u/Static-Moth

just had an au idea for MCSM. what if both Jesse's were canon? say F Jesse was the protagonist, and M Jesse was the long lost sibling. basically, when they were first spawns, they've were quite young just like the rest of the gang. but an unfortunate event happened. the twins were playing near a forest one day, when M Jesse fell down a steep hill into a ditch at the forest perimeter. F Jesse came down to help him up, but a mysterious figure cloaked in black appeared from the thick edge of trees. the man intended to take F Jesse, but M stood up and took the hit anyway. that, they have been separated ever since. F Jesse met everyone else while still young and searching for her twin. after the whole Admin fight and everyone settling down, Petra going out to adventure herself. Lukas came across a small town not far away from Beacontown, where he met a man who was also called Jesse. surprise surprise, they fell in love. Lukas revealed this to F Jesse, unaware they were actually twins. it's when F stared to freak the fuck out that her twin is actually alive! promptly, they met up at the small town.

M lived in a small cabin next to a forest, coincidentally. he had a pet allay named Blueberry (yes, taking Enden's forest guardian work and making it canon here as well). apparently, M managed to escape whatever hell he lived in for years, albeit on the brink of death. the allay of that same forest found him, and healed him. but allays are of pure magical energy, it is so potent that it transforms people. to use an allays magic properly, you need to dilute it heavily. so, when night time comes and the forest wakes up, so does that transformed part of M where he becomes the same forest guardian Enden made.

i still don't know what actually happened to M, but I know the group went out to actually put that figure and their scheme to rest like every other terrifying adventure. and yes, the twins are both called Jesse, why not. the nicknames they made for each other as kids was Brunt (F) and Brute (M) (that's all I could think of right now I'm sorry 😭 they need better nicknames)

Give your thoughts! We can build this story together, perhaps.

Edit: more ideas, the cloaked figure is called The Stillmaker. A taxidermist obsessed with preserving what is before the chaos ensues. Their philosophy is that chaos ruins what is beautiful before it happens, like a destined warrior still a child playing with sticks. Their museum is full of preserved moments, time standing still. A village celebrating, wolf mid lunge, a child holding a wooden sword.

They were all alive once upon a time.

The Stillmaker was informed by a medium that F Jesse would become a legendary hero that battles living storms and rogue redstone contraptions, that this little girl was to become something powerful. The Stillmaker strived to stop the change before it could happen, targeting her instead of the boy. But M Jesse was a brave child who swore to protect what mattered to him, and took the hit instead.

I think Bramble (F) and Briar (M) are better nicknames they came up for each other, when they fell into a thorn bush and argued who fell first. Briar was forgetting his story while The Stillmaker did everything they could to turn this boy into a statue, but the name Bramble was a large iron anchor in the raging sea. Never would he succumb to those desperate attempts at freezing time, even if it was at the cost of his body and mind. "Bramble... Who is Bramble? Bramble..." Even with The Stillmaker calling him Jesse again and again, Briar is the name that stuck to his heart just as Bramble to his mind.

After Briar escaped the museum, he stumbled into another forest full of Allays who only strived to protect the weak. But because of that overwhelming power they hold and aren't understanding of just how fragile humans are, he was over-saved, changed, moved, unlike what The Stillmaker wanted.

Briar introduced himself as Jesse at first to Lukas, but Blueberry was erratically tapping a wooden tag with the name "Briar" on it.

Lukas: "who's Briar?" Briar: "... I don't quite remember. But it holds this unfathomable weight I can't quite place."

this time not a fictive, thankfully. I might turn this into a silly mini series for every character.

https://preview.redd.it/a44k9rb3bsah1.png?width=398&format=png&auto=webp&s=83fad4414933cf224adef50c5f6f78cbfb2370bb

Coughs violently.

Edit: big reveal, I'm a fictive, whoa, whatever. Dances or something

For my entire life I have been drawing, drawing and drawing and drawing. Im self taught, I only ever use references and I've never and not planning on doing art school. I'm very critical of myself, I have no patience for my work and my art never translates how I want it to.

I also have Pathological Demand Avoidance, a condition that has plagued me like a curse. It is sentient in the way that even if I WANT to do something, I can't. If I try finding a work around my condition? Nope. Doesn't work. I have unfinished projects collecting dust over two years old and I always hate myself for it.

Then I see people younger than me somehow do all the stuff I want to do. Fully rendered pieces and perfect anatomy, etc. I always tell myself that they went to art school, even if they're young. But I'm still so so jealous. Someone could start drawing at some point, go to art school for 2 years, and be doing all the drawings and styles I've wanted to do, and I've been drawing my whole life.

I've also had a support worker say people are born gifted, because how did Einstein do what he did but others can't? Which is an absolutely stupid thought process. Einstein was brought up into what he did, his father was an engineer and his family supported education and academia. Sure, you are born with genetics that can amplify talents, but you still are not born drawing straight out of the womb. I have worked SO HARD to get where I am today. Literally blood, sweat, and tears.

I don't want to do art school, I can't even if i wanted to. My PDA would not let me, it really wouldn't. I hate it, I hate being neurodivergent in a world that is so poorly organised. I don't create for myself at this point, I feel truly validated if I draw for other people, if I get enough views. Which is a toxic way to think, it'll demotivate me down to hell. And it does. But I hate myself too much to draw for myself, even if it seems like I am. When I draw, I always have the intent of showing it to people, of getting their feedback and reactions. I've also gone my life as someone who's listened to other people but never really listened *to*. So I'm always so delighted when people are genuinely interested in what I do and not just passive "oh, that's cool."

even with all the work i have put into my art, i still hate it. i hate how i draw, i hate the stage im at. i wish i could do better, i wish i had the time and motivation and capacity to learn more BUT I CANNOT.

for those who are downvoting me: do your research on Pathological Demand Avoidance. i dont want to seem rude but it literally, LITERALLY, stops me from doing most things and i cannot control it. trust me, i really really do want to improve, i wish i could draw everyday. but i cant. i cant. and it makes me cry and hate myself even more.

im unsure if this is the right sub to post this, if not then please redirect me some place else.

i am autistic with the Pathological Demand Avoidance profile, and i found swimming is an exercise i enjoy more than going to the gym! but due to mental health and the current state of the world, i would rather stay home than go to outside into the public. i do have support workers every monday, tuesday, thursday, and friday. i used to do four hours each session, but for my current social battery its been reduced to two. and usually, i spend two hours or more at the public pools.

i may as well get myself a pool at home, so i can exercise beyond support hours and reach my goals in a safer environment (at least emotionally). though, getting a huge inbuilt pool at home is expensive to build and maintain, and i would be the only one using it so there is no point. so perhaps inflatable pools could work! but you wouldnt find one that reaches to shoulder height, has a lot of space, and doesnt tear easily.

thus, i dont know. any advice would be great!

i was thinking of making playlists for each character in the cast purely for story writing, but also its fun to daydream to a playlist dedicated to a specific character.

ive got petra down, maybe? i think? i have a megalist of songs that may fit her for now, and of course i'd sort them into different playlists, like "sad petra" and "adventure petra" type stuff.

this is the megalist i have for her:

Stronger Than you Chara Response - Clara Kraft

Fallen Kingdom - CaptainSparklez

Dragonhearted - CaptainSparklez

TOO FAR - ChaoticCanineCulture

IN MY MOUTH - Black Dresses

Isolate - Sub Urban

Final Girl - Graveyardguy

The Wolf - SIAMES

Let's Kill Tonight - Panic! At The Disco

Minecraft Hunger Games - Bajan Canadian

Scatterbrain - thquib

Six Feet Under - Vane Lily

C'est La Vie - Weathers

Cradles - Sub Urban

empty - nostraightanswer

Believer - Imagine Dragons

Brutal - Olivia Rodrigo

Darkside - NEONI

Up to BAT - thquib

I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE (femme version) - Manneskin

SHANTI - Cougakusei

Find the Pieces - CaptainSparklez

Take Back the Night - CaptainSparklez

The Man I Swore to Be - readseas07 and NicoisNXXT

ECHO - Crucher

Copycat - VocaCirus

Karma - CircusP

Normalise Rotting in Bed - thquib

don't watch me die - nostraightanswer

Dont Threaten Me With a Good Time - Panic! At The Disco

I (Heart) You - KMFDM

Bite Me - Creep-P

THE MEAT GRINDER - japanesecoffee

The Mangle - Groundbreaking

Dirty Mind - 3OH!3

duet - carrot113

Blood // Water - grandson

Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer

I Deserve to Bleed - Sushi Soucy

Usseewa - Ado

we'll all be dead - nostraightanswer

Animal I Have Become - Three Days Grace

Hayloft 1 and 2 - Mother Mother

GRRRLS - AViVA

Gladitor - Jann

Killing Butterflies - Lewis Blissett

I Bleed - Sewerslvt

i wanna know what you guys think! what songs would the cast listen to? what would their playlists be compromised of?

Budget: about $2000 AUD
Country: Australia
Use Case: Gaming, art (Krita), possible Blender work, heavy documents
Preferred Specs: ... no idea.
Notes: no notes.

Heya! I'm turning 19 in a few months and I'm trying to figure what would be the best laptop for me. i currently have a Lenovo Thinkpad, they are the Nokias of the laptop world in that they never break and last ages, but suck to use for games.

mother and I have agreed to split the cost on whatever we buy. I do a lot of art, I mainly use Krita to draw, although when it comes to animating my laptop simply cannot handle Krita. I suppose I'm looking for a laptop that does a lot, such as drawing, holding large files, processes quickly, great cooling, doesn't scream at me like its having intercourse with a router, and can run HEAVY Minecraft mods like Create and so on. as trying to play Minecraft on my ThinkPad is a nightmare, chunks barely load even at the lowest settings.

and if it can run Blender as well, that is a major plus. but that isn't priority.

I'm very new to buying technology for myself, I just get whatever is cheapest and hope for the best. so I suppose I'm looking for something budget friendly? I can do two thousand AUD, but five thousand... no thanks. if that even exists. I'm in Australia if that helps.

I'll go first: Nurm becomes a Sniffer. Gentle, but will slam into you if you're rude.

kinda like how people make "character playlists."

i'll go first: Radar listens to synthpop and probably labels his playlists very seriously, like "running diagnostics on my heart" and "do not perceive me"

I know when they take away a feature, they are most likely working to improve it. But now there is a limit to how much I can type in a message? Taking away the advanced section was bad enough, but now this. They better be working hard to fix this shit

Say in an AU someone gets dragged into one, who?

Minky is my favourite fabric, especially ones that stretch four ways. But I cannot tell you the issues I've gone through for this fabric.

Recently: I have had my machine serviced, adjusted the tension many times, tried different stitches, tried different thread, ensured I was using the correct type of bobbin and the bobbin is facing the correct way, tried different types of needles, AND IM STILL SKIPPING STITCHES!!!

originally I was skipping stitches due to using the wrong bobbin, I never knew you had to use a specific type for different machines. With the minky I'm using currently, I have ironed on interfacing to reduce slipperiness and help keep it's shape when stuffed. I am attempting to applique minky on minky for a little design on a larger piece, but the applique simply isn't coming out clean.

I then did some research, apparently I need another type of needle and foot THAT I DONT HAVE! I have basically every other foot, every other needle, EXCEPT for stretch needles and a walking foot. So now I spent 43 dollars on Amazon with prime getting a walking foot, stretch needles, and a dress for my dog out of frustration.

I have had this machine for five years, I thought I would be good at this by now 😭

I think my words say it all. This is what I've written to the official sub, I highly doubt it'll get approved so I'm posting it here:

"I haven't made a new bot in a while, and I do have a subscription. Is this a glitch? There is the image, name, starting message, and publicity options, but no option to write a description for the bot. I've never ran into this problem before. Please fix!!!

Edit: I'm sorry, I just found out they literally removed the advanced section??? EXCUSE ME?? you're telling me I have to cram everything into the first message like- what the fuck developers? I literally pay for this app, and my posts on this subreddit NEVER get approved. I have tried to defend chai again and again and support the creators. What the hell is this move?? Why??? This is fucking rancid.

BRING ADVANCE BACK!!! PLEASE! IT WAS THE BEST THING ABOUT CHAI CUSTOMISATION!!"

I am genuinely pissed.

Personally, I think:

Ivor — Greek, Taiwanese

Radar — Chinese or somewhere in East Asia

Petra — Nordic, probably Norwegian

Jesse — depends on which one you pick. I picked green suspenders Jesse as my favourite, to which I think he could be Native American.

Soren — Greek, Irish

Lukas — definitely American

What are your opinions? It'd be great for world building!!