending Gibby.
Horizon: Remember your tactical is extremely useful, but entire fights can be done around it. Using it just to boost yourself is a great way to split your team and sabotage a victory. Be mindful of how it can help you reposition or block door ways from enemies. Your ult destroys doors, remember that too and be sure to shout it out to teamies.
Lifeline: IMMEDIATELY as soon as a teamie goes down, res them. No question. Its better to res a teamie and take a shot, than to avoid all shots and have the teamie die. Ressing the teamie creates a timer on the fight against the enemy as your team cannot be eliminated as long as someone is being res'd.Trying to be a hero and wipe everyone yourself is sabotage.
Loba: Selecting this character is inherently considered Gameplay Sabotage unless a few criteria are met. The bracelet is an ESCAPE ability, not an engagement one. Treat it as such, not as a toy. Your shop can be used by enemies and is intended to be used by your entire team. Not just you. Closing up shop immediately upon everyone buying is mandatory, and putting it down split away from others is just putting that shop up for the enemy. Seeing as most do not do this, selecting this character is inherently reportable in ranked at this time.
Mad Maggie: Don't be afraid to use your ball to charge into the enemy, its a great way to engage a fight or in bad cases,run away. Not using the drill on the enemy is sabotage though, so make sure you're constantly pressing the attack.
Mirage: Similar to lifeline, you need to be ressing as soon as possible and bamboozlin' to the max. Not properly disengaging and crafting your teammates is considered to be gameplay sabotage, so keep your head on a swivel when playing this legend.
Newcastle: Same as lifeline with the added caveate that his ult moves you way way further than you think. If anyone on your team has a shield break, you should be putting that wall up on them immediately if you're not ressing someone else. Do not sabotage your team by not pulling them out of harms way as soon as possible. Don't forget, your tactical can be moved too!
Octane: Put your pad down for teamies to use them to engage or disengage, not to get to a bin first or for you to get to a new POI alone. Octane has the ability to be an extremely powerful flanker and team mobility player. However, too many are in Sabotage mode where they themselve want to go fast and chide the others for not having that stim pack or have the first crack at loot. Don't let that Octane be you.
Pathfinder: Look where you're putting your ult before firing it. In ranked folks will just wait for your ult to set up then shoot you off of it. Often you're the key to getting out of a ring, so use your abilities as such, not to get a cheap piece of loot or for self serving means. Its actively gameplay sabotage to zip line only yourself up with a tactical and forcing the rest of the team to use stairs in a time sensitive situation.
Rampart: Cover up, cover often. Excellent way to buy time for your team to set up or reposition if necessary. If you're ever in a fight near doors and you have Sheila available, there should be no doors in that area as a good Rampart controlls the battlefield and a bad one is actively sabotaging by not using their abilities.
Revenant: Similar to Pathfinder, with the further caveat that choosing this legend is in itself an act of Sabotage that needs to be worked out of rather than into. Use rarely.
Seer: Your ult is off cooldown so use it often. Even if the enemy isn't in it, it can be a useful visual guide to where they are NOT and you can move appropriately. Generally its considered a minimum among us high level players for a Seer to hit 80% of their tactical charges. Missing too many tac charges can be a form of sabotage as you give away your teams position and should be treated as such. Lead your shots.
Valkyrie: Same as Revenent and Pathfinder, though this is doubled if you hurt yourself with the missile swarm. Thats some rookie gameplay and as such, toxic and sabotage. Further caveat: Valk can see where folks are dropping straight off the jump, any hot drop with this legend is sabotage. Use rarely.
Vantage: Don't be afraid to use your snipper riffle often, though it does give away YOUR position. Its a great way to pressure a team as the rest of your squad gets into position. Call out the shield and squad status as often as you can, remember you can do this without anything equipped! Same for Echo, use that lil guy often to change position! Her ult is very strong and has such a huge hit box and aim-assit that its often considered intentional to miss shots with it. If you see a Vantage missing ult snipper shots, that is sure sign of sabotage.
Wattson: Get that ult early, get it up often in a fight. This can be the make or break for an entire fight! Your walls can be great ways to slow down an enemy, but remember, they won't STOP them. Don't treat them as foolproof barriers the way a Catalyst or even Caustic defended area may be. If a Wattson ever goes down without deploying her ult, that is a clear sign of sabotage though, and should be acted upon by the community.
Wraith: Just don't choose this legend. Similar to Revenant, inherently a gameplay sabotage pick and often provides no utility to their team. Report on sight.
There is your Ranked guide, feel free to leave any questions or concerns in the comments below or reach out to me directly if you want to learn more ways to become an Apex Predator and show this community the best way forward!
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Behavior: If you see or hear any kind of homophobia, sexism, bullying, or any kind of behavior like this, DO report them using the system. Fire and foremost the best thing that can be done for the Apex community is reporting and removing those toxic elements from the community so that its a welcoming place for everyone, regardless of skill level or dedication. It starts with you, the player, to call this out and shape the community.
Inputs: First, the gulf between controller and KB+M is at this point too large to ignore, especially at the higher level of play. Sometimes you're just going to get clipped at close range and it will have less to do with your ability to hit your shots and more to do with the very prevalent aim assist the enemy has. Keep engagements a bit further away if you can to prevent this. Report anyone that gets close with a shotgun or R99 in order to maintain a better player pool in these scenarios, Gameplay Sabotage. If they are on console using a controller in a PC lobby, also take the above appropriate action. Furthermore, if anyone is using a controller or console player and critiques any other players aim in or out of game, do the needful as well. Many players only have ever played on controller and have no concept of un-assisted aim and thus should be removed from that kind of consideration.
Classes: Mix up the classes at legend select screen. Doubling up the classes simply needlessly reduces the amout of EVO you can gain and can be the difference between life or death in a close fight. If you see someone has picked a class you were going to go, do your duty and change over to something else useful, even if its just the passive like scanning crates or being able to craft banners. Report anyone that doesn't do this for Gameplay Sabotage, there is a class and EVO system for a reason.
Dropping: Hot dropping is incredibly stupid in ranked. So many games are lost immediately upon the drop from an unfocused jump master its not even funny. Even if you're the best shot in the world, you're essentially putting your team on a roullette wheel in terms of the aforementioned close-range controller roller, but also whether you'll even get a gun or not. Why do this? Why potentially waste your team mates' time by dropping them in between other people like that? 100% 360 no scope accuracy counts for absolutely nothing if you don't have a gun, and the 2 other enemy teams are meleeing you to death, or you DO get a gun and its not something useful for that situation. Hot dropping takes the choice of winning the game out of your teams hand and into RNG. Save that for non ranked games or private lobbies.
If you DO find yourself in a hot drop because others peel in, STAY TOGETHER. Running off as a wraith or octane or revenant is essentially throwing when even your mere presence can stop your team from being focus fired. Remember, 2 melee's from two of you is 120 damage if you never get a gun. Thats way better than dashing off, getting that sweet gun, turning around and ope, your team mates are down because they had to fight alone, then YOU get melted cuz there are more of them than you. Peeling off is a lot less important on a drop if it means staying together with crappy guns than splitting off and throwing the dice on a separate 1v1's or 1v2's. If someone hot drops intentionally and rages that someone didn't split off when there are 9 enemies around, report them. Gameplay Sabotage. You came to play Ranked, not gamble on the gun obtaining roulette wheel.
Equipment: Similar to above, if you see a piece of gear, even if you hate the guts of your team mates, dislike their class selection, whatever: You're there to win a ranked game. Share the equipment. If your team mate has no gun, and you have two, and you're in a fight, drop one for them. If they are rolling snipper or marksman, give them the scope, its far better for them to have a useable long range gun than a fancy 3x on your Havoc. If you have a support class and you see a gold knockdown shield, ping it, don't even pick it up unless its specifically to bring to a team mate. Its a waste of everyones time if you do withhold items and can earn a report for Gameplay Sabotage and selfish play.
Also in relation to this point and the below point: remember if you ping an item and then take off, your team mate now has to run all the way over or back, often alone, if you keep moving on. Thats a great way to split up a party and get yourself down a person out of selfish play. See above actions that should be taken for selfish play. Pick it up and bring it or stay back to provide overwatch as they loot the item.
Movement: Loba, Revenant, Pathfinder, etc. Remember: Not everyone else can zip up a wall in a few seconds like you can. If you're in a firefight or chasing a team or some such, you are literally splitting up your team if you hop up to different areas that others can't reach. At high level play, people notice this. They see you bracelet over to chase that battery-poppin Bangalore and will immediately pounce the rest of your team. Use these abilities in conjuction with your team, not to secure yourself some extra goodies or loot that bin just a little bit faster. I have lost track of the number of times a Loba was just gonna scoot up and get those bins first with her bracelet and ope, another team was there and no one can help you. Its worth it to move a bit slower as a team than to move faster as an individual in many instances in ranked. If a team mate or two insists on face tanking everything and hard charging in, leaving team mates behind, there are fewer text book examples of Gameplay Sabotage.
The Ring, looting, and POI's: Don't ignore the ring. Saying its "only ring 1" is some absolute rookie behavior and is ripe for a Gameplay Sabotage charge. It isn't about how much damage the ring does, its about where it places you for the next fight. What good is your team for the next fight if all of you are breathlessly popping syringes to ensure you can get to the next ring before it moves?
Half the game is about positioning and being able to take on a fight before aiming and quick movement enters the equation. Its often better to disengage from a fight or even miss out on some loot if it means you can be into position for the next ring sooner and shoot those folks trying to hustle in after you. It may not feel good to leave behind those team wipes or death boxes, but when they are in a much worse position and likely eliminatd themselves, you'll be glad as your RP value tics slowly upward as the ring gets smaller. Similarly, do not push teams into a closing ring, you never know who is lurking waiting to take on a bone headed move like that. You might get that team wipe, but now you gotta hustle back to your buddies alone and fully dependant on a medkit now, sabotaging your teams chances.
Lastly, going to different POI's late in a ring cycle can also set you up for failure. You may have picked your prime drop point clean and need more loot, but pushing away out of the ring will let more savvy teams take over where you just came from and shoot you as you return, thanking you for all the extra loot you brough them. Loot TOWARDS the ring, not out of it, otherwise be prepared to get ambushed or find yourself constantly playing a game of catch-up because you wanted go get that last bin at the cost of an extra 800 meters of running. This is often fatal on maps like Broken Moon and absolutely gameplay sabotage of your team. Get inside the ring with mid loot and let the deparate players bring YOU the high tier loot they went for. If you played it right, you'll have some time to pick their boxes clean at the inside edge of the just-closed ring rather than hustling in and having to move again without a chance to lot.
Abilities and Legends: Use them to help your team, not just for yourself. Badly placed or used abilities are the epitome of Gameplay Sabotage and reduces everyones enjoyment and competativeness of Apex. For all of these COMMUNICATION is going to be the best underlying application when considering them.
Here is a quick and easy run down:
Alter: Put down your ult where its safe and remember your tactical goes BOTH ways. Trying to chase that kill alone can put you inside a building ALONE, getting you knocked and the ability for the enemy to come out and ambush YOUR team. Thats a fine way to sabotage your team. You can use Alter's ult while downed, so do it.
Ash: Your ult charges faster than you think, put it in places your entire team can use it. Not just you and the nearby person. Otherwise your'e just splitting - and sabotaging - your team.
Ballistic: Your ult charges faster than you think and can be a life saver for your team mates. Any engagement that goes down without your ult active is essentially sabotaging the team.
Bangalore: Smoke is useful for running away, approaching through open areas, repositioning, or obsuring recovery. Smoking an enemy so THEY can approach under cover or reposition is actively helping the enemy team. Thats Gameplay Sabotage if I've ever heard it. Use your smoke tactically, not as a fun whimsical thing to fire at enemies for fun. Your ult slows down your team too, use it to make space, not to make noise.
Bloodhound: Scanning and not getting enemy teams gives away your position and class. Absolutely sabotage, so keep it tight with those tac uses.
Catalyst: Your wall is extremely powerful for crossing open area and charges relatively quickly. Your team should never struggle to get through an area without your assistance in some way. Your wall reinforcement can be key as well to the succes of a team. A Catalyst in a fight with abilities off cooldown is a Catalyst Sabotaging Gameplay. Don't let that be you.
Caustic: Use your traps to not necessarily block doors but to allow enemies to come inside and BREATHE IT IN while blocking their movement forward. This will do more to disrupt their ability to pressure you than blocking a door your team may need to use. Remember if you see your teams gas, you know the enemy isn't there. Go get in it and pressure the enemy more. If its enemy gas, just hold your breath, no problem. Caustic is the best boy though, and is actually incapable of sabotaging his team.
Conduit: Point your face at your team and boost their shields in a fight. Do not just use it for yourself or before anyone takes any damage, thats just wasting a very powerful ability and is actively sabotaging your team. The Jammers are KEY but have a long wind up and wind down, so get them out early if you see an enemy go down to prevent enemy movement to flank you or pick them up. A passive Conduit is an empty battery, so lock it in.
Crypto: Use the drone to get intel, scan antennae, res your teamies, and cover your flanks. Your drone doesn't have to be fancifully placed, just available to EMP the enemy and cover areas. EMPing a bunch of equipment can be more useful than hitting an enemy team with it, so remember that. If a Crypto dies with an active undeployed drone, that is necessarly a Gameplay Sabotage moment and you should take appropriate action.
Fuse: Your ult is almost always up. Use it early, use it often. Its less about melting the enemy, and more about controlling where they can and can't go. Your team mates, if they are paying attention, will recognize this and use it as a No-Go zone so they can flank effectively. Use your knuckl to hit downed enemies, it the best way to press the assault. Free grenades are strong, but remember, your teamies can body block your shots, causing them to bounce into your face or away from the enemy. If this happens, call it out for the sabotage it is and take the right steps.
Gibralter: Your dome shield is extremely powerful, but remember it also functions as a No-Go zone. Putting it down so only you can hit a syringe is a waste. Use it for your team or to res your buddies as you res faster in the dome than outside of it. If you find the shield is blocking your team from shooting the enemy and is only a hindrance, be sure to get the reports going for gameplay sabotage on the offending Gibby.
Horizon: Remember your tactical is extremely useful, but entire fights can be done around it. Using it just to boost yourself is a great way to split your team and sabotage a victory. Be mindful of how it can help you reposition or block door ways from enemies. Your ult destroys doors, remember that too and be sure to shout it out to teamies.
Lifeline: IMMEDIATELY as soon as a teamie goes down, res them. No question. Its better to res a teamie and take a shot, than to avoid all shots and have the teamie die. Ressing the teamie creates a timer on the fight against the enemy as your team cannot be eliminated as long as someone is being res'd.Trying to be a hero and wipe everyone yourself is sabotage.
Loba: Selecting this character is inherently considered Gameplay Sabotage unless a few criteria are met. The bracelet is an ESCAPE ability, not an engagement one. Treat it as such, not as a toy. Your shop can be used by enemies and is intended to be used by your entire team. Not just you. Closing up shop immediately upon everyone buying is mandatory, and putting it down split away from others is just putting that shop up for the enemy. Seeing as most do not do this, selecting this character is inherently reportable in ranked at this time.
Mad Maggie: Don't be afraid to use your ball to charge into the enemy, its a great way to engage a fight or in bad cases,run away. Not using the drill on the enemy is sabotage though, so make sure you're constantly pressing the attack.
Mirage: Similar to lifeline, you need to be ressing as soon as possible and bamboozlin' to the max. Not properly disengaging and crafting your teammates is considered to be gameplay sabotage, so keep your head on a swivel when playing this legend.
Newcastle: Same as lifeline with the added caveate that his ult moves you way way further than you think. If anyone on your team has a shield break, you should be putting that wall up on them immediately if you're not ressing someone else. Do not sabotage your team by not pulling them out of harms way as soon as possible. Don't forget, your tactical can be moved too!
Octane: Put your pad down for teamies to use them to engage or disengage, not to get to a bin first or for you to get to a new POI alone. Octane has the ability to be an extremely powerful flanker and team mobility player. However, too many are in Sabotage mode where they themselve want to go fast and chide the others for not having that stim pack or have the first crack at loot. Don't let that Octane be you.
Pathfinder: Look where you're putting your ult before firing it. In ranked folks will just wait for your ult to set up then shoot you off of it. Often you're the key to getting out of a ring, so use your abilities as such, not to get a cheap piece of loot or for self serving means. Its actively gameplay sabotage to zip line only yourself up with a tactical and forcing the rest of the team to use stairs in a time sensitive situation.
Rampart: Cover up, cover often. Excellent way to buy time for your team to set up or reposition if necessary. If you're ever in a fight near doors and you have Sheila available, there should be no doors in that area as a good Rampart controlls the battlefield and a bad one is actively sabotaging by not using their abilities.
Revenant: Similar to Pathfinder, with the further caveat that choosing this legend is in itself an act of Sabotage that needs to be worked out of rather than into. Use rarely.
Seer: Your ult is off cooldown so use it often. Even if the enemy isn't in it, it can be a useful visual guide to where they are NOT and you can move appropriately. Generally its considered a minimum among us high level players for a Seer to hit 80% of their tactical charges. Missing too many tac charges can be a form of sabotage as you give away your teams position and should be treated as such. Lead your shots.
Valkyrie: Same as Revenent and Pathfinder, though this is doubled if you hurt yourself with the missile swarm. Thats some rookie gameplay and as such, toxic and sabotage. Further caveat: Valk can see where folks are dropping straight off the jump, any hot drop with this legend is sabotage. Use rarely.
Vantage: Don't be afraid to use your snipper riffle often, though it does give away YOUR position. Its a great way to pressure a team as the rest of your squad gets into position. Call out the shield and squad status as often as you can, remember you can do this without anything equipped! Same for Echo, use that lil guy often to change position! Her ult is very strong and has such a huge hit box and aim-assit that its often considered intentional to miss shots with it. If you see a Vantage missing ult snipper shots, that is sure sign of sabotage.
Wattson: Get that ult early, get it up often in a fight. This can be the make or break for an entire fight! Your walls can be great ways to slow down an enemy, but remember, they won't STOP them. Don't treat them as foolproof barriers the way a Catalyst or even Caustic defended area may be. If a Wattson ever goes down without deploying her ult, that is a clear sign of sabotage though, and should be acted upon by the community.
Wraith: Just don't choose this legend. Similar to Revenant, inherently a gameplay sabotage pick and often provides no utility to their team. Report on sight.
There is your Ranked guide, feel free to leave any questions or concerns in the comments below or reach out to me directly if you want to learn more ways to become an Apex Predator and show this community the best way forward!
2024.06.02 19:23 OriginalSprinkles718 [PS5/PS4] Absolute Apocalypse! Immersive, satisfying, survival MOD LIST.
My goal was to build hard but balanced, immersive survival experience.
√ New game on survival difficulty required √ All six DLCs are needed √ Adding/removing mods later might break your game √ Only PS5 game version was tested
√ Very stable, no crashes
CHANGES:
- You start weak, tired, with barely any gear and 1 point in each SPECIAL stat.
- Enemies will flank, charge, take cover, pick up weapons and use up ammo.
- Added over thousand zombies plus another thousand of various creatures.
- Weakspot hits cause significantly more damage than attacking torso, armor matters.
- A lot easier to cripple and remove limbs and disable enemies.
- Ammo type/size greatly affects damage, explosives are powerful.
- Foes have special moves, wolves will bite and hold your limbs, humans know wrestling moves.
- Audio tweaked, added reverb and removed irritating sounds.
- Nights are dark and now you own very helpful flashlight.
- Improved colours, lighting, weather, sunrise, sunset and tweaked moon.
- Fire sources create atmospheric orange flickering light, old corpses attract buzzing flies.
- Flying bullets illuminate environment and have better physics.
- Tweaked animations in first person, corrected physics of dead bodies and enemy ragdoll.
- Creating gunpowder, scrapping bullets and crafting ammo available.
- Most clothes are wearable under armor, glasses can be slightly modded.
- Added rings as rare find in containers and in shops plus ability to scrap and craft legendary rings.
- Balanced legendary gear effects, crafting with technical documents, added swaps.
- Added possibility to craft few more explosives, and adhesive from plants.
- Crafting most turrets require plenty of ammo and special parts.
- Each SPECIAL stat is equally useful, well balanced and affect things like speed, accuracy, HP, AP, XP.
- Refreshed perks with bonus changes - ability to tackle, crits outside vats, reverse idiot savant etc.
- Building important structures and cooking better recipes require appropriate perks.
- Most magazines and companion bonuses changed.
- Majority of junk lying around was removed, less time spent on looting, better scarcity feel.
- Diverse mortal settlers with unique names and better awareness.
- You can hire guards in settlements for caps after completing important faction events.
- Leveling up does not give health, increasing SPECIAL is locked behind character levels.
- Restricted harvest of planted (not wild) fruit and veggies, scavenging stations more important.
- Added different [Tags] to majority of items for convienience.
- Quick travel available only to discovered settlements, travel won't pass in-game time.
- Only rare enemies like bosses and unique NPC's drop legendary gear.
- More objects to build in bases, plenty of decorative options.
- Loot and enemies don't respawn, day/night cycle length doubled.
- Saving the game through Pip-Boy on survival difficulty, new simple colors skins can be set.
- Disabled not important radiant Minuteman quests and hammering in Sanctuary.
- Music and weather are dependent on map regions.
- Dialogue fixes and camera focused only on NPC's.
- Reduced amount of grass, rubble, twigs, fog and removed unimmersive puddles.
- Access to tag and see actual number of components owned on a cooking bench.
- No build limit, raised amount of maximum settlers per settlement.
- Longer wire and conduits range, settlers awareness tweaked.
- Replaced combat scopes, improved recon scopes.
- Few more map markers, VATS cameras in 3rd person, agressive radstags, some blur removed.
* And many more...
KNOWN PROBLEMS:
- Ground textures flicker black around Sanctuary (Fixes itself after some time).
- Locksmith doesn't make lockpicking any easier. FIX: Install "Quick Hack and Pick" mod after getting all levels of locksmith perk. Just replace "[PS4] Starting SPECIAL = 7".
- Hacking rank 4 does nothing. (Just skip it).
- Action girl perk have only one rank on female character and two on male.
- Few perk texts slightly incorrect.
- Incorrect build cost of concrete foundations, barn menu, 3 street lights and subway light.
- Some Creation Club items might not be properly balanced.
- Occasional visual glitch when moving underwater (Water surface flashing).
- Access to 'Hubby Basement' full of supplies in Sanctuary (Easy quick start).
- Animal fat wont drop at all (Not important).
- Green chest outside vault 111 containing 10k flares and flare gun (Just ignore it).
- Sound of some wall mounted turrets glitches and plays on repeat.
- Perception debuff vanilla FO4 glitch ("Vrexia's Magical Rings" mod to offset stats safely).
- Pip-Boy light wont transfer correctly from 3rd person to 1st (Turn flashlight off and on).
* Can't open Wattz Consumer Electronics terminal (Kill roach behind wall using melee/explosives).
LIST WITH CORECT ORDER:
Mods and entries in bold are neccessary, don't skip them! 1. •Unofficial Fallout 4 Patch [UFO4P] [PS4]• Thousands of small bug fixes for FO4. 2. •Looted World - PS• - Removes 90% of loose loot in the world. Easily accessible and obvious places are almost empty. Some areas like habited settlements or vaults still have items. Makes you pick up less, play more. You can still buy shipments of components and now scraping settlements is a great early source of materials. Small boost to performance. If you are tired of constantly picking up loot, this is a good choice. 3. •[PS4] Pip-Boy Paint Jobs - Colors Of The Wasteland Pack (Club Freedom)• - Adds simple Pip-Boy skins. Remember you can click touchpad while using pip-boy to zoom. Again a master file. 4. •Kane's Items Sorting (PS4)• - Tags quest items, components, bones, bobbleheads, holotapes, notes, chems, liquors, syringes, 99% of junk for better item management and easier looting (water, aid, stealthboys, few food items and some mags are marked by Immersive gameplay). Empty bottles/vases are not marked. 5. •[PS] Useful Technical Documents - Legendaries• - You can swap legendaries for free, create new ones using technical documents. 6. •Named NPC Protection [PS4]• - Protects named quest npc's, merchants, important characters from random encounters with enemies. 7. •Ghouls Of Commonwealth• - Adds over 1100 feral ghouls for zombie apocalypse and chaos. 8. •Tribals of Commonwealth• - Adds tribal groups, often found in wilderness. 9. •Snipers Of Commonwealth• - Adds over 150 snipers including few unique ones. 10. •Rabbits, Chickens, Crabs, Wolves, And Gulpers In The Commonwealth• - Adds more creatures and enemies. 11. •Hermit Crabs Of The Commonwealth• - Adds 12 hermit crabs to the map. 12. •Wolves Of The Commonwealth• - Adds wolf spawn points to the map. 13. •More Behemoths In Commonwealth• - Adds 5 more behemots to the Commonwealth. 14. •DLC Creatures In The Commonwealth [PS4]• - Adds 200 creature spawns to the commonwealth for constant war, danger and chaos. 15. •Behind Enemy Lines• - Adds plenty of enemies to the glowing sea region. 16. •Roving War Parties, Raiding Packs And Hordes Of MY• - Adds wandering groups that attack some key locations. Some groups are very strong. 17. •More Radstags• - Adds plenty of radstags, especially north and into forests. 18. •Better Radstags• - More agressive radstags. 19. •Not a Princess• - Humans can grab you/others and slam on the ground, make karate moves, dogs can hold your legs/arms, bloodbugs suck your blood. 20. •Disable Minutemen's Annoying Quests [PS4]• - Disables 7 types of repetitive and not important radiant quests. 21. •[PS4] Grounded Updated By Sarinia• - Adds tons of ground foundations, floors, walls, mounds of dirt to Structures-Concrete menu. 22. •Miscellaneous Settlement Items Unlocked [PS4] By Callias• - Adds 49 objects to build in settlements. 23. •Cinder Block Walls And Sandbags Unlocked [PS4] By Callias• - Adds 16 objects like cinder blocks and sandbags. 24. •Constructible Faction Guards• - Adds ability to hire guards for caps in build menu, but only after allying with a faction. 25. •[PS4] OCDecorator• - Adds inventory items as a decorational building objects. 26. •[PS4] OCDecorator DLC• - Support for addons for the above mod. 27. •Tweaks - Survival Fast Travel Settlements All DLC• - You can fast travel to settlements on survival difficulty. 28. •1st Person Animation Tweaks [PS4]• - In first person mode you lower your gun automatically. 29. •[PS4] Swinging Animated Meat Bags• - Adds animation to supermutant meat bags and flies with buzzing sound to corpses. 30. •No Sneak Indicators• - Completely removes all sneak indicators. 31. •[PS4] Dogs Not Brahmin• - Provisioners and traders use dogs instead of brahmin. 32. •[PS4] Simple Settlers (Mortal Edition)• - Provides bigger settlers pool (five times more) and names them. Immortal version available. 33. •Quieter Settlements PS4 - Vanilla• - Generators, turrets and hammering are much quieter. 34. •Fallout 76-Style Region Music• - Changes music in regions for less boring/repetitive background tracks. 35. •Reverb And Ambiance Overhaul - ALL DLC [PS4]• - Tweaks sounds for better ambient and reverb and adds sliders to options. 36. •Better Dialogue• - Camera focuses on NPC, changes made to some irritating generic dialogues and tweaked dialogue interuption. 37. •Esk QuietPerks [PS4]• - Muted five annoying perks like idiot savant. 38. •No Experience SFX• - Silences sounds when gaining experience from various sources. 39. •[PS4] Dead Beat• - Removes heart beat sound at low HP. 40. •Combat Music Remover• - Mutes combat music, so there is silence and suspension when enemy detects you. 41. •Commonwealth Visual Overhaul & DLC [PS4]• - Changes colours, atmosphere and makes nights darker. 42. •UCW - Unified Commonwealth Weather• - Adjusted weather for regions and integrated DLC weather for Commonwealth. 43. •[PS4] No More Fake Puddles• - Removes ugly puddles that stay 24/7. 44. Reduced Rubble Etc. - Decreases intensity of grass, rubble, twigs and other unimportant objects. 45. •TLS Fallout 4 Subtle FPS Improver• - Small changes like decreasing grass and water movement speed, and tiny radius decrease of some light sources. Windy weather grass/branches fix.* 46. •[PS4] Enhanced Flickering Firelight• - Better light effects for fire sources including oil lamps. 47. •Sunlight Alignment Tweak - Better Dawn And Dusk [PS4]• - Changes sun and moon movement for better lighting and atmosphere during dusk, dawn and night. 48. •Vanilla Moon (4x)• - Much bigger moon. Anything bigger looks low quality. 49. •Crafting Blur Removal (PS4)• - Removes blur while looting containers, from crafting screen, power armor. 50. •Ironsight Blur Removal (PS4)• - Removes blur while aiming. 51. •More Map Markers (PS4)• - Adds some new markers on map. 52. •VATS Third Person Only• - As the name says, just changes the cameras used in VATS. 53. •Component Tagging Helper• - Allows to easily tag basic components on cooking bench and you can quickly view how many you have in total. 54. •Grenade and Mine Pack• - Adds some new weaker, but modified explosives. 55. •Animations Be Gone• - Removes plenty annoying hammering spots in sanctuary. 56. •Power Goggles (All DLC) - Power Armor Mods For Goggles, Visors, And Glasses• - As the name says. Two mods for glasses for high level characters. 57. •Clothes For Every Stats Wz• - Most clothes can be worn under armor and you can upgrade them after unlocking ballistic weave. 58. •Bear Trap and Caltrops Fix [PS4]• - Bug fix and small changes in how traps work and balance to them. 59. •See-Through-Scopes [PS4]• - Adds new combat scopes in place of 2.5x and 4x magnification. 60. •See-Through-Scopes - Nuka World [PS4]• - Different combat scopes for handmade rifle and western revolver. 61. •See-Through-Scopes - Far Harbor [PS4]• - Different combat scopes for radium and lever action rifles. 62. •Legalized Top Tier Legendary Effects [PS4]• - Balances few legendary effects. 63. •Targeting Sensors On Recon Scopes(Colour Coded NPCs Version)[PS4]• - Modified recon scopes that highlight enemies, friends and dead bodies in specific colours. 64. •Immersive Gameplay Combat Mostly PS4• - Core of this modlist. Hundreds of changes. 65. •Immersive-Gameplay. Low Tech, No Powerarmor Justification Patch. (PS4)• - Makes fusion cores worn. Balances the game around power armor. 66. •Immersive Gameplay Seasonpass Patch (Playstation)• - DLC compatibility for IG. 67. •Immersive Gameplay Rough Start (PS4)• - Overwrites starting level to 1. 68. •Medium Settlement Raids PS4• - Makes enemy raids less ridiculous and balanced. 69. •Zombie Walkers (PS4)• - Most feral ghouls act like slow rotten zombies. 70. •Curse Of Darkness - Normal Edition -• - Zombies are faster and more dangerous after midnight. 71. •Esk No More Teleporting Creatures [PS4]• - Molerats and radscorpions don't teleport. 72. •Realistic Insects Health [PS4]• - Makes insects easier to kill and more balanced. 73. •Loot Logic And Reduction Complete - Enhanced• - Restricted harvest, lower and/or different production output for settlements, empty bottles renamed, Scrounger perk less ammo, less meat, less loot. 74. •Rough Start - Less Handouts• - Removed some workbenches in starting locations. Different loot in Vault111, radroaches balanced, 14 starting stats (overwritten if mod #99 used). * 75. *•Food, Drink and Crop Overhaul•** - Improved cooking, lead belly perk, farming magazines give important upgrades. Better recipes are locked behind perk ranks, added milk and crop seeds. 76. •PreWar Food +• - Prewar food is more useful. Balance and fixes. 77. •Settlement Progression-Local Leader (UOF4P)• - Changes cost and perk requirements of some important structures, changes local leader perk and adds rank 3. 78. •Wasteland Baubles Ring Overhaul! PS4• - You can find unique rings at traders, in suitcases, cabinets. Allows scraping and modifying and even crafting legendary rings. 79. •(PS4) Improved Lighting Ballistics• - Improves lighting for projectiles such as bullets, lasers, gauss, plasma, missiles, flares and explosions. 80. •[PS4] Realistic Bullets: Improved Lighting Ballistics Edition• - Makes bullets travel faster, more realistic and fixes some shooting bugs. 81. •Immersive Gameplay Dismemberment - A Patch Or Standalone Feature• - Higher damage to headshots, easier to dismember limbs. 82. •Tackle! Immersive Gameplay Knockdown Version• - Lets you stagger enemies by sprinting into them after aquiring a perk. 83. •Idiot Savant & Better Criticals Redone (PS4)• - Idiot savant is better the more INT you have, muted perk chart, better criticals perk for crits outside VATS. 84. •[PS4] STS - All-In-One• - Allows scraping almost all settlement objects for extra resources and clean bases. 85. •Faster Positive Affinity For Companions• - Removes cooldown between companions liking/hating your actions and gain five times more positive affinity. Or use extra mod #4. 86. •[PS4]More XP Per Level (Base:600, Bump 120)• - Increases experience required to level up for balance purposes. 87. •Increased EXP• - Increases the amount of EXP gained to make Immersive Gameplay and mod list balanced and playable. 88. •No Building Houses XP Gains PS4• - Building settlements don't provide experience. 89. •Realistic Death Physics - No Animation - ALL DLC [PS4]• - Decreases the amount of force of both melee and ranged attacks, so bodies wont fly away. 90. •Increased Settler Limit - Awareness - Wire Length - Corpse Collisions [PS4]• - More aware settlers with limit of 50 per settlement and longer wires. Mind the limit. 91. •Power Conduits Radius Increase And No Build Limit - All DLC [PS4]• - Infinite build limit and two times longer range electricity conduits. 92. •Settlement Attack Spawns Outside The Settlement PS4• - Moves attack spawns outside the settlement borders. 93. •[PS4] Creation Club Skins (Weapon & PipBoy) Generic Compatibility Patch• - Makes weapon paints from Creation Club show up in crafting menu. 94. •Pip-Boy Flashlight• - Pipboy light is now a flashlight. 95. •PS4 - Longer Headlamp Light• - Makes flashlight much bigger and changes headlamp and power armor light. 96. •No Enemy Respawns• - Game areas don't respawn loot and enemies, after time have passed. 97. •Accelerated Fast Travel• - Fast travel takes less in-game time, should be also relevant to survival needs. 98. •Time Scale Changed From 20 To 10 [PS4]• - Day and night lasts twice as long. 99. •[PS4] Starting SPECIAL = 7• - Changes starting SPECIAL stats to 1 in each category so you start weak. ---•If you decided to skip some mods, go check out 'Extra mods' below and add any you like.• ---•After installing above mods RESTART YOUR PS4/PS5!• ---•In options change game difficulty to survival.• ---•Play on performance 60fps mode (visual 60fps is not very smooth).• ---•Complete vault 111 until you get to the surface, do exit autosave and install below mod.• 100. •Saving Survival Mode• - Adds ability to save in survival difficulty through pip-boy MISC category. Option to save are always on top (3 autosave slots plus 1 main save slot shared by all survival characters). ---•Go to options, sound and reduce ambience level by 7 clicks and reverb by 3.• ---•For even more immersive settings, go to settings, gameplay and turn off quest markers.•
---•Set music volume to half, camera sensitivity to max or your choice, hud color to minty blue, pip-boy to red or any colour you like.•
Extra mods:
- •No Bugs In Vault 111 [PS4]• - No radroaches in starting area. Add as a last mod and leave or delete it afterwards.
- •Immortal Cats - PS4• - Invincible cats. Add after mod #84.
- •Vertibirds Unghosted• - Tweaks invincible vertibirds for danger and realism. Add after dogs not brahmins #31.
- •No Affinity Cooldown• - Removes cooldown between companions liking/hating your actions. Swap with mod #85.
- •Quieter Settlements PS4 - Contraptions DLC• - Quieter production lines. Add after mod #33.
- •Quieter Settlements PS4 - Wasteland Workshop• - Quieter fusion generators. Add after mod #33.
- •Pip-Boy Flashlight (Brighter)• - *For small, bright flashlight swap with mod #94 and move #95 one space above.
- •CleanVATS - Green Tint Remover PS4• - Removes fullscreen green tint effect while in VATS. Add after mod #51.
- •Longhorns Of The Commonwealth• - Adds longhorns to more empty areas on the map. Add after mod #9.
- •Gulpers Of The Commonwealth• - Adds gulpers to more empty areas on the map.
- •Radium Rifle Suppressed Sound Fix• - As the mod name suggests. Must be on top of mod list, its a master file. Add after mod #1.
12. •Explorer Restored - Cut Perk Mod PS4• - Adds rank two of VANS. New perk shows map markers. Add after #82.
V. 1.00 - Old version. V. 1.03 - Previous version. V. 2.00 - Completely remade. Have fun.2024.06.02 19:22 OriginalSprinkles718 Absolute Apocalypse! Immersive, satisfying, survival MOD LIST.
My goal was to build hard but balanced, immersive survival experience.
√ New game on survival difficulty required √ All six DLCs are needed √ Adding/removing mods later might break your game √ Only PS5 game version was tested
√ Very stable, no crashes
CHANGES:
- You start weak, tired, with barely any gear and 1 point in each SPECIAL stat.
- Enemies will flank, charge, take cover, pick up weapons and use up ammo.
- Added over thousand zombies plus another thousand of various creatures.
- Weakspot hits cause significantly more damage than attacking torso, armor matters.
- A lot easier to cripple and remove limbs and disable enemies.
- Ammo type/size greatly affects damage, explosives are powerful.
- Foes have special moves, wolves will bite and hold your limbs, humans know wrestling moves.
- Audio tweaked, added reverb and removed irritating sounds.
- Nights are dark and now you own very helpful flashlight.
- Improved colours, lighting, weather, sunrise, sunset and tweaked moon.
- Fire sources create atmospheric orange flickering light, old corpses attract buzzing flies.
- Flying bullets illuminate environment and have better physics.
- Tweaked animations in first person, corrected physics of dead bodies and enemy ragdoll.
- Creating gunpowder, scrapping bullets and crafting ammo available.
- Most clothes are wearable under armor, glasses can be slightly modded.
- Added rings as rare find in containers and in shops plus ability to scrap and craft legendary rings.
- Balanced legendary gear effects, crafting with technical documents, added swaps.
- Added possibility to craft few more explosives, and adhesive from plants.
- Crafting most turrets require plenty of ammo and special parts.
- Each SPECIAL stat is equally useful, well balanced and affect things like speed, accuracy, HP, AP, XP.
- Refreshed perks with bonus changes - ability to tackle, crits outside vats, reverse idiot savant etc.
- Building important structures and cooking better recipes require appropriate perks.
- Most magazines and companion bonuses changed.
- Majority of junk lying around was removed, less time spent on looting, better scarcity feel.
- Diverse mortal settlers with unique names and better awareness.
- You can hire guards in settlements for caps after completing important faction events.
- Leveling up does not give health, increasing SPECIAL is locked behind character levels.
- Restricted harvest of planted (not wild) fruit and veggies, scavenging stations more important.
- Added different [Tags] to majority of items for convienience.
- Quick travel available only to discovered settlements, travel won't pass in-game time.
- Only rare enemies like bosses and unique NPC's drop legendary gear.
- More objects to build in bases, plenty of decorative options.
- Loot and enemies don't respawn, day/night cycle length doubled.
- Saving the game through Pip-Boy on survival difficulty, new simple colors skins can be set.
- Disabled not important radiant Minuteman quests and hammering in Sanctuary.
- Music and weather are dependent on map regions.
- Dialogue fixes and camera focused only on NPC's.
- Reduced amount of grass, rubble, twigs, fog and removed unimmersive puddles.
- Access to tag and see actual number of components owned on a cooking bench.
- No build limit, raised amount of maximum settlers per settlement.
- Longer wire and conduits range, settlers awareness tweaked.
- Replaced combat scopes, improved recon scopes.
- Few more map markers, VATS cameras in 3rd person, agressive radstags, some blur removed.
* And many more...
KNOWN PROBLEMS:
- Ground textures flicker black around Sanctuary (Fixes itself after some time).
- Locksmith doesn't make lockpicking any easier. FIX: Install "Quick Hack and Pick" mod after getting all levels of locksmith perk. Just replace "[PS4] Starting SPECIAL = 7".
- Hacking rank 4 does nothing. (Just skip it).
- Action girl perk have only one rank on female character and two on male.
- Few perk texts slightly incorrect.
- Incorrect build cost of concrete foundations, barn menu, 3 street lights and subway light.
- Some Creation Club items might not be properly balanced.
- Occasional visual glitch when moving underwater (Water surface flashing).
- Access to 'Hubby Basement' full of supplies in Sanctuary (Easy quick start).
- Animal fat wont drop at all (Not important).
- Green chest outside vault 111 containing 10k flares and flare gun (Just ignore it).
- Sound of some wall mounted turrets glitches and plays on repeat.
- Perception debuff vanilla FO4 glitch ("Vrexia's Magical Rings" mod to offset stats safely).
- Pip-Boy light wont transfer correctly from 3rd person to 1st (Turn flashlight off and on).
* Can't open Wattz Consumer Electronics terminal (Kill roach behind wall using melee/explosives).
LIST WITH CORECT ORDER:
Mods and entries in bold are neccessary, don't skip them! 1. •Unofficial Fallout 4 Patch [UFO4P] [PS4]• Thousands of small bug fixes for FO4. 2. •Looted World - PS• - Removes 90% of loose loot in the world. Easily accessible and obvious places are almost empty. Some areas like habited settlements or vaults still have items. Makes you pick up less, play more. You can still buy shipments of components and now scraping settlements is a great early source of materials. Small boost to performance. If you are tired of constantly picking up loot, this is a good choice. 3. •[PS4] Pip-Boy Paint Jobs - Colors Of The Wasteland Pack (Club Freedom)• - Adds simple Pip-Boy skins. Remember you can click touchpad while using pip-boy to zoom. Again a master file. 4. •Kane's Items Sorting (PS4)• - Tags quest items, components, bones, bobbleheads, holotapes, notes, chems, liquors, syringes, 99% of junk for better item management and easier looting (water, aid, stealthboys, few food items and some mags are marked by Immersive gameplay). Empty bottles/vases are not marked. 5. •[PS] Useful Technical Documents - Legendaries• - You can swap legendaries for free, create new ones using technical documents. 6. •Named NPC Protection [PS4]• - Protects named quest npc's, merchants, important characters from random encounters with enemies. 7. •Ghouls Of Commonwealth• - Adds over 1100 feral ghouls for zombie apocalypse and chaos. 8. •Tribals of Commonwealth• - Adds tribal groups, often found in wilderness. 9. •Snipers Of Commonwealth• - Adds over 150 snipers including few unique ones. 10. •Rabbits, Chickens, Crabs, Wolves, And Gulpers In The Commonwealth• - Adds more creatures and enemies. 11. •Hermit Crabs Of The Commonwealth• - Adds 12 hermit crabs to the map. 12. •Wolves Of The Commonwealth• - Adds wolf spawn points to the map. 13. •More Behemoths In Commonwealth• - Adds 5 more behemots to the Commonwealth. 14. •DLC Creatures In The Commonwealth [PS4]• - Adds 200 creature spawns to the commonwealth for constant war, danger and chaos. 15. •Behind Enemy Lines• - Adds plenty of enemies to the glowing sea region. 16. •Roving War Parties, Raiding Packs And Hordes Of MY• - Adds wandering groups that attack some key locations. Some groups are very strong. 17. •More Radstags• - Adds plenty of radstags, especially north and into forests. 18. •Better Radstags• - More agressive radstags. 19. •Not a Princess• - Humans can grab you/others and slam on the ground, make karate moves, dogs can hold your legs/arms, bloodbugs suck your blood. 20. •Disable Minutemen's Annoying Quests [PS4]• - Disables 7 types of repetitive and not important radiant quests. 21. •[PS4] Grounded Updated By Sarinia• - Adds tons of ground foundations, floors, walls, mounds of dirt to Structures-Concrete menu. 22. •Miscellaneous Settlement Items Unlocked [PS4] By Callias• - Adds 49 objects to build in settlements. 23. •Cinder Block Walls And Sandbags Unlocked [PS4] By Callias• - Adds 16 objects like cinder blocks and sandbags. 24. •Constructible Faction Guards• - Adds ability to hire guards for caps in build menu, but only after allying with a faction. 25. •[PS4] OCDecorator• - Adds inventory items as a decorational building objects. 26. •[PS4] OCDecorator DLC• - Support for addons for the above mod. 27. •Tweaks - Survival Fast Travel Settlements All DLC• - You can fast travel to settlements on survival difficulty. 28. •1st Person Animation Tweaks [PS4]• - In first person mode you lower your gun automatically. 29. •[PS4] Swinging Animated Meat Bags• - Adds animation to supermutant meat bags and flies with buzzing sound to corpses. 30. •No Sneak Indicators• - Completely removes all sneak indicators. 31. •[PS4] Dogs Not Brahmin• - Provisioners and traders use dogs instead of brahmin. 32. •[PS4] Simple Settlers (Mortal Edition)• - Provides bigger settlers pool (five times more) and names them. Immortal version available. 33. •Quieter Settlements PS4 - Vanilla• - Generators, turrets and hammering are much quieter. 34. •Fallout 76-Style Region Music• - Changes music in regions for less boring/repetitive background tracks. 35. •Reverb And Ambiance Overhaul - ALL DLC [PS4]• - Tweaks sounds for better ambient and reverb and adds sliders to options. 36. •Better Dialogue• - Camera focuses on NPC, changes made to some irritating generic dialogues and tweaked dialogue interuption. 37. •Esk QuietPerks [PS4]• - Muted five annoying perks like idiot savant. 38. •No Experience SFX• - Silences sounds when gaining experience from various sources. 39. •[PS4] Dead Beat• - Removes heart beat sound at low HP. 40. •Combat Music Remover• - Mutes combat music, so there is silence and suspension when enemy detects you. 41. •Commonwealth Visual Overhaul & DLC [PS4]• - Changes colours, atmosphere and makes nights darker. 42. •UCW - Unified Commonwealth Weather• - Adjusted weather for regions and integrated DLC weather for Commonwealth. 43. •[PS4] No More Fake Puddles• - Removes ugly puddles that stay 24/7. 44. Reduced Rubble Etc. - Decreases intensity of grass, rubble, twigs and other unimportant objects. 45. •TLS Fallout 4 Subtle FPS Improver• - Small changes like decreasing grass and water movement speed, and tiny radius decrease of some light sources. Windy weather grass/branches fix.* 46. •[PS4] Enhanced Flickering Firelight• - Better light effects for fire sources including oil lamps. 47. •Sunlight Alignment Tweak - Better Dawn And Dusk [PS4]• - Changes sun and moon movement for better lighting and atmosphere during dusk, dawn and night. 48. •Vanilla Moon (4x)• - Much bigger moon. Anything bigger looks low quality. 49. •Crafting Blur Removal (PS4)• - Removes blur while looting containers, from crafting screen, power armor. 50. •Ironsight Blur Removal (PS4)• - Removes blur while aiming. 51. •More Map Markers (PS4)• - Adds some new markers on map. 52. •VATS Third Person Only• - As the name says, just changes the cameras used in VATS. 53. •Component Tagging Helper• - Allows to easily tag basic components on cooking bench and you can quickly view how many you have in total. 54. •Grenade and Mine Pack• - Adds some new weaker, but modified explosives. 55. •Animations Be Gone• - Removes plenty annoying hammering spots in sanctuary. 56. •Power Goggles (All DLC) - Power Armor Mods For Goggles, Visors, And Glasses• - As the name says. Two mods for glasses for high level characters. 57. •Clothes For Every Stats Wz• - Most clothes can be worn under armor and you can upgrade them after unlocking ballistic weave. 58. •Bear Trap and Caltrops Fix [PS4]• - Bug fix and small changes in how traps work and balance to them. 59. •See-Through-Scopes [PS4]• - Adds new combat scopes in place of 2.5x and 4x magnification. 60. •See-Through-Scopes - Nuka World [PS4]• - Different combat scopes for handmade rifle and western revolver. 61. •See-Through-Scopes - Far Harbor [PS4]• - Different combat scopes for radium and lever action rifles. 62. •Legalized Top Tier Legendary Effects [PS4]• - Balances few legendary effects. 63. •Targeting Sensors On Recon Scopes(Colour Coded NPCs Version)[PS4]• - Modified recon scopes that highlight enemies, friends and dead bodies in specific colours. 64. •Immersive Gameplay Combat Mostly PS4• - Core of this modlist. Hundreds of changes. 65. •Immersive-Gameplay. Low Tech, No Powerarmor Justification Patch. (PS4)• - Makes fusion cores worn. Balances the game around power armor. 66. •Immersive Gameplay Seasonpass Patch (Playstation)• - DLC compatibility for IG. 67. •Immersive Gameplay Rough Start (PS4)• - Overwrites starting level to 1. 68. •Medium Settlement Raids PS4• - Makes enemy raids less ridiculous and balanced. 69. •Zombie Walkers (PS4)• - Most feral ghouls act like slow rotten zombies. 70. •Curse Of Darkness - Normal Edition -• - Zombies are faster and more dangerous after midnight. 71. •Esk No More Teleporting Creatures [PS4]• - Molerats and radscorpions don't teleport. 72. •Realistic Insects Health [PS4]• - Makes insects easier to kill and more balanced. 73. •Loot Logic And Reduction Complete - Enhanced• - Restricted harvest, lower and/or different production output for settlements, empty bottles renamed, Scrounger perk less ammo, less meat, less loot. 74. •Rough Start - Less Handouts• - Removed some workbenches in starting locations. Different loot in Vault111, radroaches balanced, 14 starting stats (overwritten if mod #99 used). * 75. *•Food, Drink and Crop Overhaul•** - Improved cooking, lead belly perk, farming magazines give important upgrades. Better recipes are locked behind perk ranks, added milk and crop seeds. 76. •PreWar Food +• - Prewar food is more useful. Balance and fixes. 77. •Settlement Progression-Local Leader (UOF4P)• - Changes cost and perk requirements of some important structures, changes local leader perk and adds rank 3. 78. •Wasteland Baubles Ring Overhaul! PS4• - You can find unique rings at traders, in suitcases, cabinets. Allows scraping and modifying and even crafting legendary rings. 79. •(PS4) Improved Lighting Ballistics• - Improves lighting for projectiles such as bullets, lasers, gauss, plasma, missiles, flares and explosions. 80. •[PS4] Realistic Bullets: Improved Lighting Ballistics Edition• - Makes bullets travel faster, more realistic and fixes some shooting bugs. 81. •Immersive Gameplay Dismemberment - A Patch Or Standalone Feature• - Higher damage to headshots, easier to dismember limbs. 82. •Tackle! Immersive Gameplay Knockdown Version• - Lets you stagger enemies by sprinting into them after aquiring a perk. 83. •Idiot Savant & Better Criticals Redone (PS4)• - Idiot savant is better the more INT you have, muted perk chart, better criticals perk for crits outside VATS. 84. •[PS4] STS - All-In-One• - Allows scraping almost all settlement objects for extra resources and clean bases. 85. •Faster Positive Affinity For Companions• - Removes cooldown between companions liking/hating your actions and gain five times more positive affinity. Or use extra mod #4. 86. •[PS4]More XP Per Level (Base:600, Bump 120)• - Increases experience required to level up for balance purposes. 87. •Increased EXP• - Increases the amount of EXP gained to make Immersive Gameplay and mod list balanced and playable. 88. •No Building Houses XP Gains PS4• - Building settlements don't provide experience. 89. •Realistic Death Physics - No Animation - ALL DLC [PS4]• - Decreases the amount of force of both melee and ranged attacks, so bodies wont fly away. 90. •Increased Settler Limit - Awareness - Wire Length - Corpse Collisions [PS4]• - More aware settlers with limit of 50 per settlement and longer wires. Mind the limit. 91. •Power Conduits Radius Increase And No Build Limit - All DLC [PS4]• - Infinite build limit and two times longer range electricity conduits. 92. •Settlement Attack Spawns Outside The Settlement PS4• - Moves attack spawns outside the settlement borders. 93. •[PS4] Creation Club Skins (Weapon & PipBoy) Generic Compatibility Patch• - Makes weapon paints from Creation Club show up in crafting menu. 94. •Pip-Boy Flashlight• - Pipboy light is now a flashlight. 95. •PS4 - Longer Headlamp Light• - Makes flashlight much bigger and changes headlamp and power armor light. 96. •No Enemy Respawns• - Game areas don't respawn loot and enemies, after time have passed. 97. •Accelerated Fast Travel• - Fast travel takes less in-game time, should be also relevant to survival needs. 98. •Time Scale Changed From 20 To 10 [PS4]• - Day and night lasts twice as long. 99. •[PS4] Starting SPECIAL = 7• - Changes starting SPECIAL stats to 1 in each category so you start weak. ---•If you decided to skip some mods, go check out 'Extra mods' below and add any you like.• ---•After installing above mods RESTART YOUR PS4/PS5!• ---•In options change game difficulty to survival.• ---•Play on performance 60fps mode (visual 60fps is not very smooth).• ---•Complete vault 111 until you get to the surface, do exit autosave and install below mod.• 100. •Saving Survival Mode• - Adds ability to save in survival difficulty through pip-boy MISC category. Option to save are always on top (3 autosave slots plus 1 main save slot shared by all survival characters). ---•Go to options, sound and reduce ambience level by 7 clicks and reverb by 3.• ---•For even more immersive settings, go to settings, gameplay and turn off quest markers.•
---•Set music volume to half, camera sensitivity to max or your choice, hud color to minty blue, pip-boy to red or any colour you like.•
Extra mods:
- •No Bugs In Vault 111 [PS4]• - No radroaches in starting area. Add as a last mod and leave or delete it afterwards.
- •Immortal Cats - PS4• - Invincible cats. Add after mod #84.
- •Vertibirds Unghosted• - Tweaks invincible vertibirds for danger and realism. Add after dogs not brahmins #31.
- •No Affinity Cooldown• - Removes cooldown between companions liking/hating your actions. Swap with mod #85.
- •Quieter Settlements PS4 - Contraptions DLC• - Quieter production lines. Add after mod #33.
- •Quieter Settlements PS4 - Wasteland Workshop• - Quieter fusion generators. Add after mod #33.
- •Pip-Boy Flashlight (Brighter)• - *For small, bright flashlight swap with mod #94 and move #95 one space above.
- •CleanVATS - Green Tint Remover PS4• - Removes fullscreen green tint effect while in VATS. Add after mod #51.
- •Longhorns Of The Commonwealth• - Adds longhorns to more empty areas on the map. Add after mod #9.
- •Gulpers Of The Commonwealth• - Adds gulpers to more empty areas on the map.
- •Radium Rifle Suppressed Sound Fix• - As the mod name suggests. Must be on top of mod list, its a master file. Add after mod #1.
12. •Explorer Restored - Cut Perk Mod PS4• - Adds rank two of VANS. New perk shows map markers. Add after #82.
V. 1.00 - Old version. V. 1.03 - Previous version. V. 2.00 - Completely remade. Have fun.2024.06.02 19:21 iamkingsleyf 13 Substitutes for Alcohol
Are you trying to reduce alcohol consumption but not sure how to replace the social lubricant? No problem!
The fact is that there are plenty of ways to get your party on without relying on alcohol as your primary source of entertainment.
From kombucha to kombucha-inspired cocktails, here are substitutes for alcohol that will satisfy your cravings without ruining your body or your social life.
Try one of these fizzy juice drinks if you're looking for a non-alcoholic option that will still give you a buzz! Some brands include Izze, Twisted Tea, and Reed's Ginger Brew.
Instead, they use things like grape juice or fruit concentrate. The taste is similar to regular wine but doesn’t have the same effect.
Fortunately, making your own cold brew coffee at home is easy. And the best part? You can do it without alcohol.
Here's how:
Add a splash of fruit juice or fresh fruit for flavor. The possibilities are endless; try experimenting with combinations such as strawberry-lime, grapefruit-ginger, or raspberry-pineapple.
Not to mention, it tastes great! If you’re looking for a non-alcoholic alternative to your favorite beer or mixed drink, give the ginger ale a try as one of the substitutes for alcohol.
Try this fantastic recipe for Club Soda Watermelon: take a sliced watermelon, fill with ice cubes, add 2-3 tablespoons of sugar and sprinkle 1/2 cup of ginger ale or lemon-lime soda over the top. Then cut into wedges to serve!
Combine cranberry juice, club soda, and grenadine in a glass. Garnish with a cherry or orange slice, if desired.
This tart and fruity drink are perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth without the alcohol. Plus, it's pretty to look at too! Garnish with fresh berries or a sprig of mint for a refreshing twist.
If you're looking for something fruity, add some freshly squeezed lemon juice or a splash of your favorite fruit juice.
Add a natural sweetener like honey or agave nectar for a bit of sweetness. And if you want to get creative, you can add some herbs or spices like mint leaves or cinnamon sticks.
This recipe uses herbal tea, honey, and spices to give you all the flavor of a traditional hot toddy without the booze. Add some cinnamon sticks or cloves for an extra kick!
It’s not that hard to find good drinks without alcohol. You just need to be willing to experiment with different flavors and ingredients until you find something that works for you.
Conclusion
Plenty of options are available if you're looking for a way to reduce your alcohol consumption or quit drinking altogether.
From kombucha and mocktails to seltzer water and non-alcoholic beer, there's something for everyone. And, who knows? You might just find that you enjoy one of these substitutes for alcohol more than alcohol.
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The fact is that there are plenty of ways to get your party on without relying on alcohol as your primary source of entertainment.
From kombucha to kombucha-inspired cocktails, here are substitutes for alcohol that will satisfy your cravings without ruining your body or your social life.
Fizzy Juice Drinks
Fizzy juice drinks are great substitutes for alcohol. They are refreshing, come in various flavors, and can be easily found at most stores. Plus, they are usually much cheaper than alcohol.Try one of these fizzy juice drinks if you're looking for a non-alcoholic option that will still give you a buzz! Some brands include Izze, Twisted Tea, and Reed's Ginger Brew.
Booze Free Wines
These are becoming more and more popular as people are looking for ways to cut down on their alcohol intake. There are a few different brands, but they all make wine without alcohol.Instead, they use things like grape juice or fruit concentrate. The taste is similar to regular wine but doesn’t have the same effect.
Non-Alcoholic Beer
If you love the taste of alcohol but not the effects, there are plenty of delicious mocktails for you to enjoy. From fruity drinks to creamy concoctions, there's sure to be a non-alcoholic beverage out there that will tantalize your taste buds.DIY Cold Brew Coffee (Without Alcohol)
If you're like me, you love the taste of cold brew coffee and want to experiment with substitutes for alcohol. But what you don't love is the price tag.Fortunately, making your own cold brew coffee at home is easy. And the best part? You can do it without alcohol.
Here's how:
- First, gather your supplies. You'll need coffee beans, a pitcher, a funnel, and a strainer.
- Next, grind your beans. I like to use a coarse grind, but feel free to experiment with different grind sizes to see what you prefer.
Wine Spritzers
Wine spritzers are refreshing and light substitutes for alcohol. They are perfect for summer days or when you're craving something fruity. To make a wine spritzer, combine one wine with one part sparkling water or club soda.Add a splash of fruit juice or fresh fruit for flavor. The possibilities are endless; try experimenting with combinations such as strawberry-lime, grapefruit-ginger, or raspberry-pineapple.
Sparkling Seltzer
Regarding seltzers, the two most popular options are Perrier and LaCroix. Both can be found in many different flavors, so if you want an alcoholic beverage without the alcohol taste, this is your best bet!Vodka Soda
Vodka has fewer calories than red wine and has no carbs, making it a great substitute if you need something to satisfy your sweet tooth but don't want all the sugar from it regular soda.Ginger Ale
When you’re feeling queasy, nothing beats ginger ale. The fizzy beverage can help with nausea and an upset stomach. It’s also a great way to rehydrate after a night of drinking.Not to mention, it tastes great! If you’re looking for a non-alcoholic alternative to your favorite beer or mixed drink, give the ginger ale a try as one of the substitutes for alcohol.
Soda Water
Bubbly and satisfying, club soda is a great way to get your fix without the alcohol. Be careful not to mix it with sugary mixers, which negates the benefits.Try this fantastic recipe for Club Soda Watermelon: take a sliced watermelon, fill with ice cubes, add 2-3 tablespoons of sugar and sprinkle 1/2 cup of ginger ale or lemon-lime soda over the top. Then cut into wedges to serve!
Grenadine Cocktail
If you're craving more substantial substitutes for alcohol, try adding a shot of vodka or rum to the mix. Or, for a non-alcoholic version that's just as tasty, mix cranberry juice, pomegranate juice, and seltzer water.Combine cranberry juice, club soda, and grenadine in a glass. Garnish with a cherry or orange slice, if desired.
This tart and fruity drink are perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth without the alcohol. Plus, it's pretty to look at too! Garnish with fresh berries or a sprig of mint for a refreshing twist.
Kombucha
GT's Kombucha: This brand has been around for a while and has various flavors. Their original flavor is our favorite. Health-Ade Kombucha: This brand is known for its unique flavors, like watermelon and ginger lemon. They're all delicious!Iced Tea
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2024.06.02 19:19 OriginalSprinkles718 [FO4][PS5/PS4] Absolute Apocalypse! Immersive, satisfying, survival MOD LIST.
My goal was to build hard but balanced, immersive survival experience.
√ New game on survival difficulty required √ All six DLCs are needed √ Adding/removing mods later might break your game √ Only PS5 game version was tested
√ Very stable, no crashes
CHANGES:
- You start weak, tired, with barely any gear and 1 point in each SPECIAL stat.
- Enemies will flank, charge, take cover, pick up weapons and use up ammo.
- Added over thousand zombies plus another thousand of various creatures.
- Weakspot hits cause significantly more damage than attacking torso, armor matters.
- A lot easier to cripple and remove limbs and disable enemies.
- Ammo type/size greatly affects damage, explosives are powerful.
- Foes have special moves, wolves will bite and hold your limbs, humans know wrestling moves.
- Audio tweaked, added reverb and removed irritating sounds.
- Nights are dark and now you own very helpful flashlight.
- Improved colours, lighting, weather, sunrise, sunset and tweaked moon.
- Fire sources create atmospheric orange flickering light, old corpses attract buzzing flies.
- Flying bullets illuminate environment and have better physics.
- Tweaked animations in first person, corrected physics of dead bodies and enemy ragdoll.
- Creating gunpowder, scrapping bullets and crafting ammo available.
- Most clothes are wearable under armor, glasses can be slightly modded.
- Added rings as rare find in containers and in shops plus ability to scrap and craft legendary rings.
- Balanced legendary gear effects, crafting with technical documents, added swaps.
- Added possibility to craft few more explosives, and adhesive from plants.
- Crafting most turrets require plenty of ammo and special parts.
- Each SPECIAL stat is equally useful, well balanced and affect things like speed, accuracy, HP, AP, XP.
- Refreshed perks with bonus changes - ability to tackle, crits outside vats, reverse idiot savant etc.
- Building important structures and cooking better recipes require appropriate perks.
- Most magazines and companion bonuses changed.
- Majority of junk lying around was removed, less time spent on looting, better scarcity feel.
- Diverse mortal settlers with unique names and better awareness.
- You can hire guards in settlements for caps after completing important faction events.
- Leveling up does not give health, increasing SPECIAL is locked behind character levels.
- Restricted harvest of planted (not wild) fruit and veggies, scavenging stations more important.
- Added different [Tags] to majority of items for convienience.
- Quick travel available only to discovered settlements, travel won't pass in-game time.
- Only rare enemies like bosses and unique NPC's drop legendary gear.
- More objects to build in bases, plenty of decorative options.
- Loot and enemies don't respawn, day/night cycle length doubled.
- Saving the game through Pip-Boy on survival difficulty, new simple colors skins can be set.
- Disabled not important radiant Minuteman quests and hammering in Sanctuary.
- Music and weather are dependent on map regions.
- Dialogue fixes and camera focused only on NPC's.
- Reduced amount of grass, rubble, twigs, fog and removed unimmersive puddles.
- Access to tag and see actual number of components owned on a cooking bench.
- No build limit, raised amount of maximum settlers per settlement.
- Longer wire and conduits range, settlers awareness tweaked.
- Replaced combat scopes, improved recon scopes.
- Few more map markers, VATS cameras in 3rd person, agressive radstags, some blur removed.
* And many more...
KNOWN PROBLEMS:
- Ground textures flicker black around Sanctuary (Fixes itself after some time).
- Locksmith doesn't make lockpicking any easier. FIX: Install "Quick Hack and Pick" mod after getting all levels of locksmith perk. Just replace "[PS4] Starting SPECIAL = 7".
- Hacking rank 4 does nothing. (Just skip it).
- Action girl perk have only one rank on female character and two on male.
- Few perk texts slightly incorrect.
- Incorrect build cost of concrete foundations, barn menu, 3 street lights and subway light.
- Some Creation Club items might not be properly balanced.
- Occasional visual glitch when moving underwater (Water surface flashing).
- Access to 'Hubby Basement' full of supplies in Sanctuary (Easy quick start).
- Animal fat wont drop at all (Not important).
- Green chest outside vault 111 containing 10k flares and flare gun (Just ignore it).
- Sound of some wall mounted turrets glitches and plays on repeat.
- Perception debuff vanilla FO4 glitch ("Vrexia's Magical Rings" mod to offset stats safely).
- Pip-Boy light wont transfer correctly from 3rd person to 1st (Turn flashlight off and on).
* Can't open Wattz Consumer Electronics terminal (Kill roach behind wall using melee/explosives).
LIST WITH CORECT ORDER:
Mods and entries in bold are neccessary, don't skip them! 1. •Unofficial Fallout 4 Patch [UFO4P] [PS4]• Thousands of small bug fixes for FO4. 2. •Looted World - PS• - Removes 90% of loose loot in the world. Easily accessible and obvious places are almost empty. Some areas like habited settlements or vaults still have items. Makes you pick up less, play more. You can still buy shipments of components and now scraping settlements is a great early source of materials. Small boost to performance. If you are tired of constantly picking up loot, this is a good choice. 3. •[PS4] Pip-Boy Paint Jobs - Colors Of The Wasteland Pack (Club Freedom)• - Adds simple Pip-Boy skins. Remember you can click touchpad while using pip-boy to zoom. Again a master file. 4. •Kane's Items Sorting (PS4)• - Tags quest items, components, bones, bobbleheads, holotapes, notes, chems, liquors, syringes, 99% of junk for better item management and easier looting (water, aid, stealthboys, few food items and some mags are marked by Immersive gameplay). Empty bottles/vases are not marked. 5. •[PS] Useful Technical Documents - Legendaries• - You can swap legendaries for free, create new ones using technical documents. 6. •Named NPC Protection [PS4]• - Protects named quest npc's, merchants, important characters from random encounters with enemies. 7. •Ghouls Of Commonwealth• - Adds over 1100 feral ghouls for zombie apocalypse and chaos. 8. •Tribals of Commonwealth• - Adds tribal groups, often found in wilderness. 9. •Snipers Of Commonwealth• - Adds over 150 snipers including few unique ones. 10. •Rabbits, Chickens, Crabs, Wolves, And Gulpers In The Commonwealth• - Adds more creatures and enemies. 11. •Hermit Crabs Of The Commonwealth• - Adds 12 hermit crabs to the map. 12. •Wolves Of The Commonwealth• - Adds wolf spawn points to the map. 13. •More Behemoths In Commonwealth• - Adds 5 more behemots to the Commonwealth. 14. •DLC Creatures In The Commonwealth [PS4]• - Adds 200 creature spawns to the commonwealth for constant war, danger and chaos. 15. •Behind Enemy Lines• - Adds plenty of enemies to the glowing sea region. 16. •Roving War Parties, Raiding Packs And Hordes Of MY• - Adds wandering groups that attack some key locations. Some groups are very strong. 17. •More Radstags• - Adds plenty of radstags, especially north and into forests. 18. •Better Radstags• - More agressive radstags. 19. •Not a Princess• - Humans can grab you/others and slam on the ground, make karate moves, dogs can hold your legs/arms, bloodbugs suck your blood. 20. •Disable Minutemen's Annoying Quests [PS4]• - Disables 7 types of repetitive and not important radiant quests. 21. •[PS4] Grounded Updated By Sarinia• - Adds tons of ground foundations, floors, walls, mounds of dirt to Structures-Concrete menu. 22. •Miscellaneous Settlement Items Unlocked [PS4] By Callias• - Adds 49 objects to build in settlements. 23. •Cinder Block Walls And Sandbags Unlocked [PS4] By Callias• - Adds 16 objects like cinder blocks and sandbags. 24. •Constructible Faction Guards• - Adds ability to hire guards for caps in build menu, but only after allying with a faction. 25. •[PS4] OCDecorator• - Adds inventory items as a decorational building objects. 26. •[PS4] OCDecorator DLC• - Support for addons for the above mod. 27. •Tweaks - Survival Fast Travel Settlements All DLC• - You can fast travel to settlements on survival difficulty. 28. •1st Person Animation Tweaks [PS4]• - In first person mode you lower your gun automatically. 29. •[PS4] Swinging Animated Meat Bags• - Adds animation to supermutant meat bags and flies with buzzing sound to corpses. 30. •No Sneak Indicators• - Completely removes all sneak indicators. 31. •[PS4] Dogs Not Brahmin• - Provisioners and traders use dogs instead of brahmin. 32. •[PS4] Simple Settlers (Mortal Edition)• - Provides bigger settlers pool (five times more) and names them. Immortal version available. 33. •Quieter Settlements PS4 - Vanilla• - Generators, turrets and hammering are much quieter. 34. •Fallout 76-Style Region Music• - Changes music in regions for less boring/repetitive background tracks. 35. •Reverb And Ambiance Overhaul - ALL DLC [PS4]• - Tweaks sounds for better ambient and reverb and adds sliders to options. 36. •Better Dialogue• - Camera focuses on NPC, changes made to some irritating generic dialogues and tweaked dialogue interuption. 37. •Esk QuietPerks [PS4]• - Muted five annoying perks like idiot savant. 38. •No Experience SFX• - Silences sounds when gaining experience from various sources. 39. •[PS4] Dead Beat• - Removes heart beat sound at low HP. 40. •Combat Music Remover• - Mutes combat music, so there is silence and suspension when enemy detects you. 41. •Commonwealth Visual Overhaul & DLC [PS4]• - Changes colours, atmosphere and makes nights darker. 42. •UCW - Unified Commonwealth Weather• - Adjusted weather for regions and integrated DLC weather for Commonwealth. 43. •[PS4] No More Fake Puddles• - Removes ugly puddles that stay 24/7. 44. Reduced Rubble Etc. - Decreases intensity of grass, rubble, twigs and other unimportant objects. 45. •TLS Fallout 4 Subtle FPS Improver• - Small changes like decreasing grass and water movement speed, and tiny radius decrease of some light sources. Windy weather grass/branches fix.* 46. •[PS4] Enhanced Flickering Firelight• - Better light effects for fire sources including oil lamps. 47. •Sunlight Alignment Tweak - Better Dawn And Dusk [PS4]• - Changes sun and moon movement for better lighting and atmosphere during dusk, dawn and night. 48. •Vanilla Moon (4x)• - Much bigger moon. Anything bigger looks low quality. 49. •Crafting Blur Removal (PS4)• - Removes blur while looting containers, from crafting screen, power armor. 50. •Ironsight Blur Removal (PS4)• - Removes blur while aiming. 51. •More Map Markers (PS4)• - Adds some new markers on map. 52. •VATS Third Person Only• - As the name says, just changes the cameras used in VATS. 53. •Component Tagging Helper• - Allows to easily tag basic components on cooking bench and you can quickly view how many you have in total. 54. •Grenade and Mine Pack• - Adds some new weaker, but modified explosives. 55. •Animations Be Gone• - Removes plenty annoying hammering spots in sanctuary. 56. •Power Goggles (All DLC) - Power Armor Mods For Goggles, Visors, And Glasses• - As the name says. Two mods for glasses for high level characters. 57. •Clothes For Every Stats Wz• - Most clothes can be worn under armor and you can upgrade them after unlocking ballistic weave. 58. •Bear Trap and Caltrops Fix [PS4]• - Bug fix and small changes in how traps work and balance to them. 59. •See-Through-Scopes [PS4]• - Adds new combat scopes in place of 2.5x and 4x magnification. 60. •See-Through-Scopes - Nuka World [PS4]• - Different combat scopes for handmade rifle and western revolver. 61. •See-Through-Scopes - Far Harbor [PS4]• - Different combat scopes for radium and lever action rifles. 62. •Legalized Top Tier Legendary Effects [PS4]• - Balances few legendary effects. 63. •Targeting Sensors On Recon Scopes(Colour Coded NPCs Version)[PS4]• - Modified recon scopes that highlight enemies, friends and dead bodies in specific colours. 64. •Immersive Gameplay Combat Mostly PS4• - Core of this modlist. Hundreds of changes. 65. •Immersive-Gameplay. Low Tech, No Powerarmor Justification Patch. (PS4)• - Makes fusion cores worn. Balances the game around power armor. 66. •Immersive Gameplay Seasonpass Patch (Playstation)• - DLC compatibility for IG. 67. •Immersive Gameplay Rough Start (PS4)• - Overwrites starting level to 1. 68. •Medium Settlement Raids PS4• - Makes enemy raids less ridiculous and balanced. 69. •Zombie Walkers (PS4)• - Most feral ghouls act like slow rotten zombies. 70. •Curse Of Darkness - Normal Edition -• - Zombies are faster and more dangerous after midnight. 71. •Esk No More Teleporting Creatures [PS4]• - Molerats and radscorpions don't teleport. 72. •Realistic Insects Health [PS4]• - Makes insects easier to kill and more balanced. 73. •Loot Logic And Reduction Complete - Enhanced• - Restricted harvest, lower and/or different production output for settlements, empty bottles renamed, Scrounger perk less ammo, less meat, less loot. 74. •Rough Start - Less Handouts• - Removed some workbenches in starting locations. Different loot in Vault111, radroaches balanced, 14 starting stats (overwritten if mod #99 used). * 75. *•Food, Drink and Crop Overhaul•** - Improved cooking, lead belly perk, farming magazines give important upgrades. Better recipes are locked behind perk ranks, added milk and crop seeds. 76. •PreWar Food +• - Prewar food is more useful. Balance and fixes. 77. •Settlement Progression-Local Leader (UOF4P)• - Changes cost and perk requirements of some important structures, changes local leader perk and adds rank 3. 78. •Wasteland Baubles Ring Overhaul! PS4• - You can find unique rings at traders, in suitcases, cabinets. Allows scraping and modifying and even crafting legendary rings. 79. •(PS4) Improved Lighting Ballistics• - Improves lighting for projectiles such as bullets, lasers, gauss, plasma, missiles, flares and explosions. 80. •[PS4] Realistic Bullets: Improved Lighting Ballistics Edition• - Makes bullets travel faster, more realistic and fixes some shooting bugs. 81. •Immersive Gameplay Dismemberment - A Patch Or Standalone Feature• - Higher damage to headshots, easier to dismember limbs. 82. •Tackle! Immersive Gameplay Knockdown Version• - Lets you stagger enemies by sprinting into them after aquiring a perk. 83. •Idiot Savant & Better Criticals Redone (PS4)• - Idiot savant is better the more INT you have, muted perk chart, better criticals perk for crits outside VATS. 84. •[PS4] STS - All-In-One• - Allows scraping almost all settlement objects for extra resources and clean bases. 85. •Faster Positive Affinity For Companions• - Removes cooldown between companions liking/hating your actions and gain five times more positive affinity. Or use extra mod #4. 86. •[PS4]More XP Per Level (Base:600, Bump 120)• - Increases experience required to level up for balance purposes. 87. •Increased EXP• - Increases the amount of EXP gained to make Immersive Gameplay and mod list balanced and playable. 88. •No Building Houses XP Gains PS4• - Building settlements don't provide experience. 89. •Realistic Death Physics - No Animation - ALL DLC [PS4]• - Decreases the amount of force of both melee and ranged attacks, so bodies wont fly away. 90. •Increased Settler Limit - Awareness - Wire Length - Corpse Collisions [PS4]• - More aware settlers with limit of 50 per settlement and longer wires. Mind the limit. 91. •Power Conduits Radius Increase And No Build Limit - All DLC [PS4]• - Infinite build limit and two times longer range electricity conduits. 92. •Settlement Attack Spawns Outside The Settlement PS4• - Moves attack spawns outside the settlement borders. 93. •[PS4] Creation Club Skins (Weapon & PipBoy) Generic Compatibility Patch• - Makes weapon paints from Creation Club show up in crafting menu. 94. •Pip-Boy Flashlight• - Pipboy light is now a flashlight. 95. •PS4 - Longer Headlamp Light• - Makes flashlight much bigger and changes headlamp and power armor light. 96. •No Enemy Respawns• - Game areas don't respawn loot and enemies, after time have passed. 97. •Accelerated Fast Travel• - Fast travel takes less in-game time, should be also relevant to survival needs. 98. •Time Scale Changed From 20 To 10 [PS4]• - Day and night lasts twice as long. 99. •[PS4] Starting SPECIAL = 7• - Changes starting SPECIAL stats to 1 in each category so you start weak. ---•If you decided to skip some mods, go check out 'Extra mods' below and add any you like.• ---•After installing above mods RESTART YOUR PS4/PS5!• ---•In options change game difficulty to survival.• ---•Play on performance 60fps mode (visual 60fps is not very smooth).• ---•Complete vault 111 until you get to the surface, do exit autosave and install below mod.• 100. •Saving Survival Mode• - Adds ability to save in survival difficulty through pip-boy MISC category. Option to save are always on top (3 autosave slots plus 1 main save slot shared by all survival characters). ---•Go to options, sound and reduce ambience level by 7 clicks and reverb by 3.• ---•For even more immersive settings, go to settings, gameplay and turn off quest markers.•
---•Set music volume to half, camera sensitivity to max or your choice, hud color to minty blue, pip-boy to red or any colour you like.•
Extra mods:
- •No Bugs In Vault 111 [PS4]• - No radroaches in starting area. Add as a last mod and leave or delete it afterwards.
- •Immortal Cats - PS4• - Invincible cats. Add after mod #84.
- •Vertibirds Unghosted• - Tweaks invincible vertibirds for danger and realism. Add after dogs not brahmins #31.
- •No Affinity Cooldown• - Removes cooldown between companions liking/hating your actions. Swap with mod #85.
- •Quieter Settlements PS4 - Contraptions DLC• - Quieter production lines. Add after mod #33.
- •Quieter Settlements PS4 - Wasteland Workshop• - Quieter fusion generators. Add after mod #33.
- •Pip-Boy Flashlight (Brighter)• - *For small, bright flashlight swap with mod #94 and move #95 one space above.
- •CleanVATS - Green Tint Remover PS4• - Removes fullscreen green tint effect while in VATS. Add after mod #51.
- •Longhorns Of The Commonwealth• - Adds longhorns to more empty areas on the map. Add after mod #9.
- •Gulpers Of The Commonwealth• - Adds gulpers to more empty areas on the map.
- •Radium Rifle Suppressed Sound Fix• - As the mod name suggests. Must be on top of mod list, its a master file. Add after mod #1.
12. •Explorer Restored - Cut Perk Mod PS4• - Adds rank two of VANS. New perk shows map markers. Add after #82.
V. 1.00 - Old version. V. 1.03 - Previous version. V. 2.00 - Completely remade. Have fun.2024.06.02 19:00 nikunikudouga Ibaragi Yoshimi, the debased Art by Hgoo
 | https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/118628189 by HGoo submitted by nikunikudouga to SenseisKitchen [link] [comments] Ibaragi Yoshimi. Age 15. Attends Trinity General School. Solid C student. Generally unremarkable when not considering her height. Rumour has it there’s an informal survey of Trinity students made by some Kronos assistants in their down time. At least, through autumn, they were just rumours. But one day, the full dossier was pasted on the midterm results wall, spurring a wave of gossip. Most students were unharmed. The data was biased towards the usual suspects: the Tea Party, the Justice Task Force, the Sisterhood, and Urawa Hanako. Yet amidst the plum trees that gave average students their anonymity, a certain shootout between a vigilante superstar and some thugs skyrocketed the After School Sweets Club to a frequent flyer in Kronos’ “Kivotos Express” section. It was Kazusa who captured hearts and minds. Branded as a soft-hearted delinquent (with an even softer belly), the rest of the club became her entourage of sweets-loving, maidenly thugs. “Top marks. It’s moe for a cat girl to be so skittish and feminine about her past! “The mysterious feline beauty is as sweet as she is hot-to-the-touch! Watch out, students! There’s a special side she insists is reserved for Sensei! Woe be upon she who witnesses it firsthand!” Natsu turned out to also host street sermons on various topics. One week, the topic was why lollipops need a tricolour swirl, at the very least. Another was what set Gehenners apart from civilised Trinity. “Trinity’s self-described ‘desserts philosopher’ is a bit underwhelming. Closer to a Hyakkiyako mystic than a thinker. Toss her a credit if you can spare it, though. The streets are so empty without her…” Airi and Yoshimi were left in the dust, Airi more so. Yoshimi, in spite of Kazusa, was seen as the most rambunctious thug of the group. “Ibaragi-san reminds us of certain disciplinarians on Gehenna’s Prefect Team. Selfish, prudish, and violent! Yes, whenever you can’t get a hold of Schale, remember that Gehenna students steal him from you! We are all too familiar with stories of his injuries, and this girl has the gall to be treated to parfaits only to then yell at him! “Ibaragi-san! How does it feel to be closer to the enemy than us?” Inconsolable, Airi suggested Yoshimi needed a complete rebirth. Flames, explosions, and a single pigeon all necessary. Natsu talked her down to a rebranding. “You aren’t too well known. If anything, taking up so much of Sensei’s time means you belong to a special class of students.” “Yeah. I’ve never heard anyone talk about you… ever,” Kazusa interjected. “Er… I mean-” Oh, for sure. No, yeah. I get it now. So, in pursuit of that devil, femininity, Yoshimi found herself in a dirty squat toilet, one stocking down the piss-stained drain, desperately trying to seem likable. She stayed up all night studying idol groups, trying to figure out an approachable but domesticated look. She settled on the cat logo pretty quickly, figuring that Kazusa was the best of them all and might give her a bit of trickle-down goodwill. The cardigans only took her a moment to figure out. Back in middle school, all girls were required to pass a winter physical examination. The fluffy sports jacket-type cardigans really sold the innocent little girl look. Admittedly, Yoshimi was getting excited. Natsu and Kazusa were right. She was pretty unknown to the general student body, and nobody probably even read up on their club. In her usual way, she hitched her skirt over her small belly. She watched the pleats spin languidly around her thighs before setting them in place with her cardigan. The distance between long, relatively conservative girlish clothing and the coquette-ish skirt made her own heartbeat. That they both ended at the same height only intensified it. Airi headed the meeting, and offered the lead guitarist position to Yoshimi. She was ecstatic about it. Kazusa and Natsu, she believed, would be happy on backup, away from the spotlight. She swatted her hands around her plump thighs, trying to ward off negative thoughts about the urine content in her soles. One Shiratori… Two Shiratori… Three Shiratori… :< Eyes shut, she slapped herself on the cheeks and wore her smile as blindingly bright as she could. Maturity was overrated. Being watchmeat would be good enough here. 2kuroba - /idol/ SUGAR RUSH DEBUTS AT TRINITY Anonymous No.4337036 Tell us what you saw and more importantly,what you didnt. Anonymous No. 4337042 Tell us what you sawpls. this was probably the only time i didnt accidentally catch a glimpse of the blonde girls bottoms Anonymous No.4337043 lolno. she was so close to the front of the stage. i swear they were pink with white polkadots.4337042 Anonymous No.4337045 the blonde one… who gaf about her. kazusa was literally right there guys. Anonymous No.4337046 fpbp Anonymous No.4337050 This. I don’t give a fuck about any of the rest of them. Mint choco and piggy rori are like if restaurants frontloaded you with shitty takuan.4337045 Anonymous No.4337051 i like takuan… Anonymous No.4337053 piggyros thighs got skinnier. -200 moe points. Anonymous No.4337054 kazusa. i will marry you. one day. you may not like it. you may even fight back. but cat scratches are a small price to pay for kitty love. Anonymous No.4337055 holy based4337054 Anonymous No.4337056 sis cooked4337054 Anonymous No.4337058 absolute cinema4337054 Anonymous No.4337062 but they were pink, right? Anonymous No.4337066 stfu gehenner. kazusa’s were lacy black. Anonymous No.4337068 kazu_buruma.jpg 5.6MBAnonymous No.4337073 Alright. That’s settled then. Kazusa is truly the greatest of all time. Fuck Kronos’ stupid list. Kazusa has rose designs on her bum. This thread has been archived. You cannot reply to it. |
2024.06.02 18:52 jigmest Good Sunday Morning! I achieved a new adult low weight of 196 lbs! It’s making me feel like I can achieve anything- I’ve gotten a lot of appreciation for these posts - thank you -more updates below
 | The week has been the usual shit show at work. I had a discussion with my management about the workload. Basically, management will not tell me to work on my days off; however, I’m a salary employee so I’m expected to get my shit done and meet expectations. Here’s the thing, if I put in a few hours on Sunday my work is done, expectations are met. At my pay grade, putting in a little extra work is pretty common, my job provides a comfortable lifestyle and my management offers a lot of flexibility as far as my schedule. It’s a give and take. submitted by jigmest to FTMOver30 [link] [comments] I’ve gotten into sporting Casio watches. I like the affordability, the value and functionality. I always thought I had a small dainty wrist but I can comfortably accommodate a Casio men’s watch. It makes me feel large and in charge to have a little bit of sparkle and bling on my wrist. I found some sturdy wind resistant outdoor umbrellas and got them up yesterday. I like the pop of red in my backyard. It’s going to be a hot summer in phoenix AZ this year (again). 2000 people have died from heat exhaustion in the past 5 years with 565 people dying last year alone from heat exhaustion alone. I ordered driving gloves for the first time in my life yesterday. Not much happening on in my dating world. I went on a horrible date with a guy from Grindr. We got along online and went out for Sushi. He shows up high, depressed and tired “having just woken up from a nap”. He had told me online he was an operations manager but in reality he does inventory for a local Guitar Shop. Strangely he said he was a musician with two albums on Spotify; however, Alexis could not search under his name of “Jeremy” only his “Album” name. He said it was meditation music but it just sounded like techno music to me which I didn’t like. He said that he owned a house with a pool and has a “housemate” from Scruff. He said he didn’t like gay men in the area as they were “extra” but he complained of headaches and back aches all night. He hit me up because he likes to watch straight porn and wanted something “different”. He also didn’t think most trans people got surgery because it was a prohibitory expense. I told him that some gender confirmation treatment is covered under most insurance policies. My T prescription off insurance was $40 and the average for top surgery is $5-10k. The price of a used car. People find money to buy drugs and to gamble with…I’m not here to change peoples minds or educate people. Stupid people can stay stupid for all I care. Adios, amigo. Not much going on in general in my trans world. I was thinking about making a North Phoenix Queer Social Group as I’m finding a lot of the other queer groups as adding extra drama to my life which I don’t need. I was thinking about starting out as having BBQs on the weekend at my house and see if it grows from there. However, I’m not sure if I want people from online in my house. As far as the political situation in Phoenix AZ, I’m not seeing the crazy flag waving F150 trucks driving around crazy like I did 4 years ago. Hate consumes others, then it’s own children and finally itself. Hate will burn itself out. We as (trans) people have rights too regardless of other people’s feelings. Please understand whatever is thrown at us, trans people have always been part of society. As far as I know, gender confirmation treatment for adults has not been threatened in the US (only treatment for minors). There are also safe havens states. Also remember there are a lot of bridges to cross as far as the presidential election. Even then, there are a lot of bridges to cross between words, action and law. Everyone, especially women, are under the same threat of having the right/freedom of one’s own destiny taken away from them. So I’ve spent this week at an all time adult low weight of 196 lbs. I’m entering a new phase of my diet. I got out my juicer and Ninja blender. At the Dollar store they have Smoothies starters which I really like. I put in an apple, coconut water, cucumber, zero sugacalorie maple syrup and the smoothie started. I give it a twirl, strain the pulp and it’s a meal. I’ve also stopped buying pork and red meat. I’ll occasionally by chicken Breast but mostly eat out of my pantry. It’s hard to figure out appropriate eating habit as I’ve never had one but I’m trying to figure it out. I got very hungry at 3 am this morning and gobbled down some freshly made Vietnamese lettuce spring rolls. Sometimes I feel like I can’t eat anything less without starving. Carry on I guess. My goal weight is 160 lbs. Ok gents/ladies and everyone in between: Wish yourself good fortune and good luck today! I will release vast amounts of positivity in the air for you to inhale. |
2024.06.02 18:43 ALDO113A Beyond the Spider-Verse introductions, thematic wrap-ups, and foreshadowing - an ATSV anniversary theory
Shortform
- Massive exploration of the Society beyond the big names we've spent time with in Across
- Villains forsaking their rivalries for survival and universes paving their own roads
- Gwen temporarily eating it but coming back, then leaning on her comic self (A variant)'s new Ghost-Spider ident to mark her defying fate's scythe
Premise
Here is the textual taxonomy of trilogys as I've heard in (obscure, hard-to-find) writing structure lessons- Installment 1: Exposit - What is the subject
- Installment 2: Analyze - What is the subject's meaning
- Installment 3: Perspectivize - What is the subject's value and suasoria
- Expanded the 'verse and the major cast by throwing a curve into their relationships and own philosophies
- Delved deeper into what makes a Spider-Man by presenting a free will vs. determinism arc a la Civil War that also happens to have metacommentary
"We're supposed to be the good guys."
Miles summarized his new path throughout the movie, then Gwen called out the Society for their enabling of so much death and suffering to serve a misguided dogma.
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There's almost certainly gonna an all-out ideological civil war (fists or not, composite of MCU and comics, but Spiders-only) like that split poster teased.
Gonna be grimly hilarious seeing Spinneret/Spiderling fight Peter B. and Mayday (the former are on Miguel's side to the left, along with Insomniac Spidey)
Yes, I believe there will be a few more new support characters in Beyond - there's a reason certain folks were at the front, and it's just really curious and a wasted opportunity that this Spider-MJ didn't interact at all with this active version of her other (stillborn) daughter or her (Mayday-616B) dad.
I very much appreciate the lifting of other Spidey variants to the zeitgeist fold - Noir, Ham, Gwendy-65, the UK/Punk and Indian ones, the weirdos like Parkedcar from Not! Pixar's Cars, a damn popsicle possibly (lol), a plushie, etc. - but they
Events and Themes
1. Universes
Serving the Installment 3 role, Beyond will probably tie up loose ends and make the above themes reverberate across universes. Like, for 42:- Miles Prowler can prove that the world doesn't always need Spider-Heroes to save itself, only the spirit of the concept - Spider-Man isn't the center of the multiverse, and given the last movie's title, it will navigate its own fate independent of any Spider at all - let the world do its own thing
- Maybe Kingpin and Dr. Octopus return someway, then emulate their TAS 1994 counterparts in allying with the Spiders out of existential pragmatics
2. Characters and Developments
By "reverberate," the Spider-Hero question is going to strike real nerves that change the Society and the world, making them examine the morality of the war they fight against anomalies like Spot; survival at all means and costs vs. idealistic stand against fate. And for certain Spiders, we could get more screentime with certain Society members and ex-members - preferably Spinneret and Spiderling, the Insomniac Spideys, and Scarlet Spider - and Endgame-ify Beyond's length.- The RYV (Reality-18119, Renew Your Vows) Parkers confide with the others including Peter B. on family and how do they keep it together in light of their role as preserving fate and existence itself
- PS4/5 bros relate their experiences of loss and keeping going, especially to 1610B Miles. A great way of giving a layman on the games' plots while relaying their themes to the wider non-gamer audience
- Ben Reilly (Scarlet bro), being a Pete clone and a technical predecessor to Miles, will have his status put to address. His struggles with his inheritance and identity - bearing the names of Peter's parental figures - will probably mirror Ultimate Spider-Woman, and hopefully, he's a major outcrier against Miguel's misguided cause
- Jess-332's and Peter B's babies will interact, leading to the former's moral realization due to Peter B's time with Miles being the reason for his family's reconstruction - influenced solely by extrauniversal (of course anomalous) factors. Throw that Madame Web Spidey (Julia Carpenter) into the fray somehow?
- Interuniversal linkage like in the comics (616/928 and 65/8) can be explored to further the fate-changing theme; whether 928B the bad future of 616B is an inevitability - we haven't really explored 928B - and whether 42 is 1610B's worst possible self and how it can change. The Miles/Gwen dynamic could play here too, 65B and 1610B and the references to the number 8 (which happens to resemble the infinity sign - "infinite Spider possibilities") in Across. Not suggesting that Comics Earth 8's characters play any role, tho, 'cuz per the themes, the duo should connect on their terms
- Variant Miguels when, Sony - like the variant MJs, Harrys, Normans, Flashes, and Gwens, etc. Get freaking Edge of Time, not just Ultimate and 1994, in it
- The locked-up anomalous villains perhaps even helping stop Spot - like Kingpin and Ock above. Basically No Way Home's scenario but tweaked a bit and writ large; let them decide whether to have a new lease of life or to keep their exploits going - their outcomes, their terms as usual. I wonder how would Atari Osborn fare, though, XD
3. Fates
Another element to be addressed is the room elephant of canon events. Their loopholes, their flexibility have to be expanded upon: They are fluid like time's arrows and oceans. For one:- George lives? Sorry, but Gwen's relationship with him remains strained, on top of her guilt from treachery and deception. Also, the canon event ain't really death, but the Captain losing their job
- Not Peter B., because he's a living meta rebuttal to people holding off (at the very least) on an aged-up/married/parent Peter, the 616 editorial included. Him dying, let alone Mayday (toddler, so definite write-off), would undermine this subtext
- Not Jess, 'cuz she's a mother and despite her jerkish mentor habits seems willing to look the other way for turncoats like Margo/Byte
- Not Jeff, 'cuz that would just prove Miggy's point in light of George being living proof, as well as utterly render worthless all the effort thrown into saving him
- Not Miguel (yes, how dare I), 'cuz for all his pain-motivated harshness, he deserves better than the cliche'd fatal redemption trope of villains, of which he technically ain't one (and don't "Thanos" this as unlike Migs, he knew of better options but foregone it)
At risk to himself, he'll unhesitatingly save lives while one/some of those who blindly followed him give theirs. As shitty as his Society's turned out to be, they still have their main directive of fixing multiversal incursions, and someone has to keep giving the orders, someone with the most drive and commitment (especially for atonement)
Why on Miguel? Matured thinking aside, it evokes how science and philosophy works; cognitive science has this cliché of at least two sides theorizing extremes that are contrary to one another, and as time passes with discovery, the proof points to both sides having a point and deciding on a compromise; this of course goes beyond simple personal disagreement
So who'll it be?
Spider-gents and ladies, none other than Gwendolyn Maxine Stacy of Earth-65B
In the vein of MCU Aunt May being her Pete's Uncle Ben delivering that responsibility quote, and through it occurs the Spider-Verse's true Ultimate Fallout/Death of a Spider event this way
Gwen being slain and (certainly) coming back would be a wakeup call to both her world and the Society, as well as the latter group's morality in their internal strife and conflict against Spot. Redeem her image to everybody, Miles included, while allowing them to get together on solitary terms
That way:
- Miguel's right that being a Spider is a sacrifice, it's just their assigned canon events ain't 1:1 across every universe
- Miles' right that you can have and eat two cakes - meaning canon events can be alleviated (such as debris falling on Singh without killing him) - it's just that there's a cost
I'ma spitball here, but it's kinda like Nolanverse (TDKR) Batman, come to think of it. Maybe George is informed of and reveals his daughter's "demise" and publicizes her ident? The latter I admit is questionable
Maybe Gwen goes to 1610B and RVs with Miles to Florence - there's this café on the banks of the Arno - for a fine evening sitting there and ordering a Fernet Branca
XD
(Potential) Foreshadowing
- Proof for the 42 antiheroes' case:
... "We wanted to craft this moment where Miles encounters this powerful figure in his life that he loved so much and he lost," says director Justin K. Thompson. "That's when he realizes that he is not really in his own dimension, as well as the gravity of what he has lost. In this reality, Aaron had to shake off his life of crime and became a surrogate father figure to Miles."
... In this alternate reality, the Sinister Six have been able to flourish and take over the world. "Criminality runs rampant," says Thompson. "We wanted to create a world where it felt like Aaron and Miles G. Morales of Earth-42 [this reality's counterpart to Miles Morales] are the only heroes.
Zahed, R. (2023). Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: The Art of the Movie. Abrams Books. THE WORLDS → Earth-42, p.190
... This version of the character was never bitten by a radioactive spider and doesn't have any superpowers, but he has fallen into the role of becoming the vigilante the Prowler, under the tutelage of his uncle Aaron. ...
Zahed, R. (2023). Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: The Art of the Movie. Abrams Books. THE WORLDS → Miles G. Morales: The Prowler, p.200
- Here's a pattern: We meet multiple Spidey-Peters and our intro hero is, well, RIPeter, then some podcast revealed we'd be meeting multiple Gwens in Beyond; timestamp 17:51-18:45
Interviewer: Will we see other multiversal variants of Gwen Stacy in the future even if they don't have spider powers, like you do with MJ, Uncle Aaron, and Miles?The Pete variants showed up after Blondie's demise, so they might reverse the sequence here - as I said, a bookend.
Lord: Currently yes. ... But there’s one I’m very excited about.
Miller: Yes, yeah, I know exactly the one you’re talking about.
Lord: You know the one I’m thinking of, which is based on... I’m not gonna say anything, I’m not gonna say anything.
Miller: But it is sort of plot-integral, I would say.
Interviewer: If there are other multiversal variants of Gwen in Beyond the Spider-Verse, will they impact her arc, her relationship with Miles?
Lord: I would say yes.
Yea, all these signs totally bode well for the other blonde Spidey here
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- Friendly reminder they referenced fuckin' Ultimate Fallout of all storylines in Gwen's room, under which she mostly lingers while speaking with her dad. Are you telling me that scene just happened to be shot like that? No, they orchestrated it! L&M! The story that deals with Miles' overall debut and the (of course, cue pathos) fallout of 1610A Spidey's demise! Been struggling to find and spot it honestly, damn lighting and coloring
- Guess what's 1610A Pete (the original Ultimate comics version, not blond RIPeter)'s death age? 16, exactly 65B Gwen's present age. MCU Pete's too when he was snapped
- Notice the last part of the Canon Event exposition scene; Hobie's got the Spider-Man No More comic panel, Jess-332 the If This Be My Destiny one, Peter B. the wedding, and Gwen? Spidey rising from the grave in Kraven's Last Hunt, modified with herself doing the feat. The kicker here: Neither Hobie nor Gwen's displayed events have official releases yet, although Hobie did say he opted out of chasing Miles - which is to say she's next and last, as well as #4 (so deathly the connotations) on the shown list
In Defense
Now calm down before you web pitchforks on me- People keep saying there has to be a much more nuanced wrap-up - an idea with traction around these subs in a good way; to this day, people argue whether that Mumbattan hole was Spot BS or a canon event's unraveling. Mine has that nuance IMO
- Migs up and stated Mumbattan wasn't their first canon event ruptures rodeo and they couldn't save some 'verses from them, why would he be bullshitting or even fully wrong on CEs if he had that Spider team with specialized equipment for canon event containment? They were conveniently there right as that hole formed, and hell, they could reconcile that hole with the Dead Migs dimension where everything digitally evaporates as the latter being the end result
- He put on his shitlist Spider-Holland (maybe along with Maguire, Garfield (the light one)) for a reason - not hesitating to save MCU MJ (Michelle Jones-Watson) rather than let her be Spider-Tom's ASM-121 moment - although one can argue the memory wipe counts as first love loss, along with his Iron Man being his police captain canon event - and Raimi-verse Gwen is very much (per that meme) hot, single, and alive. Observing Sinister, Supreme, and 838/Illuminati-Strange's destroyed realities made him a rage button for 2099
- Showing the other 'verses like the comic-based What Ifs and that Armored Spider-Man one from the 1994 cartoon? It's kind of like a cheat out of the dilemma, and I'm not sure the other viewers would agree. Miguel also knows of Dr. Strange and possibly his What If? versions
- Before someone "Absolute Points solve themselves, Society's unneeded" me, we know too the APs are a nascent concept and Miguel probably thought no two universes will always solve themselves and CEs are probably spontaneous - maybe a day, a week, or even a year plus, they will happen, scapegoat or not
- To the people who say Migs was mistaken in how he destroyed that reality and that it was an Incursion: IT WASN'T ONE, because it would have caused a collision course between that 'verse and 928B, which I don't think they have any means to stop - only someone like Strange. Aside from the trolley sacrifice of one Earth, we're not privy to what are the other seven ways to averting Incursions. Guess what, Gabri's reality went poof on its apparent own while 928B stayed very much alive. Didn't even look like 928B was approaching from the skies at the time either
- Returning to Miles' side, I also hear of the fixed time points comparison from Dr. Who; I'd like to point out the Doctor was able to fake his death by hiding inside a, uh, humanoid ship at Lake Silencio, so I've read, despite records saying so
- They keep insisting "First time for everything," right, plus the cake stuff? Why not a Venom Blast resuscitation somehow on the brink of death, then being comatose or some other critical injury so the "lost Lenore" event doesn't stick? Or! In the style of BvS Dawn of Justice and What if? Spider-Man The Other (plus Ultimate Gwen ofc)...symbiotic resurrection (possibly even transporting that one symbiote drop in that bar in the MCU), and cue Gwenom arc in some spinoff like Spider-Women
- Alternatively, to avoid the fridged LI trope absolutely, Rio gets the Ultimate comics treatment of death somehow - but as said repeatedly, doing one's own thing, and I think this Spider-War's seen enough dead Moraleses. Miles has already grown and seen enough from the other Spiders' losses and his own. Honestly, people need to hear comic quotes often, take Mark Waid's Daredevil run:
Rachel Cole: You know what gives me the strength? My loss. We're alike that way, I imagine. Admit it, nobody who's a stranger to that particular pain could ever be as driven as us.It's relevant because Rachel's stance here was that people like them who fight for causes are solely inspired by loss, only for Matt to verbally skewer her. The subtext here, synthesizing it with the Spidey mythos is that it's misguided to think that losing forever more loved ones is the only way to make a true Spider-Hero.
Daredevil: Never... Don't you ever say that to me ever again, that is a repellent statement, it's a vomituous insult to every cop, every fireman, every soldier alive who steps up to fight for those who can't! I am sorry for your loss, but if you genuinely believe that only the death of a loved one can motivate a human being to take up a cause...then get your pathetic cynical ass out of my way so I can do my job!
Flip the narrative and say "Villainy only happens if they're abused/poorly raised, alas, poor villain;" one is warranted to call it a vomitous insult to every abuse victim/improperly raised junior out there who became better than their elders/superiors - i.e. not go evil.
Either way, the greater gist of this is losing a close one for good isn't the way, emphasis on "for good"
Future Implications
Wrapping everything up like above (I mean the objectives), one way or another (not necessarily mine), would show full commitment to the theme of forging one's own destiny right down to the metatextual. The Spidersoc let confirmation bias blind themselves to possibilities and seemingly have yet to expose themselves to the preestablished branch realities where, say, Spider-People lose nobody or a Gwen Stacy ties neatly her romance quest with a Spidey. The themes of doing your own thing openly and honestly and in safety - rather than requesting permission from broken systems - resonate much with an Excel list: People who are queeof colowomen/disabledBeyond that obviousness, we have disabled Spideys, Muslim Spideys (that female UK one), Blob-fat Spideys - even PLUSHIE Spideys, just to name a few, all to show the movie being the most diverse and inclusive Spidey work to date. These themes are so incredibly applicable to the lives of atypical people or otherwise people who live under systems that aren't designed for them to succeed. IE: POC, women, queer people, people with disabilities, etc. One can argue "doing your own thing" was what made ItSV such a breakthrough success and a decade phenomenon: Everything about the animation
I get that a teen girl dying, even temporarily - especially one who resonates much with LGBT (transgwender specifically) themes - is real bad optics, but we went through this before with Luz Noceda (bi rep exactly) from The Owl House, and things landed on their feet :)
If/When she comes back to crimefighting, this would be the moment she goes by Ghost Spider like her A self - a Gwen who fought fate and died for it, but another Spider loved her so much, he raised her from death to life in Ultimate defiance (getting flowery prose here) that prevails
2024.06.02 18:10 Wrong-Collar-7960 I’m coming to terms with the fact that my dad is a creep
I don't know why this has taken me 30 years and a ton of therapy to realize. I don't know if I was in extreme denial or I was conditioned as a child to accept this behavior. I'm still unpacking this all.
My dad is a creep. Things have happened to me as a child but nothing illegal I guess. The most inappropriate thing my dad did to me physically was put his hand on my bare thigh while we were in the car together (I was wearing shorts. This memory is so fuzzy all I can see is his hand on the upper part of my thigh, my bright blue soffe shorts, and the foot well of his car. I don't remember too much else except the feeling of his hand burning an inprint into my skin.
I grew up with primarily my mom telling me that there was something wrong with me and that I needed to change. Mostly occurred after conflict or if someone told a "joke" at my expense and my feelings got hurt. I always blame myself first.
Some highlights (or lowlights really):
-constant comments about my body. In particular, my chest. I'm very naturally larger and both of my parents constantly made comments.
-comments growing up like "old enough to bleed old enough to breed"
-flirted with my friends and my sisters' friends
-my dad flirts with anyone, especially in front of my mom. Waitresses, her sisters, neighbors, etc. No one is safe... including my sweet mother in law. This seems to be an escalating issue. My mother in law is a devout religious woman. She is very sweet. About a year ago, my sibling in law brought up that my dad flirts with their mom. At first I was kind of like "that tracks" and a bit dismissive of it. I imagined that it was the same caliber of flirting with waitresses. But it is not. Recently they've been frequenting a business near my mother in law's home and have run into her twice now. Apparently, my dad flirts with her in front of my mom and has joked that my MIL is stalking him. My dad called me both times after running into her and saying that he thinks she has a crush and is stalking him. Around this same time, my mother tagged me in an wildly inappropriate Facebook post that basically hinted at a woman with the same name as my MIL being sexually promiscuous. My MIL isn't on Facebook but I am friends with her family and friends on there. Finally at my child's birthday party recently, he sat away from my mom and next to my mother in law. This behavior was on my radar so I got my husband to ask my mother in law to help him with something to rescue her from my dad. My husband asked her to help him restock the drink coolers. As my mother in law is bent down putting waters into the cooler, my dad comes up behind her, invading her personal space. While reaching over her for a water bottle, he says something along the lines of "hey, (my husband's name) I bet I can make your mom really wet". My husband was shocked. My mother in law was stiff and ignored my dad. My dad raised his eyebrows at my husband and laughed. I want to note that I don't know exactly what was said, but that was the gist. Both my husband and my MIL said they didn't feel comfortable repeating what he say verbatim.
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My dad is a creep. Things have happened to me as a child but nothing illegal I guess. The most inappropriate thing my dad did to me physically was put his hand on my bare thigh while we were in the car together (I was wearing shorts. This memory is so fuzzy all I can see is his hand on the upper part of my thigh, my bright blue soffe shorts, and the foot well of his car. I don't remember too much else except the feeling of his hand burning an inprint into my skin.
I grew up with primarily my mom telling me that there was something wrong with me and that I needed to change. Mostly occurred after conflict or if someone told a "joke" at my expense and my feelings got hurt. I always blame myself first.
Some highlights (or lowlights really):
- the day after my wedding, my mom asked me to take my dads tux rental back. While sitting at their dining room table, he came up behind me and whispered in my ear "are you sore from the night?" He was alluding to the fact that my wedding night was my first time. When I made a disgusted face, he cackled.
- he kept tickling my child on their inner thighs. This makes me feel so ashamed. I told my therapist immediately because I thought something was seriously wrong with me to feel so disgusted at this. My dad would say that we (his kids) were all ticklish there too and would point out how my child would laugh so hard. I did put a stop to this. My dad pushed the boundary two more times but it was reenforced. It has stopped.
- my parents both over share about their sex life. My dad has made comments to my husband basically wondering if I'm just like my mother... I'd rather not elaborate on that just yet. When on a vacation together on a balcony over a pool with an ocean view, my dad commented how much he liked the view. My husband agreed saying that the ocean was so beautiful. My dad interrupted and nodded his head towards a group of women my age in bikinis just lounging at the pool. My poor sheltered husband was so shell shocked by this he couldn't get his mouth to work to say anything. My mom interjected with, "don't worry he can look but he can't touch"
-constant comments about my body. In particular, my chest. I'm very naturally larger and both of my parents constantly made comments.
-comments growing up like "old enough to bleed old enough to breed"
-flirted with my friends and my sisters' friends
-my dad flirts with anyone, especially in front of my mom. Waitresses, her sisters, neighbors, etc. No one is safe... including my sweet mother in law. This seems to be an escalating issue. My mother in law is a devout religious woman. She is very sweet. About a year ago, my sibling in law brought up that my dad flirts with their mom. At first I was kind of like "that tracks" and a bit dismissive of it. I imagined that it was the same caliber of flirting with waitresses. But it is not. Recently they've been frequenting a business near my mother in law's home and have run into her twice now. Apparently, my dad flirts with her in front of my mom and has joked that my MIL is stalking him. My dad called me both times after running into her and saying that he thinks she has a crush and is stalking him. Around this same time, my mother tagged me in an wildly inappropriate Facebook post that basically hinted at a woman with the same name as my MIL being sexually promiscuous. My MIL isn't on Facebook but I am friends with her family and friends on there. Finally at my child's birthday party recently, he sat away from my mom and next to my mother in law. This behavior was on my radar so I got my husband to ask my mother in law to help him with something to rescue her from my dad. My husband asked her to help him restock the drink coolers. As my mother in law is bent down putting waters into the cooler, my dad comes up behind her, invading her personal space. While reaching over her for a water bottle, he says something along the lines of "hey, (my husband's name) I bet I can make your mom really wet". My husband was shocked. My mother in law was stiff and ignored my dad. My dad raised his eyebrows at my husband and laughed. I want to note that I don't know exactly what was said, but that was the gist. Both my husband and my MIL said they didn't feel comfortable repeating what he say verbatim.
- last but certainly not least... this one I struggle with sharing because it isn't my experience to share but I feel like it's necessary for the full picture. I will try to keep the details vague. My parents took a family member out for her birthday. Family member was pre pubescent age. My dad thought it would be funny to buy her a thong from Victoria secret and six inch "hooker heels". He told her to open it in front of her dad and say it was from my dad. She was not even a teenager age - just emphasizing that she was very young on top of the fact that an old male family member did this. It went over as about as well as you think it would go. My dad kept telling people too and everyone reacted with absolute disgust and when no one laughed with him he just pouted. My mom acted like the parents were overreacting by being upset.
2024.06.02 18:05 Peacock-Shah-III The Election of 1952 Peacock-Shah Alternate Elections
 | October 3rd, 1952 submitted by Peacock-Shah-III to Presidentialpoll [link] [comments] A date heralded for a year as the coming Armageddon by Manuel Herrick and followers of his claim to be the reincarnation of Christ saw Americans admire the beautiful blue sky of clear weather nationally, go to work as they would, and laugh off the street corner evangelists of the new Immanuel. Yet, for those awake to hear the bells of midnight toll, those young lovers left under the stars, prisoners behind bars, and night workers just entering their cars, the anxious tones of Walter Cronkite would break through the air to announce that the French State, that global bulwark of authoritarianism, had conducted its first test of the most destructive weapon known to humankind, splitting the atom to transform into an inferno the prison colony off the coast of Guiana known aptly as Devil’s Island. With an economy growing at a record rate and a global position at new heights, the nation once more treks to the polls for a referendum on its soul, even as a Damocles sword of annihilation hangs over our heads with the dozens of satellites sent to the final frontier by the La Follette Administration, for no longer is the destructive power of the universe the sole dominion of the United States of America. Caesar and Cincinnatus. With Farmer-Labor opposition leaders John L. Lewis and Joseph McCarthy imprisoned on a variety of charges related to union racketeering and, in the latter’s case, homosexuality, 55 year old incumbent President Philip F. La Follette of Wisconsin has resoundingly won renomination for a third term alongside 55 year old incumbent Vice President Michael A. Musmanno of Pennsylvania, a mere year after surviving the first presidential impeachment in American history. Loyal Blackshirts by his side and intra-party opposition at a nadir, the man who has carried America into the age of space and atoms now rallies his masses once more in a final crusade to “win the peace.” With a vision of a nationalized Federal Reserve and a litany of executive orders held back by the promises that prevented his removal, La Follette has criss-crossed the nation fiercely in his bid for a record breaking third consecutive term, promoting his support for international anti-communist decolonization and defending his prosecution of prominent opposition politicians, pointing to the violence of Lewis’s union men and the slurry of corruption allegations surrounding arrested oppositionists such as Fulgencio Batista. Meanwhile, La Follette has instead shifted criticism to the “reign of terror” he has accused oppositionist Speaker of the House Joseph McCarthy of instituting in his hunt for communists in government, alleging that an opposition President would “use a shotgun instead of a rifle” to fight communism. Pointing to the nation’s record low unemployment and falling inflation rates, La Follette implores voters for a mandate to “win the peace” by using the reorganized cabinet Departments of Peace, Production, and Prosperity to implement his executive orders nationalizing the healthcare industry, constructing an interstate highway system, and building a hydroelectric power grid. Further, decrying the allegations of executive overreach crucial in bringing Congress to the point of impeachment, Phil has sought the passage of a constitutional amendment reducing the legislative power to that of a veto and expanding that of the presidency while instituting a nationwide referendum system. While inevitably turning the nation’s memory once more to the retaliatory nuclear strikes on the Japanese Empire that claimed the lives of two million civilians, La Follette has made a dual vow to pursue the deescalation of Franco-American relations in his third term alongside a continuance of nuclear testing, yet has promised a firm anti-communist line, pointing to his two terms of experience as the republic’s Commander-in-Chief and his role in final victory in the Pacific Wars. In the aftermath of a wave of post-impeachment violence by pro-administration Blackshirts, La Follette has firmly denounced any violence committed in his name and backed the statement up with prosecutorial action from the Justice Department, however, Vice President Musmanno has refused to recant his own statements calling for vigilante action against the opposition. With Progressive and Liberal leaders alike in jail and Will Rogers the victim of Blackshirt violence, the Committee for the Preservation of the Republic has brought the two parties together under a joint banner of opposition. After two dozen ballots of discord, Preservationists sought inspiration from the Roman Republic in using the name “Cincinnatus League” for their presidential ticket’s organizing, alternately the “Cincinnatus Party” and “New Order of Cincinnatus,” as they turned to 48 year old retired Air Force General Elwood R. Quesada, a dashing baseball player turned fighter pilot who married into the media empire of Joseph Pulitzer and personally oversaw years of atomic tests on occupied Sakhalin, alongside 41 year old California Senator Will Rogers Jr., son of the two time presidential nominee. Where President La Follette has taken his appeal to the people, the famously inspiring yet hot tempered General Quesada has run a cautious campaign at the imploration of party leaders after an incident where he referred to President La Follette as “pathetic” but branded members of his own party “paranoid.” Instead, supporters focus on the aeronautical exploits, devout Catholicism, and heroic status of the man they tout as the American Cincinnatus. A massive funding effort has churned out millions of “Can’t Beat Pete” pins and produced polished television slots promising a “return to normalcy” with the freedom of all arrested opposition leaders, denationalization of the General Trades Union, and an end to the imperial presidency, as a cartoon Quesada is depicted taking to the skies. Promoting an increasingly active foreign policy with a military pact by pro-American nations in the Pacific, the campaign has also addressed bread and butter issues by promising tax cuts and government downsizing alongside a complete rejection of President La Follette’s reorganization of the cabinet into umbrella departments of Peace, Prosperity, and Production. While stating opposition to the New State and “win the peace” proposals, Quesada has refused to echo imprisoned 1948 Progressive nominee Ben Gitlow’s accusation of a La Follette “dictatorship of executive orders,” pointing to his much vaunted managerial experience as a war hero and his role as an aid to New State architect Hugh S. Johnson to promise a cautiously delayed repeal and supported La Follette’s interstate highway system, while promising to secure a congressional mandate for it rather than act by executive fiat. However, Quesada has promised the immediate end to La Follette’s push for healthcare universalization. The son of a Spanish banker and Irish mother who describes himself as “basically an immigrant,” Quesada has also opposed the La Follette administration’s imposition of immigration restrictions while promising immediate statehood for the plurality Jewish territory of Tannenbaum in contrast to President La Follette’s moratoria on executive consideration of the issue, while stating an openness to the possibility of annexing Quebec. Though President La Follette himself has campaigned above the fray, Vice President Musmanno has led Farmer-Laborites in attacking Quesada. Noting that oppositionists call for a two term amendment, supporters of La Follette have noted that almost all supported Aaron Burr Houston in his 1940 quest for a fourth term, a campaign that has led others to mock Quesada’s call for age limits on elected officials as the nominee of a party that was last led to victory by an 86 year old widely believed to suffer from dementia; others go so far to allege that, as a personal friend of Charles Lindbergh who has refused to denounce him even today, Quesada himself may have supported Farmer-Labor’s heroic Lone Eagle against the Progressive’s Old Raven in the crucial election of 1940. Third party and independent candidates in the 1952 United States presidential election. The Straight-Out Liberty League and Social Credit minor party tickets lack full ballot access and thus results are subject to limitations and adjustment. Chairman Frank Chodorov and the libertarian leadership of the Liberty League has won the right to the name and formal legal status in court against the majority Preservationist Liberal faction after a six month long court battle. However, with their fundraising sources lost and in a struggle to maintain ballot access without the organization’s electoral machinery, the organization has managed a small scale campaign functioning largely as a series of ideological lecture tours. To that end, the Straight-Out Liberty Leaguers have endorsed 66 year old author Rose Wilder Lane for the presidency alongside 65 year old organizational Chairman Frank Chodorov, so committed to his anti-government principles that he has pledged to not even vote for himself. This independent splinter Liberty League ticket has called for the immediate abolition of all New State legislation, the minimum wage, income tax, NSA, and Social Security; however, both members of the ticket have been indicted for tax evasion. On the other side of the spectrum, 76 year old Mormon Church President and former Representative Israel A. Smith has reluctantly mounted a bid for the presidency alongside Representative Solon Earl Low in an attempt by erstwhile Farmer-Labor Senators Hans Enoch Wight, founder of the old Union Party, and John Horne Blackmore to build the foundations of an independent Social Credit Party in the mold of the old Union Party. Smith, considered personally to be significantly more conservative economically than the party itself, has campaigned as a candidate for all Americans, not merely Mormons, and . Low, however, has led the way on policy, focusing on a platform of "economic democracy" through the issuance of $25 “prosperity certificates" to every American, protectionism, farmers' subsidies, and an end to interest in credit and banking alongside general ideas of Christian governance, a term objected to by those unwilling to consider Smith’s sect Christian. Despite the best efforts of the neo-Unionists, notable social creditors such as W.A.C. Bennett and Robert A. Heinlein have remained loyal to La Follette and the Farmer-Labor Party. Please note that votes for the following minor candidates must be cast by write-in. The Single Tax Party has nominated 84 year old former Representative Charles R. Eckert for President alongside 68 year old Boise Mayor James P. Pope in what is seen as a move to protect their ballot access amidst swirling rumors of a possible 1956 candidacy from California Senator Jerry Voorhis. Committed Farmer-Labor socialists unwilling to sit the election out have mounted a third party Socialist effort once more, securing limited ballot access for 55 year old Catholic Worker editor Dorothy Day and 37 year old De Leonist activist Georgia Cozzini on the Peace and Freedom banner. Endorsing a complete transition to a socialist and eventually anarchist economy, Day has promoted the consistent life ethic and called for nuclear disarmament, universal healthcare, pacifism, and federal restrictions on abortion. On the ballots of Georgia and Florida, a separate independent Socialist ticket has been nominated by local organizers, consisting of 72 year old former Senator Helen Keller, a former Revolutionary, and 37 year old Georgia Cozzini once more as her running mate. A consistent socialist who breaks with Day's views with her support of abortion and birth control, Keller remains internationally famous for her tenacious journey from dual deaf and blindness to status as a renowned author and activist. Finally, followers of the Church of Immanuel have placed their messiah Manuel Herrick of Texas on the ballot in several plains states alongside ally Wallace Dodd Fard, who have campaigned on declaring Herrick to be god and thus legally the nation’s supreme power in light of the Jesus Amendment. Pointing to the French nuclear test on Herrick’s day of Armageddon, the Immanuelites argue that the prediction affirms his claim to Godhood. View Poll |
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2024.06.02 17:20 ALDO113A Beyond the Spider-Verse introductions, thematic wrap-ups, and foreshadowing - an ATSV anniversary theory
Shortform
- Massive exploration of the Society beyond the big names we've spent time with in Across
- Villains forsaking their rivalries for survival and universes paving their own roads
- Gwen temporarily eating it but coming back, then leaning on her comic self (A variant)'s new Ghost-Spider ident to mark her defying fate's scythe
Premise
Here is the textual taxonomy of trilogys as I've heard in (obscure, hard-to-find) writing structure lessons- Installment 1: Exposit - What is the subject
- Installment 2: Analyze - What is the subject's meaning
- Installment 3: Perspectivize - What is the subject's value and suasoria
- Expanded the 'verse and the major cast by throwing a curve into their relationships and own philosophies
- Delved deeper into what makes a Spider-Man by presenting a free will vs. determinism arc a la Civil War that also happens to have metacommentary
"We're supposed to be the good guys."
Miles summarized his new path throughout the movie, then Gwen called out the Society for their enabling of so much death and suffering to serve a misguided dogma.
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/File:Spider-Man_Across_the_Spider-Verse_poster_003_textless.jpg
There's almost certainly gonna an all-out ideological civil war (fists or not, composite of MCU and comics, but Spiders-only) like that split poster teased.
Gonna be grimly hilarious seeing Spinneret/Spiderling fight Peter B. and Mayday (the former are on Miguel's side to the left, along with Insomniac Spidey)
Yes, I believe there will be a few more new support characters in Beyond - there's a reason certain folks were at the front, and it's just really curious and a wasted opportunity that this Spider-MJ didn't interact at all with this active version of her other (stillborn) daughter or her (Mayday-616B) dad.
I very much appreciate the lifting of other Spidey variants to the zeitgeist fold - Noir, Ham, Gwendy-65, the UK/Punk and Indian ones, the weirdos like Parkedcar from Not! Pixar's Cars, a damn popsicle possibly (lol), a plushie, etc. - but they
Events and Themes
1. Universes
Serving the Installment 3 role, Beyond will probably tie up loose ends and make the above themes reverberate across universes. Like, for 42:- Miles Prowler can prove that the world doesn't always need Spider-Heroes to save itself, only the spirit of the concept - Spider-Man isn't the center of the multiverse, and given the last movie's title, it will navigate its own fate independent of any Spider at all - let the world do its own thing
- Maybe Kingpin and Dr. Octopus return someway, then emulate their TAS 1994 counterparts in allying with the Spiders out of existential pragmatics
2. Characters and Developments
By "reverberate," the Spider-Hero question is going to strike real nerves that change the Society and the world, making them examine the morality of the war they fight against anomalies like Spot; survival at all means and costs vs. idealistic stand against fate. And for certain Spiders, we could get more screentime with certain Society members and ex-members - preferably Spinneret and Spiderling, the Insomniac Spideys, and Scarlet Spider - and Endgame-ify Beyond's length.- The RYV (Reality-18119, Renew Your Vows) Parkers confide with the others including Peter B. on family and how do they keep it together in light of their role as preserving fate and existence itself
- PS4/5 bros relate their experiences of loss and keeping going, especially to 1610B Miles. A great way of giving a layman on the games' plots while relaying their themes to the wider non-gamer audience
- Ben Reilly (Scarlet bro), being a Pete clone and a technical predecessor to Miles, will have his status put to address. His struggles with his inheritance and identity - bearing the names of Peter's parental figures - will probably mirror Ultimate Spider-Woman, and hopefully, he's a major outcrier against Miguel's misguided cause
- Jess-332's and Peter B's babies will interact, leading to the former's moral realization due to Peter B's time with Miles being the reason for his family's reconstruction - influenced solely by extrauniversal (of course anomalous) factors. Throw that Madame Web Spidey (Julia Carpenter) into the fray somehow?
- Interuniversal linkage like in the comics (616/928 and 65/8) can be explored to further the fate-changing theme; whether 928B the bad future of 616B is an inevitability - we haven't really explored 928B - and whether 42 is 1610B's worst possible self and how it can change. The Miles/Gwen dynamic could play here too, 65B and 1610B and the references to the number 8 (which happens to resemble the infinity sign - "infinite Spider possibilities") in Across. Not suggesting that Comics Earth 8's characters play any role, tho, 'cuz per the themes, the duo should connect on their terms
- Variant Miguels when, Sony - like the variant MJs, Harrys, Normans, Flashes, and Gwens, etc. Get freaking Edge of Time, not just Ultimate and 1994, in it
- The locked-up anomalous villains perhaps even helping stop Spot - like Kingpin and Ock above. Basically No Way Home's scenario but tweaked a bit and writ large; let them decide whether to have a new lease of life or to keep their exploits going - their outcomes, their terms as usual. I wonder how would Atari Osborn fare, though, XD
3. Fates
Another element to be addressed is the room elephant of canon events. Their loopholes, their flexibility have to be expanded upon: They are fluid like time's arrows and oceans. For one:- George lives? Sorry, but Gwen's relationship with him remains strained, on top of her guilt from treachery and deception. Also, the canon event ain't really death, but the Captain losing their job
- Not Peter B., because he's a living meta rebuttal to people holding off (at the very least) on an aged-up/married/parent Peter, the 616 editorial included. Him dying, let alone Mayday (toddler, so definite write-off), would undermine this subtext
- Not Jess, 'cuz she's a mother and despite her jerkish mentor habits seems willing to look the other way for turncoats like Margo/Byte
- Not Jeff, 'cuz that would just prove Miggy's point in light of George being living proof, as well as utterly render worthless all the effort thrown into saving him
- Not Miguel (yes, how dare I), 'cuz for all his pain-motivated harshness, he deserves better than the cliche'd fatal redemption trope of villains, of which he technically ain't one (and don't "Thanos" this as unlike Migs, he knew of better options but foregone it)
At risk to himself, he'll unhesitatingly save lives while one/some of those who blindly followed him give theirs. As shitty as his Society's turned out to be, they still have their main directive of fixing multiversal incursions, and someone has to keep giving the orders, someone with the most drive and commitment (especially for atonement)
Why on Miguel? Matured thinking aside, it evokes how science and philosophy works; cognitive science has this cliché of at least two sides theorizing extremes that are contrary to one another, and as time passes with discovery, the proof points to both sides having a point and deciding on a compromise; this of course goes beyond simple personal disagreement
So who'll it be?
Spider-gents and ladies, none other than Gwendolyn Maxine Stacy of Earth-65B
In the vein of MCU Aunt May being her Pete's Uncle Ben delivering that responsibility quote, and through it occurs the Spider-Verse's true Ultimate Fallout/Death of a Spider event this way
Gwen being slain and (certainly) coming back would be a wakeup call to both her world and the Society, as well as the latter group's morality in their internal strife and conflict against Spot. Redeem her image to everybody, Miles included, while allowing them to get together on solitary terms
That way:
- Miguel's right that being a Spider is a sacrifice, it's just their assigned canon events ain't 1:1 across every universe
- Miles' right that you can have and eat two cakes - meaning canon events can be alleviated (such as debris falling on Singh without killing him) - it's just that there's a cost
I'ma spitball here, but it's kinda like Nolanverse (TDKR) Batman, come to think of it. Maybe George is informed of and reveals his daughter's "demise" and publicizes her ident? The latter I admit is questionable
Maybe Gwen goes to 1610B and RVs with Miles to Florence - there's this café on the banks of the Arno - for a fine evening sitting there and ordering a Fernet Branca
XD
(Potential) Foreshadowing
- Proof for the 42 antiheroes' case:
... "We wanted to craft this moment where Miles encounters this powerful figure in his life that he loved so much and he lost," says director Justin K. Thompson. "That's when he realizes that he is not really in his own dimension, as well as the gravity of what he has lost. In this reality, Aaron had to shake off his life of crime and became a surrogate father figure to Miles."
... In this alternate reality, the Sinister Six have been able to flourish and take over the world. "Criminality runs rampant," says Thompson. "We wanted to create a world where it felt like Aaron and Miles G. Morales of Earth-42 [this reality's counterpart to Miles Morales] are the only heroes.
Zahed, R. (2023). Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: The Art of the Movie. Abrams Books. THE WORLDS → Earth-42, p.190
... This version of the character was never bitten by a radioactive spider and doesn't have any superpowers, but he has fallen into the role of becoming the vigilante the Prowler, under the tutelage of his uncle Aaron. ...
Zahed, R. (2023). Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: The Art of the Movie. Abrams Books. THE WORLDS → Miles G. Morales: The Prowler, p.200
- Here's a pattern: We meet multiple Spidey-Peters and our intro hero is, well, RIPeter, then some podcast revealed we'd be meeting multiple Gwens in Beyond; timestamp 17:51-18:45
Interviewer: Will we see other multiversal variants of Gwen Stacy in the future even if they don't have spider powers, like you do with MJ, Uncle Aaron, and Miles?The Pete variants showed up after Blondie's demise, so they might reverse the sequence here - as I said, a bookend.
Lord: Currently yes. ... But there’s one I’m very excited about.
Miller: Yes, yeah, I know exactly the one you’re talking about.
Lord: You know the one I’m thinking of, which is based on... I’m not gonna say anything, I’m not gonna say anything.
Miller: But it is sort of plot-integral, I would say.
Interviewer: If there are other multiversal variants of Gwen in Beyond the Spider-Verse, will they impact her arc, her relationship with Miles?
Lord: I would say yes.
Yea, all these signs totally bode well for the other blonde Spidey here
https://preview.redd.it/kpz7vzvub64d1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=8d25e78b18f3fc82e58eb1516d1ac915fc130470
- Friendly reminder they referenced fuckin' Ultimate Fallout of all storylines in Gwen's room, under which she mostly lingers while speaking with her dad. Are you telling me that scene just happened to be shot like that? No, they orchestrated it! L&M! The story that deals with Miles' overall debut and the (of course, cue pathos) fallout of 1610A Spidey's demise! Been struggling to find and spot it honestly, damn lighting and coloring
- Guess what's 1610A Pete (the original Ultimate comics version, not blond RIPeter)'s death age? 16, exactly 65B Gwen's present age. MCU Pete's too when he was snapped
- Notice the last part of the Canon Event exposition scene; Hobie's got the Spider-Man No More comic panel, Jess-332 the If This Be My Destiny one, Peter B. the wedding, and Gwen? Spidey rising from the grave in Kraven's Last Hunt, modified with herself doing the feat. The kicker here: Neither Hobie nor Gwen's displayed events have official releases yet, although Hobie did say he opted out of chasing Miles - which is to say she's next and last, as well as #4 (so deathly the connotations) on the shown list
In Defense
Now calm down before you web pitchforks on me- People keep saying there has to be a much more nuanced wrap-up - an idea with traction around these subs in a good way; to this day, people argue whether that Mumbattan hole was Spot BS or a canon event's unraveling. Mine has that nuance IMO
- Migs up and stated Mumbattan wasn't their first canon event ruptures rodeo and they couldn't save some 'verses from them, why would he be bullshitting or even fully wrong on CEs if he had that Spider team with specialized equipment for canon event containment? They were conveniently there right as that hole formed, and hell, they could reconcile that hole with the Dead Migs dimension where everything digitally evaporates as the latter being the end result
- He put on his shitlist Spider-Holland (maybe along with Maguire, Garfield (the light one)) for a reason - not hesitating to save MCU MJ (Michelle Jones-Watson) rather than let her be Spider-Tom's ASM-121 moment - although one can argue the memory wipe counts as first love loss, along with his Iron Man being his police captain canon event - and Raimi-verse Gwen is very much (per that meme) hot, single, and alive. Observing Sinister, Supreme, and 838/Illuminati-Strange's destroyed realities made him a rage button for 2099
- Showing the other 'verses like the comic-based What Ifs and that Armored Spider-Man one from the 1994 cartoon? It's kind of like a cheat out of the dilemma, and I'm not sure the other viewers would agree. Miguel also knows of Dr. Strange and possibly his What If? versions
- Before someone "Absolute Points solve themselves, Society's unneeded" me, we know too the APs are a nascent concept and Miguel probably thought no two universes will always solve themselves and CEs are probably spontaneous - maybe a day, a week, or even a year plus, they will happen, scapegoat or not
- To the people who say Migs was mistaken in how he destroyed that reality and that it was an Incursion: IT WASN'T ONE, because it would have caused a collision course between that 'verse and 928B, which I don't think they have any means to stop - only someone like Strange. Aside from the trolley sacrifice of one Earth, we're not privy to what are the other seven ways to averting Incursions. Guess what, Gabri's reality went poof on its apparent own while 928B stayed very much alive. Didn't even look like 928B was approaching from the skies at the time either
- Returning to Miles' side, I also hear of the fixed time points comparison from Dr. Who; I'd like to point out the Doctor was able to fake his death by hiding inside a, uh, humanoid ship at Lake Silencio, so I've read, despite records saying so
- They keep insisting "First time for everything," right, plus the cake stuff? Why not a Venom Blast resuscitation somehow on the brink of death, then being comatose or some other critical injury so the "lost Lenore" event doesn't stick? Or! In the style of BvS Dawn of Justice and What if? Spider-Man The Other (plus Ultimate Gwen ofc)...symbiotic resurrection (possibly even transporting that one symbiote drop in that bar in the MCU), and cue Gwenom arc in some spinoff like Spider-Women
- Alternatively, to avoid the fridged LI trope absolutely, Rio gets the Ultimate comics treatment of death somehow - but as said repeatedly, doing one's own thing, and I think this Spider-War's seen enough dead Moraleses. Miles has already grown and seen enough from the other Spiders' losses and his own. Honestly, people need to hear comic quotes often, take Mark Waid's Daredevil run:
Rachel Cole: You know what gives me the strength? My loss. We're alike that way, I imagine. Admit it, nobody who's a stranger to that particular pain could ever be as driven as us.It's relevant because Rachel's stance here was that people like them who fight for causes are solely inspired by loss, only for Matt to verbally skewer her. The subtext here, synthesizing it with the Spidey mythos is that it's misguided to think that losing forever more loved ones is the only way to make a true Spider-Hero.
Daredevil: Never... Don't you ever say that to me ever again, that is a repellent statement, it's a vomituous insult to every cop, every fireman, every soldier alive who steps up to fight for those who can't! I am sorry for your loss, but if you genuinely believe that only the death of a loved one can motivate a human being to take up a cause...then get your pathetic cynical ass out of my way so I can do my job!
Flip the narrative and say "Villainy only happens if they're abused/poorly raised, alas, poor villain;" one is warranted to call it a vomitous insult to every abuse victim/improperly raised junior out there who became better than their elders/superiors - i.e. not go evil.
Either way, the greater gist of this is losing a close one for good isn't the way, emphasis on "for good"
Future Implications
Wrapping everything up like above (I mean the objectives), one way or another (not necessarily mine), would show full commitment to the theme of forging one's own destiny right down to the metatextual. The Spidersoc let confirmation bias blind themselves to possibilities and seemingly have yet to expose themselves to the preestablished branch realities where, say, Spider-People lose nobody or a Gwen Stacy ties neatly her romance quest with a Spidey. The themes of doing your own thing openly and honestly and in safety - rather than requesting permission from broken systems - resonate much with an Excel list: People who are queeof colowomen/disabledBeyond that obviousness, we have disabled Spideys, Muslim Spideys (that female UK one), Blob-fat Spideys - even PLUSHIE Spideys, just to name a few, all to show the movie being the most diverse and inclusive Spidey work to date. These themes are so incredibly applicable to the lives of atypical people or otherwise people who live under systems that aren't designed for them to succeed. IE: POC, women, queer people, people with disabilities, etc. One can argue "doing your own thing" was what made ItSV such a breakthrough success and a decade phenomenon: Everything about the animation
I get that a teen girl dying, even temporarily - especially one who resonates much with LGBT (transgwender specifically) themes - is real bad optics, but we went through this before with Luz Noceda (bi rep exactly) from The Owl House, and things landed on their feet :)
If/When she comes back to crimefighting, this would be the moment she goes by Ghost Spider like her A self - a Gwen who fought fate and died for it, but another Spider loved her so much, he raised her from death to life in Ultimate defiance (getting flowery prose here) that prevails
2024.06.02 17:19 ALDO113A Beyond the Spider-Verse introductions, thematic wrap-ups, and foreshadowing - an ATSV anniversary theory
Shortform
- Massive exploration of the Society beyond the big names we've spent time with in Across
- Villains forsaking their rivalries for survival and universes paving their own roads
- Gwen temporarily eating it but coming back, then leaning on her comic self (A variant)'s new Ghost-Spider ident to mark her defying fate's scythe
Premise
Here is the textual taxonomy of trilogys as I've heard in (obscure, hard-to-find) writing structure lessons- Installment 1: Exposit - What is the subject
- Installment 2: Analyze - What is the subject's meaning
- Installment 3: Perspectivize - What is the subject's value and suasoria
- Expanded the 'verse and the major cast by throwing a curve into their relationships and own philosophies
- Delved deeper into what makes a Spider-Man by presenting a free will vs. determinism arc a la Civil War that also happens to have metacommentary
"We're supposed to be the good guys."
Miles summarized his new path throughout the movie, then Gwen called out the Society for their enabling of so much death and suffering to serve a misguided dogma.
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/File:Spider-Man_Across_the_Spider-Verse_poster_003_textless.jpg
There's almost certainly gonna an all-out ideological civil war (fists or not, composite of MCU and comics, but Spiders-only) like that split poster teased.
Gonna be grimly hilarious seeing Spinneret/Spiderling fight Peter B. and Mayday (the former are on Miguel's side to the left, along with Insomniac Spidey)
Yes, I believe there will be a few more new support characters in Beyond - there's a reason certain folks were at the front, and it's just really curious and a wasted opportunity that this Spider-MJ didn't interact at all with this active version of her other (stillborn) daughter or her (Mayday-616B) dad.
I very much appreciate the lifting of other Spidey variants to the zeitgeist fold - Noir, Ham, Gwendy-65, the UK/Punk and Indian ones, the weirdos like Parkedcar from Not! Pixar's Cars, a damn popsicle possibly (lol), a plushie, etc. - but they
Events and Themes
1. Universes
Serving the Installment 3 role, Beyond will probably tie up loose ends and make the above themes reverberate across universes. Like, for 42:- Miles Prowler can prove that the world doesn't always need Spider-Heroes to save itself, only the spirit of the concept - Spider-Man isn't the center of the multiverse, and given the last movie's title, it will navigate its own fate independent of any Spider at all - let the world do its own thing
- Maybe Kingpin and Dr. Octopus return someway, then emulate their TAS 1994 counterparts in allying with the Spiders out of existential pragmatics
2. Characters and Developments
By "reverberate," the Spider-Hero question is going to strike real nerves that change the Society and the world, making them examine the morality of the war they fight against anomalies like Spot; survival at all means and costs vs. idealistic stand against fate. And for certain Spiders, we could get more screentime with certain Society members and ex-members - preferably Spinneret and Spiderling, the Insomniac Spideys, and Scarlet Spider - and Endgame-ify Beyond's length.- The RYV (Reality-18119, Renew Your Vows) Parkers confide with the others including Peter B. on family and how do they keep it together in light of their role as preserving fate and existence itself
- PS4/5 bros relate their experiences of loss and keeping going, especially to 1610B Miles. A great way of giving a layman on the games' plots while relaying their themes to the wider non-gamer audience
- Ben Reilly (Scarlet bro), being a Pete clone and a technical predecessor to Miles, will have his status put to address. His struggles with his inheritance and identity - bearing the names of Peter's parental figures - will probably mirror Ultimate Spider-Woman, and hopefully, he's a major outcrier against Miguel's misguided cause
- Jess-332's and Peter B's babies will interact, leading to the former's moral realization due to Peter B's time with Miles being the reason for his family's reconstruction - influenced solely by extrauniversal (of course anomalous) factors. Throw that Madame Web Spidey (Julia Carpenter) into the fray somehow?
- Interuniversal linkage like in the comics (616/928 and 65/8) can be explored to further the fate-changing theme; whether 928B the bad future of 616B is an inevitability - we haven't really explored 928B - and whether 42 is 1610B's worst possible self and how it can change. The Miles/Gwen dynamic could play here too, 65B and 1610B and the references to the number 8 (which happens to resemble the infinity sign - "infinite Spider possibilities") in Across. Not suggesting that Comics Earth 8's characters play any role, tho, 'cuz per the themes, the duo should connect on their terms
- Variant Miguels when, Sony - like the variant MJs, Harrys, Normans, Flashes, and Gwens, etc. Get freaking Edge of Time, not just Ultimate and 1994, in it
- The locked-up anomalous villains perhaps even helping stop Spot - like Kingpin and Ock above. Basically No Way Home's scenario but tweaked a bit and writ large; let them decide whether to have a new lease of life or to keep their exploits going - their outcomes, their terms as usual. I wonder how would Atari Osborn fare, though, XD
3. Fates
Another element to be addressed is the room elephant of canon events. Their loopholes, their flexibility have to be expanded upon: They are fluid like time's arrows and oceans. For one:- George lives? Sorry, but Gwen's relationship with him remains strained, on top of her guilt from treachery and deception. Also, the canon event ain't really death, but the Captain losing their job
- Not Peter B., because he's a living meta rebuttal to people holding off (at the very least) on an aged-up/married/parent Peter, the 616 editorial included. Him dying, let alone Mayday (toddler, so definite write-off), would undermine this subtext
- Not Jess, 'cuz she's a mother and despite her jerkish mentor habits seems willing to look the other way for turncoats like Margo/Byte
- Not Jeff, 'cuz that would just prove Miggy's point in light of George being living proof, as well as utterly render worthless all the effort thrown into saving him
- Not Miguel (yes, how dare I), 'cuz for all his pain-motivated harshness, he deserves better than the cliche'd fatal redemption trope of villains, of which he technically ain't one (and don't "Thanos" this as unlike Migs, he knew of better options but foregone it)
At risk to himself, he'll unhesitatingly save lives while one/some of those who blindly followed him give theirs. As shitty as his Society's turned out to be, they still have their main directive of fixing multiversal incursions, and someone has to keep giving the orders, someone with the most drive and commitment (especially for atonement)
Why on Miguel? Matured thinking aside, it evokes how science and philosophy works; cognitive science has this cliché of at least two sides theorizing extremes that are contrary to one another, and as time passes with discovery, the proof points to both sides having a point and deciding on a compromise; this of course goes beyond simple personal disagreement
So who'll it be?
Spider-gents and ladies, none other than Gwendolyn Maxine Stacy of Earth-65B
In the vein of MCU Aunt May being her Pete's Uncle Ben delivering that responsibility quote, and through it occurs the Spider-Verse's true Ultimate Fallout/Death of a Spider event this way
Gwen being slain and (certainly) coming back would be a wakeup call to both her world and the Society, as well as the latter group's morality in their internal strife and conflict against Spot. Redeem her image to everybody, Miles included, while allowing them to get together on solitary terms
That way:
- Miguel's right that being a Spider is a sacrifice, it's just their assigned canon events ain't 1:1 across every universe
- Miles' right that you can have and eat two cakes - meaning canon events can be alleviated (such as debris falling on Singh without killing him) - it's just that there's a cost
I'ma spitball here, but it's kinda like Nolanverse (TDKR) Batman, come to think of it. Maybe George is informed of and reveals his daughter's "demise" and publicizes her ident? The latter I admit is questionable
Maybe Gwen goes to 1610B and RVs with Miles to Florence - there's this café on the banks of the Arno - for a fine evening sitting there and ordering a Fernet Branca
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(Potential) Foreshadowing
- Proof for the 42 antiheroes' case:
... "We wanted to craft this moment where Miles encounters this powerful figure in his life that he loved so much and he lost," says director Justin K. Thompson. "That's when he realizes that he is not really in his own dimension, as well as the gravity of what he has lost. In this reality, Aaron had to shake off his life of crime and became a surrogate father figure to Miles."
... In this alternate reality, the Sinister Six have been able to flourish and take over the world. "Criminality runs rampant," says Thompson. "We wanted to create a world where it felt like Aaron and Miles G. Morales of Earth-42 [this reality's counterpart to Miles Morales] are the only heroes.
Zahed, R. (2023). Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: The Art of the Movie. Abrams Books. THE WORLDS → Earth-42, p.190
... This version of the character was never bitten by a radioactive spider and doesn't have any superpowers, but he has fallen into the role of becoming the vigilante the Prowler, under the tutelage of his uncle Aaron. ...
Zahed, R. (2023). Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: The Art of the Movie. Abrams Books. THE WORLDS → Miles G. Morales: The Prowler, p.200
- Here's a pattern: We meet multiple Spidey-Peters and our intro hero is, well, RIPeter, then some podcast revealed we'd be meeting multiple Gwens in Beyond; timestamp 17:51-18:45
Interviewer: Will we see other multiversal variants of Gwen Stacy in the future even if they don't have spider powers, like you do with MJ, Uncle Aaron, and Miles?The Pete variants showed up after Blondie's demise, so they might reverse the sequence here - as I said, a bookend.
Lord: Currently yes. ... But there’s one I’m very excited about.
Miller: Yes, yeah, I know exactly the one you’re talking about.
Lord: You know the one I’m thinking of, which is based on... I’m not gonna say anything, I’m not gonna say anything.
Miller: But it is sort of plot-integral, I would say.
Interviewer: If there are other multiversal variants of Gwen in Beyond the Spider-Verse, will they impact her arc, her relationship with Miles?
Lord: I would say yes.
Yea, all these signs totally bode well for the other blonde Spidey here
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- Friendly reminder they referenced fuckin' Ultimate Fallout of all storylines in Gwen's room, under which she mostly lingers while speaking with her dad. Are you telling me that scene just happened to be shot like that? No, they orchestrated it! L&M! The story that deals with Miles' overall debut and the (of course, cue pathos) fallout of 1610A Spidey's demise! Been struggling to find and spot it honestly, damn lighting and coloring
- Guess what's 1610A Pete (the original Ultimate comics version, not blond RIPeter)'s death age? 16, exactly 65B Gwen's present age. MCU Pete's too when he was snapped
- Notice the last part of the Canon Event exposition scene; Hobie's got the Spider-Man No More comic panel, Jess-332 the If This Be My Destiny one, Peter B. the wedding, and Gwen? Spidey rising from the grave in Kraven's Last Hunt, modified with herself doing the feat. The kicker here: Neither Hobie nor Gwen's displayed events have official releases yet, although Hobie did say he opted out of chasing Miles - which is to say she's next and last, as well as #4 (so deathly the connotations) on the shown list
In Defense
Now calm down before you web pitchforks on me- People keep saying there has to be a much more nuanced wrap-up - an idea with traction around these subs in a good way; to this day, people argue whether that Mumbattan hole was Spot BS or a canon event's unraveling. Mine has that nuance IMO
- Migs up and stated Mumbattan wasn't their first canon event ruptures rodeo and they couldn't save some 'verses from them, why would he be bullshitting or even fully wrong on CEs if he had that Spider team with specialized equipment for canon event containment? They were conveniently there right as that hole formed, and hell, they could reconcile that hole with the Dead Migs dimension where everything digitally evaporates as the latter being the end result
- He put on his shitlist Spider-Holland (maybe along with Maguire, Garfield (the light one)) for a reason - not hesitating to save MCU MJ (Michelle Jones-Watson) rather than let her be Spider-Tom's ASM-121 moment - although one can argue the memory wipe counts as first love loss, along with his Iron Man being his police captain canon event - and Raimi-verse Gwen is very much (per that meme) hot, single, and alive. Observing Sinister, Supreme, and 838/Illuminati-Strange's destroyed realities made him a rage button for 2099
- Showing the other 'verses like the comic-based What Ifs and that Armored Spider-Man one from the 1994 cartoon? It's kind of like a cheat out of the dilemma, and I'm not sure the other viewers would agree. Miguel also knows of Dr. Strange and possibly his What If? versions
- Before someone "Absolute Points solve themselves, Society's unneeded" me, we know too the APs are a nascent concept and Miguel probably thought no two universes will always solve themselves and CEs are probably spontaneous - maybe a day, a week, or even a year plus, they will happen, scapegoat or not
- To the people who say Migs was mistaken in how he destroyed that reality and that it was an Incursion: IT WASN'T ONE, because it would have caused a collision course between that 'verse and 928B, which I don't think they have any means to stop - only someone like Strange. Aside from the trolley sacrifice of one Earth, we're not privy to what are the other seven ways to averting Incursions. Guess what, Gabri's reality went poof on its apparent own while 928B stayed very much alive. Didn't even look like 928B was approaching from the skies at the time either
- Returning to Miles' side, I also hear of the fixed time points comparison from Dr. Who; I'd like to point out the Doctor was able to fake his death by hiding inside a, uh, humanoid ship at Lake Silencio, so I've read, despite records saying so
- They keep insisting "First time for everything," right, plus the cake stuff? Why not a Venom Blast resuscitation somehow on the brink of death, then being comatose or some other critical injury so the "lost Lenore" event doesn't stick? Or! In the style of BvS Dawn of Justice and What if? Spider-Man The Other (plus Ultimate Gwen ofc)...symbiotic resurrection (possibly even transporting that one symbiote drop in that bar in the MCU), and cue Gwenom arc in some spinoff like Spider-Women
- Alternatively, to avoid the fridged LI trope absolutely, Rio gets the Ultimate comics treatment of death somehow - but as said repeatedly, doing one's own thing, and I think this Spider-War's seen enough dead Moraleses. Miles has already grown and seen enough from the other Spiders' losses and his own. Honestly, people need to hear comic quotes often, take Mark Waid's Daredevil run:
Rachel Cole: You know what gives me the strength? My loss. We're alike that way, I imagine. Admit it, nobody who's a stranger to that particular pain could ever be as driven as us.It's relevant because Rachel's stance here was that people like them who fight for causes are solely inspired by loss, only for Matt to verbally skewer her. The subtext here, synthesizing it with the Spidey mythos is that it's misguided to think that losing forever more loved ones is the only way to make a true Spider-Hero.
Daredevil: Never... Don't you ever say that to me ever again, that is a repellent statement, it's a vomituous insult to every cop, every fireman, every soldier alive who steps up to fight for those who can't! I am sorry for your loss, but if you genuinely believe that only the death of a loved one can motivate a human being to take up a cause...then get your pathetic cynical ass out of my way so I can do my job!
Flip the narrative and say "Villainy only happens if they're abused/poorly raised, alas, poor villain;" one is warranted to call it a vomitous insult to every abuse victim/improperly raised junior out there who became better than their elders/superiors - i.e. not go evil.
Either way, the greater gist of this is losing a close one for good isn't the way, emphasis on "for good"
Future Implications
Wrapping everything up like above (I mean the objectives), one way or another (not necessarily mine), would show full commitment to the theme of forging one's own destiny right down to the metatextual. The Spidersoc let confirmation bias blind themselves to possibilities and seemingly have yet to expose themselves to the preestablished branch realities where, say, Spider-People lose nobody or a Gwen Stacy ties neatly her romance quest with a Spidey. The themes of doing your own thing openly and honestly and in safety - rather than requesting permission from broken systems - resonate much with an Excel list: People who are queeof colowomen/disabledBeyond that obviousness, we have disabled Spideys, Muslim Spideys (that female UK one), Blob-fat Spideys - even PLUSHIE Spideys, just to name a few, all to show the movie being the most diverse and inclusive Spidey work to date. These themes are so incredibly applicable to the lives of atypical people or otherwise people who live under systems that aren't designed for them to succeed. IE: POC, women, queer people, people with disabilities, etc. One can argue "doing your own thing" was what made ItSV such a breakthrough success and a decade phenomenon: Everything about the animation
I get that a teen girl dying, even temporarily - especially one who resonates much with LGBT (transgwender specifically) themes - is real bad optics, but we went through this before with Luz Noceda (bi rep exactly) from The Owl House, and things landed on their feet :)
If/When she comes back to crimefighting, this would be the moment she goes by Ghost Spider like her A self - a Gwen who fought fate and died for it, but another Spider loved her so much, he raised her from death to life in Ultimate defiance (getting flowery prose here) that prevails