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2011.06.30 07:47 nosceteipsm /r/LightNovels - Translated Japanese Novels

A community for those interested in the Novels translated from Japan.

2011.02.17 17:20 xsp Nintendo Gamecube

The GameCube (Japanese: ゲームキューブ Hepburn: Gēmukyūbu?, officially called the Nintendo GameCube, abbreviated NGC in Japan and GCN in Europe and North America) is a home video game console released by Nintendo in Japan on September 14, 2001; in North America on November 18, 2001; in Europe on May 3, 2002; and in Australia on May 17, 2002. The sixth-generation console is the successor to the Nintendo 64 and competed with Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation 2 and Microsoft's Xbox.

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2024.05.14 00:00 ClaimSalt1697 A MASTER LIST of real world tie-ins to ACOTAR: Part 2—World Map, Items, Terms & Other ✨🌙

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⚠️ WARNING: Maasverse Spoilers—Proceed with Caution ⚠️

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Part 1: Characters and Courts (sorry for those who already saw this post and now it's gone. I realized after publishing that Reddit formatting deleted a solid CHUNK of detail after the fact. Gimme a few days and I'll get it back up and published)
Part 2: World Map, Items, Terms & Other - YOU ARE HERE
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If this is the first post you've landed on, see Part 1 above for an introductory explanation to this two part post.

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UK + IRELAND

PRYTHIAN

A combination of Prydain, the old Welsh name for Britain, and Brython, which translates to “Ancient Britons” from Welsh.

HYBERN

A riff of Hibernia, the Classical Latin name for Ireland.

Artist of Prythian map: P-dulcis on redbubble

ADDITIONAL EUROPEAN-PARALLEL LOCATIONS

ILLYRIA

The Ancient Greeks used the term Illyria to define a region in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula. The numerous peoples who populated those areas were known collectively as the Illyrians. The region itself is quite mountainous.

THE MIDDLE

May refer to the Midlands, the central part of England, though geographically the Prythian map places the Middle central to Prythian, not central to England; with the Prythian inclusion of Scotland, the Middle on Prythian maps is located further north than the actual Midlands of England.

UNDER THE MOUNTAIN

A potential nod to the Schiehallion, a cone-shaped mountain often referred to as the center of Scotland. It's name comes from the Gaelic Sìth Chailleann, meaning "fairy hill of the Caledonians." On the southwestern side of the mountain is said to lie the well-concealed Uamh Tom a' Mhòr-fhir, a cave serving as an entrance to the underworld.
As the Schiehallion lies in the middle of Scotland (the Night Court) and not the middle of mainland UK (Prythian), the Sciehallion could instead be representative of Ramiel.

THE WESTERN ISLES

May refer to the Outer Hebrides, also known as the Western Isles, which is an island chain off the west coast of mainland Scotland. They are also sometimes known as Innse Gall, a Gaelic term meaning "islands of the foreigners/strangers" which was originally used by mainland Highlanders when the islands were ruled by the Norse.
ACOTAR role: The Prison is located in the Western Isles.

THE PRISON

Though located in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland rather than the Outer, the Prison may be a nod to Beinn Shiantaidh, which is Scottish Gaelic for "holy mountain." It is located on the western side of the Island of Jura and is the second highest peak of the Paps of Jura.
Fun fact: Pap is of Old Norse origin and means breast.

VALLAHAN

Valhalla is the hall of slain warriors in Norse mythology, located in Asgard, where those who die in combat live in peace under the leadership of the god, Odin. They are said to dwell in Valhalla until the events of Ragnarök, where they will then march out to fight in aid of Odin against the jötnar, a type of being in Germanic mythology.
ACOTAR role: Vallahan is a faerie territory located in the northwest portion of the Continent.

ADRIATA

The Adriatic Sea is located in Southern Europe and separates the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula. It contains more than 1,300 islands.

BOG OF OORID

The Oorid Lough is a freshwater lake in the west of Ireland.

CRETEA

Crete is the largest and southernmost island in Greece.
ACOTAR role: Cretea is where Miryam and Drakon's people lived following the War.

LAPPLUND

Lapland is a geographic region in Northern Fennoscandia which covers much of the Nordic countries. It is also a province of Sweden and the largest region of Finland.
ACOTAR role: Lapplund is where the Cauldron was hidden.

ITICA

Ithaca is an island featured in the Odyssey and was the island home of Odysseus. It is also a real island in Greece. The Kathara Monastery is located in Ithaca.
ACOTAR role: Itica is one of three temples where the feet of the Cauldron were hidden.

MONTESERE

Montserrat is a mountain range near Barcelona.
ACOTAR role: Montesere is a fae territory located in the Continent's NW and is considered generally wealthy. They allied with the loyalists in the War.

RAVENNIA

Ravenna is located in Northern Italy and was the capital of the Western Roman Empire.
ACOTAR role: Ravenna is a fae territory on the Continent and allied with the Loyalists during the War.

DUNMERE

Dunmere is a hamlet in Cornwall, England.
ACOTAR role: Dunmere is a town located within the Night Court, between Velaris and the sea.

NEVA

The Neva is the fourth-largest river in Europe and is located in northwestern Russia.
ACOTAR role: Neva is one of the largest human cities on the Continent and is where the Archeron sisters' father travels to trade.

SCYTHIA

The Scythians were an ancient Eastern Iranic equestrian nomadic people who migrated from Central Asia to the steppes of modern-day Ukraine and Southern Russia.
ACOTAR role: Scythia is one of the territories of the human lands on the Continent, ruled by Queen Vassa. They are said to be a horse loving people.

ROSEHALL

Rosehall is the name of a remote hamlet in the Scottish Highlands.
Fun fact: The 2nd Duke of Westminster acquired the Rosehall estate and his mistress at the time, Coco Chanel, redecorated the interior to her own liking. Winston Churchill, a close friend of the Duke, also visited the estate.
ACOTAR role: Rosehall is mentioned in ACOFAS and is theorized to be the place where Azriel's mother resides.

AFRICA-PARALLEL LOCATIONS

THE BLACK LAND

Black Land translates from Kemet, a popular ancient name for Egypt, which is derived from the color of the fertile black soil along the cultivated area of the Nile valley.
ACOTAR role: The Black Land is a region of the continent where human slaves were ruled over by a High Fae queen. Miryam and Drakon joined the mortals in the War and freed Miryam's people by crossing the desert and eventually the sea.

THE ERYTHRIAN SEA

The Erythraean Sea, originally an Ancient Greek geographical designation, has been used as a name for the Red Sea which lies between Africa and Asia.
ACOTAR role: Drakon used his magic to split the Erythian Sea.

ASIA-PARALLEL LOCATIONS

XIAN

Xi'an is the the most populous city in Northwest China snd the second most popular tourist destination in China.
ACOTAR role: Xian is a Fae territory on the Continent and allied with the Loyalists during the War. A large majority of the Dawn Court is made of Fae from Xian, including Thesan's mother. Feyre remarks that Amren may have molded her mortal body after their peoples.

BHARAT

Bhārat is one of the two principal official short names for the Republic of India.
ACOTAR role: The Archerons lost their fortune when their father's ships sank on the way to Bharat.

RASK

May refer to Rask, a city in Iran, that serves as both capital of its county and district.
ACOTAR role: Rask is a Fae territory on the Continent and allied with the Loyalists during the War.

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS

VELARIS

Possibly derived from the Latin vēlo*,* meaning "to veil, cover, wrap" along with "to hide, conceal" and "to clothe in." Could also derive from the Latin vēlum, meaning "to veil, curtain" and also indicates a tarpaulin acting as cover for outdoor spaces.

THE WALL

No singular reference, but the presence of a wall separating one race from another, often humans from mythical beings, is rife throughout history, mythology, and fantasy.
One from each category that has loose ties to ACOTAR: (1) Hadrian's Wall, ie the Roman Wall, a defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia. It spanned from coast to coast, cutting across the entire width of Northern England. (2) In Norse mythology, the Master Builder asking for the hand of the goddess Freyja as payment for constructing a wall around Asgard to defend the gods. (3) The English village of Wall in Neil Gaiman's Stardust, named after the wall separating the land of Faerie from the mortal realm, highly guarded and cautioned against for mortals seeking to pass through.

THE MOONSTONE PALACE

Romans linked moonstone to the moon goddess Diana (goddess of wild animals and the hunt) and Ancient Greeks linked it to their lunar deities Artemis, Hecate, and Selene.

SIDRA RIVER

Sidra is a name of Latin origin and means "Goddess of the stars" or "like a star."

RAMIEL

Ramiel is a fallen Watcher, a type of Biblical angel, one of the 20 Watchers that rebelled against God by mating with mortal women, therefore creating the Nephilim (Shadowhunters, anyone?). Ramiel means "God has thundered." Ramiel is sometimes conflated with Remiel, also known as Jeremiel, meaning "God shall have mercy," as is listed as one of the seven Holy Angels. He is the archangel of hope and is responsible for divine visions and guiding the souls of the faithful into Heaven.

POOL OF STARLIGHT

No plausible connection found, though there is a famous pool in Greek mythology—a pool Mnemosyne presided over in Hades, counterpart to the river Lethe. Dead souls would drink from Lethe to wipe their past lives from remembrance when reincarnated. Those who drank from Mnemosyne's pool remembered and halted their transmigration of the soul.

ATHELWOOD

Ethel (also aethel) is an Old English word meaning "noble." Athelwood can mean "noblewood."
ACOTAR role: Athelwood is Morrigan's estate located in the Night Court.

GOLLIAN MOUNTAINS

Göll is one of the named Valkyries from Norse mythology. Her name means "tumult," or "noise, battle."
ACOTAR role: The Gollian Mountains are where the Valkyries were slain during the War.

MYRMIDONS

In Ancient Greek mythology, the Myrmidons were an Ancient Greek tribe. In the Iliad, they are the soldiers commanded by Achilles. Myrmidon has also come to mean "a follower or subordinate of a powerful person, typically one who is unscrupulous or carries out orders unquestioningly."
ACOTAR role: The Myrmidons are a set of mountains serving as the border between the Day Court and the Night Court from which the Illyrians migrated.

CESERA

No direct reference found, but may allude to Caesarea, the name of numerous cities and locations throughout the Roman Empire.
ACOTAR role: Cesera is one of three temples where the feet of the Cauldron were hidden.

SANGRAVAH

No direct reference found (and I lost my mind searching for one). Closest I came to was the similarly sounding Angharad, a feminine Welsh name, long associated with Welsh royalty, history, and myth, including Arthurian legend.
ACOTAR role: Sangravah is one of three temples where the feet of the Cauldron were hidden.

GREENFIELD VILLAGE

No direct connection found, though Greenfield is the name of several villages of England.
ACOTAR role: Greenfield village is a neighboring village to where Feyre grew up and where Isaac Hale's wife is from.

WINDHAVEN CAMP

No connection found, though a separate Windhaven also appears in Tower of Dawn in the TOG series. Altun—Windhaven being the rough translation—is located in a three-peaked mountain range and is the home of Sartaq's hearth-mother and family.
Fun fact: Windhaven is the name of a science-fiction novel by George R. R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle following a group of humans who crash-landed on a foreign planet and learned to craft their own wings out of the spaceship wreckage.

THE WOLF'S DEN

No connection found, BUT fun fact: there is a named Wolf's Den castle in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series (aka Game of Thrones) that now serves as a prison. "All the days were much the same inside the Wolf's Den, and any change was usually for the worse." A Dance with Dragons, Ch 29
ACOTAR role: The Wolf's Den is the name of the worst tavern in Velaris that Nesta is known to frequent.

SILVERSPRING CREEK

No plausible connection found, BUT fun fact: "Silver Springs" is a song written by Stevie Nicks, performed by Fleetwood Mac, and is so strongly ACOTAR-coded even my non-loving playlist-to-book self can't deny it. If you want more bread crumbles that SJM is a Stevie Nicks fan, "Rhiannon" and it's lyric origins have potential ties to the Rhiannon of TOG.
You could be my silver springBlue-green colors flashin'I would be your only dreamYour shinin' autumn ocean crashin'
Time cas t a spell on you*, but you won't forget me*I know I could have loved youBut you would not let me
ACOTAR role: Silverspring Creek is a stream running through Feyre's human village, near where she hunted rabbits.

STRYGA'S CASTLE

No direct reference found, but due to Stryga/the Weaver resembling a female demon akin to a vampire in Slavic mythology (see the Monster section above), it is possible Stryga's former home, before she was confined to her cottage, is reminiscent of Bram Stoker's 1897 Dracula and the Transylvanian Castle complete with three vampiric sister brides who entice men with their beauty and charm before proceeding to feed upon them.

The Night Sky

ARKTOS

Arktos, also written Arctus, means "bear" in Ancient Greek. Arktos was a centaur who fought against the Lapith spearmen. The Arktos Megale (aka Ursa Major, the Great Bear) is one of the original 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy who drew on earlier works by Greek, Egyptian, Babylonian, and Assyrian astronomers.
ACOTAR role: Arktos is one of the three regarded holy stars (the furthest left star) of the Illyrians and serves as part of the symbol for the Night Court. The echelon of Arktosian is reserved for Illyrians who survive the Blood Right but fail to reach Ramiel.

CARYNTH

May refer to Corinth, an ancient city that was one of the largest and most important of Greece, or Carinthia, the southernmost Austrian state in the Eastern Alps, noted for its mountains and lakes.
ACOTAR role: Carynth is one of the three regarded holy stars (the middle star) of the Illyrians and serves as part of the symbol for the Night Court. The echelon of Carynthian is reserved for Illyrians who scale the summit of Ramiel during the Blood Rite and are considered elite warriors.

ORISTES

Orestes (also spelled Orestes) means "stands on a mountain" and he is the subject of several Ancient Greek plays and myths concerning his madness and purification.
ACOTAR role: Orestes is one of the three regarded holy stars (the furthest right star) of the Illyrians and serves as part of the symbol for the Night Court. The echelon of Oristian is reserved for Illyrians who make it to the Ramiel during the Blood Rite but don't reach the top.

Locations not listed: A slew of various more minor locations have not been listed, including the Four Market Squares of Velaris, certain cottages and houses, and even the Ironcrest Illyrian war-camp.

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THE CAULDRON

There are many magical cauldrons present in various mythologies, one being the Pair Dadeni in Welsh mythology, a magical cauldron able to resurrect the dead, and the coire ansic of Irish mythology, the cauldron of the chief god of the Tuatha Dé Danann, which never ran empty.

TRUTH-TELLER

Possibly inspired by Fragarach, an Irish mythological sword known as "The Whisperer" or "The Answerer." It was the sword of Nuada, the first high king; it was said that no one could tell a lie with Fragarach at their throat and that the sword inflicting wounds from which no one could recover.

THE HARP

May refer to the uaithne, the magical harp of the Dagda, the chief god of the Tuatha Dé Danann in Irish mythology. It could control men's emotions and change the seasons.

THE MASK

In Egyptian culture, death masks were designed to guide the spirits of those mummified into the next world.

THE UNKNOWN 4th TROVE ITEM

Seen in a vision by Nesta via Lathys, which we now know to be the Horn, and may refer to the Gjallarhorn of Norse mythology, the sound of which is said to herald the beginning of Ragnarok.

ATARAXIA

Ataraxia, in Ancient Greek philosophy, was a state of calmness untroubled by mental or emotional disquiet, ie tranquility of the mind. It was considered the ideal mental state for soldiers entering battle.
ACOTAR Role: Nesta's Made sword.

GWYDION

Gwydion is a name meaning "born of the trees" and is the given name of Gwydion fab Dôn, a magician, hero, and trickster of Welsh mythology. Caer Wydion, the castle of Gwydion, was the traditional Welsh name for the Milky Way.
ACOTAR role: The Starsword and twin to Truth-Teller.

NARBEN

No direct reference found, though narben in German means "scar."
ACOTAR role: Narben is a lost sword from the Dread Trove.

OUROBOROS MIRROR

The ouroboros is an ancient symbol of a serpent or a dragon eating its own tale, first present in ancient Egyptian iconography and the Greek magical tradition, the term itself deriving from Ancient Greek. It has been used frequently and extensively throughout fantasy literature. It often symbolizes the cycle of life, death, and rebirth.

BOOK OF BREATHINGS

The Books of Breathing are a set of ancient Egyptian funerary texts that are intended to enable those deceased to continue their existence in the afterlife. It is a simplified form of the Book of the Dead.

VERITAS ORB

Veritas is of Latin origin meaning "truth." It is the name for the Roman virtue of truthfulness and in Roman mythology, Veritas is the Goddess of Truth. Universities and colleges such as Harvard use the term veritas as their motto.

SYMPHONIA

Symphonia is Greek in origin and was used to denote a variety of musical instruments.

AMARANTHA'S NECKLACE AND RING (JURIAN'S FINGER AND EYE)

Jurian's finger bone and eye, kept by Amarantha, are reminiscent of relics and reliquaries, often religious in nature. Relics typically consist of the physical remains or personal affects of a saint and the reliquary is the container that holds them.

FAEBANE

Possibly inspired by wolfsbane (aka aconite or monkshood), a poisonous flower ancient Greeks would poison arrows and bait with to hunt wolves. It is lethal and often fatal and is an oft-used plant and poison within the fantasy genre.
Fun fact: In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Hamlet himself was killed with an aconite-laced blade.

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DAEMATI

Potentially a combination of the Greek word dae (to give) and the concept of mati, labeled as "the evil eye" in Greek classical antiquity. Daemati may effectively mean "to give the evil eye."

THE WEAVER'S SONG

The Weaver's song, sung when Feyre was stealing Rhysand's ring from her cottage, is similar to "The Twa Sisters," a traditional murder ballad dating back to mid 17th century England. It tells of two sisters who travel down to a body of water where the older one pushes the younger one in. A harp or a fiddle is then made out of the murdered sister's body, which plays itself and sings about her murder.

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2024.05.13 18:59 DoGsPaWsLoVe Sunday 05/12/24: 15 Posts

Here is the recap of the 15 monetized posts from Kylea G Weight loss Journey on 05/12/24.
Disclaimer: I am not a physician, influencer, or paid content creator. I am not affiliated with WW. I am semi-retired from healthcare with multiple college degrees. These opinions are my own based on social media content. I wish no harm to Kylea or Joseph "Joe" Gomez.
☎️ If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, please call or text 988 for assistance.
The tagline of Kylea G Weight loss Journey is, "I changed my life with prayer and a playlist of songs. No surgery, no meds. Just Jesus."
DAILY STATS 05/12/24:
0/15 posts discussed prayer
1/15 posts discussed music (summer concerts)
0/15 posts discussed exercise
2/15 posts shared a recipe
3/15 posts were about something she ate or drank
1/15 posts was about food being fuel
1/15 posts was a tribute to Gibson Moon
1/15 posts was about Kylea packing a backpack
1/15 posts was about her pet cat
2/15 posts were about Joe liking bacon and Whataburger
3/15 posts were a tribute to her sweet momma
📢 For our friends at Meta, that means >53% of her monetized content had nothing to do with weight loss, which is the tagline and purpose of her page.
⚠️ Disordered Eating- Daily Food Consumption (Data compiled from monetized content):
0 WW Points: Hot Coffee. No protein shake or almond milk is described
0 WW Points: SalTea Sloth Loaded Strawberry, Watermelon, and Coconut Tea with 1/4 scoop "energy" (caffeine and other additive/chemicals);
4 WW Points: G Hughes Sweet & Spicy Shredded Crockpot Chicken, Cooked Red Potatos & Roasted Corn with spray vegetable oil.
25 WW Points: Great American Iced Cookie Cake Slice
📢 For our friends at Meta, that means Kylea consumed 4 WW points of her (up to) 30 WW point daily allowance and used 25 of her 28 weekly points on a sweet treat= Disordered Eating. This will be explained in more detail below. Please follow your policies on eating disorders and take action against Kylea Gomez.
Recipes Shared for Joe:

Cherry Cheesecake Overnight Oats
Pretzel Salad

📢 Joe is not on WW and prefers calorie-dense foods (per her content). Why post recipes of items she will not eat and Joe does not prefer?
🚨 Please speak with a medical professional about any questions or concerns you have about your health.
Comments: Although Kylea tried to focus her content on Mother's Day, the focus shifted to triggering food content and deadly messaging on the topic.
⚠️ Binge Eating, Compulsive Buying Disorder (CBD), aka shopping addiction, Death, Disordered Eating, Food Addiction, Gaslighting, Grief, Pregnancy Loss, and Religion will be discussed.
☮️ Today's discussion will be heavy. Please bow out at any time. Your mental health is more important than my comments.
Gibson Moon: Kylea kicked off the day early with this triggering post (she did not use a disclaimer), "Happy Mother's day to the momma's whose babies live in heaven with my sweet boy." An angel wing ornament with Gibson Moon and 9-5-22 is shown. She did not disclose this was an early pregnancy loss, leading followers to believe she lost a living child.
Using the Cat for Content: Kylea is feeling "a lot better" and will only have 1 cup of coffee today and "continue focusing on water." 🤔
Countdown to Concerts: Kylea is excited to "wear my pink boots again" at future summer concerts and "Just 18 days until I take Joseph to see Hardy." Kylea is a master at emasculating Joe with subtle digs. "...until I take Joseph to see Hardy." Please disregard the fact she travels to California tomorrow and getting a puppy in 1 week. I'm convinced she is not capable of living in the present moment.
SalTea Sloth to the Rescue: Why drink water when you can drink thrice-flavored tea with a caffeinated "energy" boost to cure your illness? 😉 This was Joseph's gift to her for Mother's Day.
Tribute to her Sweet Momma: Kylea praises her momma in a series of posts today. A quantity of fresh flowers to equal the 3 decades of her being a mother, a giant iced cookie cake, and gift bag (unknown contents) with a backyard BBQ and a new inflatable hot tub + previous all-expense paid cruise, wardrobe, and accessories were necessary to prove her love and adoration. 💰💖
Joe Loves Bacon & Whataburger: Joe's weight rapidly fluctuated in pictures today. 👀 He was the grill master with a pile of bacon, burgers (not shown), and then goofily posed in front of the unopened Whataburger. (He will be eating there tomorrow.) Remember Joe has not gained ANY weight and eats what he wants. Kylea triggers her followers on purpose for monetary gain. The fact that Meta is paying for this content on a weight loss page is a head scratcher.
The big finale: This is the time to bow out if triggered on the topic of disordered eating. My words will be harsh.
Kylea wants you to believe she has been extremely ill with nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. She consumed a Loaded Tea and brought her own low WW point chicken to a family barbecue. She shows a picture of a large Iced Cookie Cake she purchased. She shows a large piece she eats for 25 WW points. Here we go...
Follower: "That looks good was it worth the points?"
Kylea: "I just see food as food. So it was fine. 💖"
⏸️ This is gaslighting. Kylea has a serious eating disorder. She chooses not to use her WW daily points and obsesses about planning for and obtaining her weekly calorie-dense TREAT.
Food is Fuel Speech: "Hey friends I haven't really had the energy lately to explain, but I view all food as food and not a treat. Green beans, brownies, chicken- it's all food to me. That's the way I feel has helped me the most to completely reform my relationship with food. Fuel. No matter what. 💖 It's all about balance."
Follower: "Yummmm! They got us cupcakes at work, I had to indulge."
Kylea: "I don't look at dessert in that way, to me it's just food. 💖💖"
⏸️ Kylea loves to rate her meals, desserts and treats 10/10 and wants you to mimic her choices.
Follower: "Everyone needs a sweet treat! Your awesome! Enjoy and celebrate your Mom! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️"
Kylea: "I don't use the word treat, just food! 💖💖"
⏸️ This is a lie. Throughout a large portion of her monetized weight loss journey, Kylea used the word "treat" in her content. Somewhere along the way, that word became a trigger for her.
Follower: "Good philosophy. I need to lose obsession with food as comfort and companion."
Kylea: "I did on July 5 of 2021.💖"
⏸️ This is potentially deadly messaging. Kylea wants you to believe she received divine intervention when she wept at the feet of Jesus in July 2021 inside a bath tub (she also claims she could not fit in). She wants you to believe that in that moment, the chains of her 20-year binge eating/food addiction (two separate issues she uses interchangeably) were broken, and she has had a perfect journey since. She is desperate for you to believe she has had no cravings, no setbacks, or plateaus, and has not gained ANY weight since reaching her goal in July 2023. This is a lie proven through her own content.
Many artificial sugars are sweeter than natural sugar. She is addicted to "sweet" and fulfills her cravings daily. She "plans" for calorie-dense sugar bombs weekly and tries to claim treats are medically necessary to jump-start weight loss, keep her out of ketosis, prepare her body for pregnancy...
If food is just food and it is all fuel, why do diseases and conditions like diabetes, hypertension, strokes, and heart attacks occur? Why is there an epidemic of morbid obesity? Foods are not and will never be on a level playing field. Kylea has provided no proof of formal education in medicine, nutrition, health, or wellness. Stop looking to UNeducated influencers for your health and wellness advice. Her motive is to make money. Otherwise, the stats and comments I provide in these daily and weekly recaps would tell a different story.
Kylea has gained weight, and it is obvious, even through highly modified photos. She stopped showing her scale pictures, started wearing larger clothing, spandex tank tops and shorts, became defensive about body shaming, and either hides or shows clothing tags (depending on her mood). She lives in fear of the scale and the truth.
Follower 1: "How? I'm struggling so bad."
Follower 2: "I'm struggling as well! All I think about is food."
Kylea: "finding healthy coping skills"
⏸️ In what world are extramarital affairs, mocking, blocking, and doxxing followers, an out of control shopping addiction, disordered eating, boasting and complaining about your 18+ hour work days 24/7/365, constantly running away from your problems (frequent travel), and inappropriate parasocial relationships with musicians and the Basham & Lee's healthy coping skills? Someone, please explain it to me.
Kylea, you need holistic care from a team of medical professionals. They are not the enemy. People of faith should not feel shame for seeking medical care. It is time to put your devices down and prioritize your health. ☮️
Takeout Purchase: SalTea Sloth Tea with Energy= $8 est + tip;
Shopping: Blue Hydrangea= $24.82 est; *Fresh Cut 2 Dozen Roses= $39.94 est; Iced Cookie Cake= $44.99 est; Items in gift bag= Unknown;
*I do not feel there were 36 roses in the vase.
All info from Reddit. ✌️

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2024.05.13 17:22 localbreadplug My GF wouldn't stop falsely accusing me of cheating which annoyed me so much that I actually cheated.

I left a 2.5 year train wreck of a relationship back in January and have been slowly putting my life back together. Haven't really had anyone to talk to about the specifics of what happened so I wanna get this out here.
This started when I was 20 and dating my then girlfriend who I'll call E. E and I had a pretty great relationship. It was long distance at the time but we had just been living together for a month over the summer which was a lot of fun. We had arguments here and there but nothing major, and they were always more just snapping over stress than real arguing.
And then after a year of dating everything slowly went completely wrong.
I started my second year at university. I made it my goal to overcome my social anxiety this year because I hated feeling like it was holding me back from experiencing much of anything outside of my room. When I arrived I forced myself to awkwardly chat with my flatmates instead of hiding, and eventually I relaxed a little and arranged to grab drinks with them downstairs in our building later that evening.
Up until that evening I genuinely fully believed that me becoming more social would be good for my relationship. I thought, who wouldn't want their partner to become more fun, outgoing and charismatic? Who wouldn't want their partner to become confident and have a vibrant social life with lots of friends? I thought it would be so much fun having new stories to tell E about my time with people because I barely had much to talk about when I was a shut in and I felt like it was starting to make the conversation between us a little stale. I was excited to grow as a person and to see my GF be proud of me, since she always said she wanted me to go out and make more friends.
E was not happy at all. Over the course of the evening she went from neutral about the plans to tense, then to obviously annoyed, and eventually she snapped at me over text and started a full argument. I'd never had her snap at me like that and it was a totally unusual interaction between us. She said she didn't like that I was hanging out with people that she didn't know and that she didn't want me being with them in the evening or drinking with them. I was already a little drunk at this point and did a sloppy job of diffusing the situation, but I made up some excuses, left the social situation and spent the rest of the night calming E down.
I didn't realise it at the time, but that first argument was going to be our new normal. As I tried to meet new people and introduce myself to friends of friends E kept snapping at me. I was lost, because if I backed off from everyone and talked to her properly she'd calm down and eventually be on board with me meeting new people, but as soon as any actual social time was approaching she'd be so obviously uncomfortable. Freshers week started fully for my university and everyone was going out clubbing. I was joining my friends on these nights out and doing my best to keep E constantly updated with texts and pictures of me with my friends.
It was on one of these nights out that it finally became clear why E was so upset. They seemed to fully believe that I was going to meet another girl and cheat on her. I was a little shocked when she first expressed this to me. She'd been cheated on in past relationships and had told me that she worried about me doing it in the past, but we'd been together almost a year without any violations of trust on my end and it hadn't come up for some time, so I really hadn't thought about it.
If she hadn't been so upset I would have laughed it all off. I've always been awful with women and was a terminally online self-identified incel for most of my teenage years. I socialised exclusively through a small group of male friends that were very supportive of me, and while I had female friends here and there I was absolutely not skilled with women. I have what is possibly the least sexy personality a person can have, a fun personality but one that would kill any romantic or sexual tension a person might feel for me instantly. I can't stress enough that anyone that knows me really should know that me hooking up with someone at a club or any social event would be massively out of character and weird for me, and E definitely should have realised this. It didn't seem to matter because every argument was a rush of raw panic, insecurity and jealousy on their end, which I could always diffuse but only after being a verbal punching bag for the night.
The entire year went by with no real improvement, and I was pissed. E was ruining social events constantly for me and nothing seemed to make her happy. I'd never let a social event take full priority over E and it felt like she abused that fact. I'd spend most nights out with people on my phone the entire time calming E down and usually left early to go call E. I didn't mind, because as far as I was concerned she was more important than any given night out, but as this became a regular pattern I realised it was killing the social life I had tried to build. Friends started noticing that I was visibly on edge constantly and asking what was wrong, and I explained that I was having trouble communicating with E and explained some of her insecurities. My friends were sympathetic and made an effort to be extra cautious with girls around me, going out of their way to never let me get left alone with a girl even briefly and making it clear that I was taken every time they introduced me to someone.
E had slowly grown to hate every specific person I was friends with in my university city, seeing all of them as bad influences that did nothing but take my time away from her. She hated my lifestyle, telling me that I got drunk too much and was constantly hanging out with people that couldn't be trusted. I was on board with cutting back on drinking, since like most students getting into partying for the first time I could definitely drink a little too much and end up feeling gross. Beyond this, however, it felt like E was using genuine concern as a facade to shut down my social life. She would make up hyper specific problems with every person I told her about, especially girls, to the point where I could no longer actually trust any of her judgements on people as she expressed them to me.
The next summer passed. We didn't manage to arrange to see each other in person that year because of money and that probably did put a strain on E. I worked in retail over the summer and was constantly being shouted at by E for interacting with female coworkers and customers or helping her through breakdowns because she would convince herself that I was going to leave her for someone else I met at work. It hurt because the entire reason I got the job was to get money to visit E, but I pushed through the summer and got to the next year.
This year I barely even try. I go to a few social events but after encountering arguments with E again I just give up and cut back on them massively. This is somehow still not enough to entirely stop arguments over the matter since even very small amounts of social time seem like too much for E. She clearly didn't want me around anyone ever and any amount of time I spent with friends was always going to be seen as a big compromise on her end. It became clear to me that, in her eyes, the default should be me spending 100% of my free time with her and any time taken away from her needed to be justified. She saw me going out with friends just for fun as taking time away from her for no good reason, and she was fundamentally never going to be okay with that.
Throughout the term E becomes much more involved with online social groups and starts spending a lot of time with them. This should have been a good thing for us but I hated it. E was a massive hypocrite when she was with people, completely ignoring me and seemingly forgetting about my existence until whatever she was doing was over. She was always at home and I knew that if I could find time to text here and there while out with people then she could find time to acknowledge my existence while playing Minecraft with someone. She was still not happy with me going out with people and the double standard started to make me resent her a lot.
At some point I just got sick of it and started pushing E away entirely. Between the horrific arguments, isolation from my friends and poor mental health for other reasons I was really struggling and I stopped going to classes pretty early in the term. I would lie to E and tell her that I was still going but I would just sit in bed most of the time because there was nothing I felt like doing. I ended up finding online groups of my own to escape mentally from my situation, and that's where the cheating comes in.
At some point the growing numbness and resentment I felt towards E made me lose all respect for the relationship entirely. Our relationship felt dead and I was only in it because I didn't know how to handle a breakup with someone as emotionally volatile as E, and I was very much addicted to the feeling of winning her affection back after an argument. I had become so pathetic constantly begging for me own girlfriend to actually like me. Any kind of fliritng or sexual talk between us had vanished and at that point I wasn't even convinced that E was being faithful to me, but I didn't need that to justify how I felt. I decided that I was just going to go flirt with other people, half out of spite and half because I was starving for someone to be remotely interested in me as a person.
Nothing actually happened for a few weeks beyond me deciding that I wasn't gonna make an effort to shut people flirting with me down anymore. I barely had a social life anyway. Nothing happened until I ran into another girl in an online group who I'll call M. In spite of how I felt I was still very much not a flirty person, and when I started talking to M it seemed like just a friendly interaction that I wasn't expecting anything from. She played a game that I used to play with my friends and E a lot and we talked about playing together some time. The conversation was chill but pretty thin, and we seemed to just be casual friends.
At some point M and I were talking about music, and shortly after that she sent me a playlist she had made saying I should give it a listen some time. I did and she was clearly very happy about it and getting excited when I liked certain songs she liked. I don't really know at what point after that she started to go from friendly to flirty, but after that interaction we'd been talking a lot more and she eventually started to drop some pretty blunt hints that she was interested. She'd gently push the topic of conversation towards relationships, intimacy, sex and such, making a lot of jokes about how we should cuddle and reminding me that she was single. To be clear I hid my relationship from E with her entirely so she did not do anything wrong here. As I'd decided, I didn't stop the flirting and let played along with her, returning a lot of her flirty jokes. This got more and more blunt until we were directly talking about sex a lot, and she was making an effort to make any pictures she of herself she sent to me more and more revealing until we both took the bait and started outright sexting.
Honestly, it felt great talking to M. I didn't feel guilty at all and would have almost wanted E to find out if I thought it would actually end the relationship rather than causing them to become infinitely more unstable towards me. Sadly after spending more time texting and calling over the course of a few weeks M was clearly starting to get a little attached and wanted to come visit me, which was way too easy to do for me to find any real excuse not to. I knew I didn't want to deal with that so I quickly blocked her on everything before that could escalate. I flirted with a few more people here and there but it never got particularly explicit again, and I never engaged with anyone in person in that way at all.
Towards the Christmas break I was feeling broken. The cheating just showed me how much I craved affection from other people, and I realised that I was never going to have it. I'm not attractive or charismatic enough to easily find find other relationships or hookups, and I felt like E was the biggest bit of luck I would ever get. That was ruined and I felt lonely, unwanted and disgusted by how pathetic and desperate my actions had become. I just powered through the Christmas break with E and acted normal while I prepared how I was going to break up with her. I wanted to do it after my exams because I didn't want any potential fallout to impact my grades more than this relationship already had, but E ended up forcing things.
The night before I was due to return to university E blew up at me, this time because she found it suspicious that I hadn't been talking about a particular new female flatmate much (I just didn't get along with this person that well) and didn't trust her. I explained that it was nothing, and the response I got was something to the effect of "when you inevitably cheat on me with her just know I won't even be surprised." I just said "cool okay then" and we sat in silence for a few minutes before she said she was going to sleep and immediately hung up. I knew she wasn't but I didn't care.
I caught the train back to university and my first exam was the next day. I told E over text that I needed to focus on the exams and didn't want back and forth arguing while I was preparing to sit them. She sent me a lengthy response saying that she loved me and wanted the relationship to work, but that I'd triggered a huge breakdown by not attempting to calm her down when we last argued and that we needed to have a talk about handling out communication in future, and that she could not speak to me at all until we had talked about what happened. I agreed to have a serious talk as soon as I could.
After a couple of days, however, E sent another long message saying she couldn't cope with the no contact and that she needed the talk to happen now. I ignored the message for a day and she deleted it. I was emotionally finished and realised I didn't actually care about giving E a real breakup conversation anymore. Early the next moring I sent her a long message explaining that our relationship was over and blocked her on everything before she woke up.
That was 4 months ago and I haven't heard from E or seen anything related to her since. The long distance and resultant separation of our lives means there'd be no natural contact even in online spaces, so I do not have a single bit of information about what happened on her end after the breakup. I'm doing a lot better personally now which everyone in my life points out constantly. I'm rebuilding my social life and fixing my education, even though that's now a little uncertain because of how bad the beginning of the year went. I feel great outside of just being very frustrated over the situation and how I handled it. I do genuinely hope E is doing okay too, and suspect that her mental health has probably drastically improved since we broke up as I know her insecurity and paranoia in the relationship was unhealthy.
I don't think I will ever consider dating again, at least not without a lot of therapy first. I left a lot of detail out in this post but the relationship became dangerously unhealthy for me. I'm shocked and disgusted by how pathetic and easily manipulated I was throughout the entire 2.5 years, and angry that I wasted such a big part of my life (I'm 22 now) on something that I should have known much earlier was going nowhere. Life is good now, but relationships seem to bring out the absolute worst in me and I'd rather those parts of me stay buried forever.
If I learned anything from this situation it's that lifestyle compatibility is hugely important in a relationship. I was naive to think that I could live however I wanted when I was involved so deeply with another person. I also realise now that you can't have a relationship where one person is always the villain in arguments. It leaves you with a very toxic one-sided dynamic where you become your partner's verbal punching bag and emotional safety blanket at the same time.
Thanks for reading if you made it this far. This was very long and I'm not expecting much response, but it feels amazing to have it typed out.

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2024.05.13 03:38 DoGsPaWsLoVe Weekly Recap 05/05/24-05/11/24: 102 Posts

This is the weekly recap of the 102 monetized posts from Kylea and Joseph "Joe" Gomez of Kylea G Weight loss Journey from 05/05/24-05/11/24.
They have made 609+ monetized posts in 5 weeks.
Disclaimers: I am not a physician, influencer, or paid content creator. I am not affiliated with WW. I am semi-retired from the healthcare field with multiple college degrees. These opinions are my own based on social media content. I wish no harm to Kylea or Joe Gomez.
☎️ If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, please call or text 988 for assistance.
📢 To the perfectionists, Kylea has a habit of heavily editing posts 3+ times and archiving/hiding and deleting posts. I do not have a burner account for Facebook and have not viewed every comment made. She does not post receipts and is secretive about her purchases.
The tagline of Kylea G Weight loss Journey is, "I changed my life with prayer and a playlist of songs. No surgery, no meds. Just Jesus."
Of the 102 monetized posts last week on the topic of faith:
0/102 discussed which version of the Bible she prefers
0/102 revealed her church home, a service she attended online/in person, or how she worships when traveling
0/102 discussed a personal/group Bible study she completes/attends
0/102 were a favorite scripture or Bible verse
Of the 102 monetized posts last week on the topic of music:
2/102 referenced music Kylea prefers= an unnamed Taylor Swift song as a clapback to a comment about pizza crust and a drinking buddy anthem duet with Morgan Wallen + Post Malone
Of the 102 monetized posts last week on the topic of health:
0/102 were about intentional exercise
0/102 shared a food, water, or exercise log
0/102 discussed meditation, deep breathing, attending grief group, or therapy for her mental health. (There were references to a mental health care provider that gave her a letter recommending an emotional support animal.)
0/102 shared reputable medical sources for nutrition or weight loss content. (She mentions WW points but does not list a website or how to access their app.)
0/102 shared a recommendation for another weight loss influencer to follow
1/102 shared a source for her recipe (Joe's deceased mother)
13/102 shared a recipe. Shared recipes below.

Frozen Pancake Breakfast Sandwiches;
Banana Puddin' Protein Overnight Oats,
Smothered Crockpot Pork Chops;
Trader Joe's Protein Pancakes;
Snapple Zero Sugar Peach Tea & Splenda Brown Sugar Marinated Chicken;
Dirty Dr. Pepper Protein Ice Cream,
Joseph's Lavash Bread Pizza;
Lemon Blueberry "Muffin" Cupcakes;
Blueberry Sugar-free Oatmeal Waffles;
KFC Inspired Bowl;
Sara Lee 45 cal French Toast;
G Hughes Smoky Mesquite Raspberry Jam Chicken;
Lemon Blueberry Greek Baked Yogurt;

⚠️ Disordered Eating- Daily WW Points Consumed (based on monetized content):
Sun 05/05: 10 WW points; Mon 05/06: 11 WW points; Tue 05/07: 7 WW points; Wed 05/08: 7-9 WW points; Thu 05/09: 10-11 WW points; Fri 05/10: 1 WW point; Sat 05/11: 8 WW points;
📢 To our friends at Meta, Kylea can consume up to 30 WW points per day, roll over 4 unused daily points, and consume 28 weekly points. She is clearly underutilizing her daily points and used zero weekly points. This is dangerous and potentially deadly messaging for those on a weight loss journey. 🚨
So what was Kylea's "weight loss content" about? Let's dive into her purchases to find out.
Her subtotal from 05/05/24-05/11/24= $2489.80 est + all applicable taxes, tips, and fees
Her 5-week subtotal from 04/07/24-05/11/24 was $17,133.54 est + all applicable taxes, tips, and fees
🚨 Per Missouri public court records, Kylea Gomez has not satisfied her current medical judgment and is only able to pay $25 per month.
This next section is long due to the volume of purchases. You've been warned...
Weekly Takeout Purchases= $71.73 est + tips;
Sunday 05/05/24 Mexican Takeout Salad with chips/salsa= $15 est + tip (no proof she went with friends);
Monday 05/06/24 Iced/Blended coffee: $8 est + tip (no proof she went with a friend);
Tuesday 05/07/24 Carafe of coffee at unknown restaurant= $5 est + tip (no food shown or proof sister was present); Blended Coffee= $8 est + tip;
Wednesday 05/08/24 Htea0 Happy Hour Drink for 2 + fruit upcharge for 1= $3.25 est;
Thursday 05/09/24 Pineapple Bliss for 2= $6.98 est + tip;
Friday 05/10/24 Blended coffee= $8 est + tip; Wendy's Large Sprite Zero= $2.50 est,
Saturday 05/11/24 Unknown breakfast for Joe= $15 est + tip;
🚨 These additional shopping/travel expenses do NOT reflect her rent, utilities, phone, 2 car payments, etc.
Additional shopping/travel expenses= $2418.07 + all applicable taxes, tips, and fees
⚠️ CBD aka Shopping Addiction: Most of the purchases were for a future puppy.
Monday 05/06/24 Breeder fee for female Cavapoo puppy= $1000 est + fees (breeder unknown); Outward Hound Multi-color Squeaker Ballz Fetch Toy 4-pack= $4.99 est; Outward Hound Blue Whale Big Mouthz Interactive Plush Toy with Treat Ball= $9.99 est, Outward Hound Chicken Roperz Plush Squeak Dog Toy= $11.81 est; Silicone Collapsible Food & Water Bowl= $8.99 est; Plush Oyster Shell with Pearl Dog Toy= $6.99 est; Peppa Pig Squeak & Crinkle Plush Dog Toy= $19.99 est; Pally Paws Butterfly Squeaker & Crinkle Dog Toy= $14.99 est; Woven Dog Bone-shaped mat= $9.99 est; Woven beach bag with pawprints= $19.99 est; Grey fleece blanket= $19.99 est;
Tuesday 05/07/24 *Possible Target Women's Cowgirl Boot Grid Graphic T-shirt= $12.99; Chaco ZX/2 Women's Cloud Sandal in Candy Sorbet= $105 est; Vibrant Life Playful Buddy Emoticon XS 5 count Dog toys= $5.12; Nylabone Puppy Starter Pack-up to 25lbs= $7.57; Nylabone Power Chew Textured Dental Chew Toy Chicken Medium/Wolf-up to 35lbs= $4.97; Vibrant Life Tug Buddy Rope Multi-color= $1.98; Custom Dog Tag for Birdie= $5.99 est; Two Jessica Simpson Pet Dresses= $30 est; Personalized baby blanket for Birdie (Amazon)= $19.99 est;
Wednesday 05/08/24 Roundtrip Gas Joplin, MO to Tulsa, OK= (224mi/33mpg) x $3.85 est = $26.13 est; Costco Skinny Dipped PB Cups= $25.94 est; Costco Deebee's Freezie Pops= $22.75 est; Trader Joe's Frozen Roasted Corn x 8 bags= $40 est; Additional Costco & Trader Joe's purchases= unknown; *Pawdre T-shirt for Joe= $10.99 est; Dog Treat container= $25 est; Patchwork Pet Snuggler White Claw themed plush dog toys= $9.99 est; Smoochy Pet Pals Cheeseburger & French Fry themed plush dog toys= $15 est; Armor All Hammock Style Back Seat Cover= $10 est; Black Dog Bone Mat= $5.99 est; 3 Dog bath towels= $14 est;
Thursday 05/09/24 Alani Nu 12oz Energy Drink Pink Slush for 2= $4.96 est;
Friday 05/10/24 Approx. 72 cupcakes= $41.91 est (Walmart online price used); Mani/Pedi= $75 est + tip;
Saturday 05/11/24 Coleman SaluSpa Air Jet Inflatable Hot Tub in Grey= $609.00 (Amazon price); iCrate 2-door folding black crate= $36.79 est; Kong Blue Puppy Binkie Pacifier Dog Toy= $8.99 est; Kong Pink Puppy Natural Teething Rubber Toy= $7.49 est; Lamb Chop Puppy Plush Regular 10"= $15.90 est; Remy+Roo Small Spring Dog Bandana 4-pack Kathrine Set= $23.95 est; Hubulk Pink Pet Dog Bowl Set with food scoop and Non-Skid Silicone Mat= $9.99 est; MidWest Homes for Pets Deluxe Dog Bed in Grey= $16.99 est; Beirui Cute Little Girl Dog Collar, Harness, and Leash Set= $27.99 est; 3 pack of Blankets Super Soft Fluffy Premium Fleece= $11.99
🤔 Final Thoughts 🤔
Kylea showed her narcissistic greed posting triggering content all week without disclaimers or warnings in clear violation of Meta policy on explicit content and tragedy & conflict. If that is not enough to demonetize and deplatform her, her obvious signs of disordered eating should. Her messaging is dangerous, potentially deadly, and I, for one, ask our friends at Meta to review her content and take action.
All info from Reddit. ✌️

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2024.05.11 18:11 iampatheticarenti A question (and a skippable story) for any of you who can offer insight

ADHD didn’t let me post this so I decided to try here and a couple of other places. Also, I apologize if I shouldn’t have, and I’m sure the mods will promptly remove it.
This is a throwaway and not my main, since I am a very private person irl, and I hate sharing anything personal about myself or asking for advice tbh, and I already feel like I "lost" coming here, but I'm pretty desperate. I'll post a tldr with the question at the end of the story, but I feel that it is important to provide full context for anyone willing to read it. To give you some minor context here to decide if you just wanna skip to the tldr, the story and question is about being ghosted by someone with ADHD.
A while ago, I met someone on this language exchange app I use. Tbh, I had began to become not very invested in the app since I'd already become fluent in my target language, and I'd already met and befriended two language partners that I regularly spoke to off the app, and so didn't need it anymore. However, I was moving soon to the country whose language I was learning, and although things weren't set in stone yet (I was still waiting for my visa to be accepted or denied), they generally seemed favorable, and the process seemed to be picking up, so I thought it wouldn't hurt to get some more language practice in till I traveled there.
So, I'm looking for someone to talk to, and I find this girl who has a very wide range of hobbies and interests, which is very interesting to me. She seems private, hiding things the app suggests you display on your profile, such as your location, etc, and in her picture has her face hidden by her phone. This doesn't matter to me, since I'm just looking for someone to exchange languages with - they could be a faceless alien for all I care, as long they spoke my target language and wanted to practice their English in exchange.
So I message her, and she responds, and we start talking. We get along very well - she's hilarious, and very, very smart. A few days in however, I notice that her English is incredible, and so, out of guilt, tell her that although I enjoy talking to her, I feel like we should stop talking because her English is already fantastic, and it is genuinely a waste of her time to be on this app. She asks me - jokingly, I assumed (and still assume, however I'm less sure now after the voracious reading on ADHD I've done over the past two weeks and my discovery of RSD) - if this is my way of saying I don't want to talk to her anymore, and I laugh and tease her about it and we keep talking, and having a great time, laughing a lot.
We talk everyday, sometimes late into the night, and I unwittingly begin to devote a lot of time and energy to this conversation. Although we're pretty different - she's extroverted and I'm introverted, we have different hobbies, etc, we get along very well, and continue to talk, about increasingly deep subjects, and I still don't know how, but we end up talking about very challenging and personal happenings in our early life. Deeply personal things that neither of us has shared with anyone, ever, and I am absolutely shocked at how similar our experiences are. We open up to each other, and comfort each other, and it's just... yeah.
The day afterwards, she doesn't reply to my last message or say anything, and although it's difficult for me, in my head I'm thinking "she probably needs some room to breath after our last conversation" - the next day she apologizes and messages me, saying it just got really emotional and that she never talks about that stuff, confirming as much. At this point, I think I begin to realize how much I care about this person.
We continue talking again, and we're having fun, but a while later she disappears again - I message her two days later, jokingly asking if she's alive, and she replies, and we continue talking normally. We're talking, and she seems ever so slightly off, but I don't mind it because sometimes before she'd text instead of sending voice notes or so (when shes having lunch with friends or something), or would tell me she's busy and would reply later. We keep talking and having fun normally however, but the conversation later on gets slightly tense - at least from my point of view, but cools down quickly, and she's still her same sweet self, so either she didn't notice it, or she felt a bit sorry. She says something that makes me laugh, and we joke a bit, with her sending a message (after showing her a playlist, i asked her for her favorites, and then said she had good taste, to which she replied "always" with a laugh emoji) that I read before falling asleep.
Here, I had decided to stop talking to her, or at least pause to breath - I was very scared by how affected I was by our conversation, particularly when I thought her tone had changed during the previous night. I also felt horrible, and particularly pathetic that I was this affected by a conversation with someone I do not know, whose face I don't even know what it looks like. So I don't say anything for two days, but again, like that time we didn't talk for a day, I fucking miss this person. And so I text her, asking if she'd like to a have a proper phone call (till this point it had just been texting and voice messages, so close enough), but I specify it not being a videocall, since she's careful about her privacy, and I've told her repeatedly that I don't want to scare her off like that time after we had that really intense conversation.
And she doesn't reply.
I assume she's busy or something, and I message her something funny that happened to me a few days later, and she doesn't reply to or see any of those messages as well. I message her again a couple of days later, wishing her a happy Easter, but she doesn't reply to or see that either.
It has been a week now.
I wait, and I wait, and I fucking wait some more. I admonish myself, telling myself I am a fucking idiot and pathetic for being this affected by a conversation with a stranger, and I try to talk to other people, but I am just lying to myself, and I do not give a fuck about any of them. I go back, messaging her, asking her if she's alright, if I did anything wrong, promising her she can trust me, but she's just gone. And she hasn't used the app or spoken to anyone else either, because the app shows you if a person has been active. She's just stopped using the app.
I am fucking devastated. I message her again and again, talk to her, say and do things that are deeply, deeply humiliating for me, but she never comes back. I open our chat almost everyday, like an obsession, and I see that she's opened the app, and looked at my first four messages - the one where I suggest a phonecall, the ones where I mention something funny in my day, and the one where I wish her a happy Easter, but she hasn't read anything else, none of the further messages. A while later, my visa has been accepted, and I'm travelling to her country in a few weeks - I tell her that too, and it's also unread.
It's now been almost two months since she's stopped replying. It has been... difficult. I've been unable to sleep on some nights, and despite having a lot of studying related to my career that I need to do, I've been unable to get to it. The only productive thing I'm able to do is work out, but nothing else. I miss her. I miss her very, very much.
A little over two weeks ago, I remember something she told me - she was talking about having sleeping problems, and mentioned having ADHD. I vaguely sense that it could be connected - or perhaps I'm just desperate - and I proceed to spend two weeks reading an enormous amount on ADHD, how it works, trying to obtain a medical understanding of it (my career, to be vague, is in the field of medicine), and reading countless experiences and ideas of people with ADHD here on this sub, and elsewhere.
Some of it relieves me, even if slightly - that people with ADHD can suddenly ghost you, even if they care about you, object-impermanence, etc. And some of it terrifies me - about people with ADHD just losing interest in the people or so they were talking to. And some if it saddens me - people with ADHD being overwhelmed, or shutting themselves away when stressed by life, etc.
Some things that may be relevant here that she's told me about:

she was about to start a new job in April, a job where she'd work with and help adults with mental disabilities, which I can imagine to be a stressful occupation. Could the stress of a new job, and that one in particular, just be too much for her, causing her to shut herself away?
she told me that in spring and summer, she spends most of her free time sleeping, since she gets severe pollen allergy, and was already suffering from it a bit when we started talking.

Although it's been two months, I have messaged her almost everyday, even today, with no big gaps in between. It hit me recently that this may be adding to the problem (assuming it's her ADHD, and not just her not wanting to talk to me anymore), since it may be causing messages to pile up that may worsen her anxiety or avoidance regarding answering them.
I have a problem - if I care about someone or something, it can take me a very, very long time to let them go, and it is a very painful process. And I still miss her. I want to talk to her again, and I had hoped to meet her.
So, is there any chance that she has just temporarily "forgotten" about me? Do you reach out to people you've "accidentally" ghosted after a few months or so? And what do you make, if anything, of this situation? Tell me whatever you think, even if it may be very harsh.
TLDR: Girl with ADHD ghosted me out of nowhere, I'm wondering how long this could last.

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2024.05.11 18:07 iampatheticarenti A question (and a skippable story) for everyone with ADHD who can help

ADHD didn’t let me post this so I decided to try here.
This is a throwaway and not my main, since I am a very private person irl, and I hate sharing anything personal about myself or asking for advice tbh, and I already feel like I "lost" coming here, but I'm pretty desperate. I'll post a tldr with the question at the end of the story, but I feel that it is important to provide full context for anyone willing to read it. To give you some minor context here to decide if you just wanna skip to the tldr, the story and question is about being ghosted by someone with ADHD.
A while ago, I met someone on this language exchange app I use. Tbh, I had began to become not very invested in the app since I'd already become fluent in my target language, and I'd already met and befriended two language partners that I regularly spoke to off the app, and so didn't need it anymore. However, I was moving soon to the country whose language I was learning, and although things weren't set in stone yet (I was still waiting for my visa to be accepted or denied), they generally seemed favorable, and the process seemed to be picking up, so I thought it wouldn't hurt to get some more language practice in till I traveled there.
So, I'm looking for someone to talk to, and I find this girl who has a very wide range of hobbies and interests, which is very interesting to me. She seems private, hiding things the app suggests you display on your profile, such as your location, etc, and in her picture has her face hidden by her phone. This doesn't matter to me, since I'm just looking for someone to exchange languages with - they could be a faceless alien for all I care, as long they spoke my target language and wanted to practice their English in exchange.
So I message her, and she responds, and we start talking. We get along very well - she's hilarious, and very, very smart. A few days in however, I notice that her English is incredible, and so, out of guilt, tell her that although I enjoy talking to her, I feel like we should stop talking because her English is already fantastic, and it is genuinely a waste of her time to be on this app. She asks me - jokingly, I assumed (and still assume, however I'm less sure now after the voracious reading on ADHD I've done over the past two weeks and my discovery of RSD) - if this is my way of saying I don't want to talk to her anymore, and I laugh and tease her about it and we keep talking, and having a great time, laughing a lot.
We talk everyday, sometimes late into the night, and I unwittingly begin to devote a lot of time and energy to this conversation. Although we're pretty different - she's extroverted and I'm introverted, we have different hobbies, etc, we get along very well, and continue to talk, about increasingly deep subjects, and I still don't know how, but we end up talking about very challenging and personal happenings in our early life. Deeply personal things that neither of us has shared with anyone, ever, and I am absolutely shocked at how similar our experiences are. We open up to each other, and comfort each other, and it's just... yeah.
The day afterwards, she doesn't reply to my last message or say anything, and although it's difficult for me, in my head I'm thinking "she probably needs some room to breath after our last conversation" - the next day she apologizes and messages me, saying it just got really emotional and that she never talks about that stuff, confirming as much. At this point, I think I begin to realize how much I care about this person.
We continue talking again, and we're having fun, but a while later she disappears again - I message her two days later, jokingly asking if she's alive, and she replies, and we continue talking normally. We're talking, and she seems ever so slightly off, but I don't mind it because sometimes before she'd text instead of sending voice notes or so (when shes having lunch with friends or something), or would tell me she's busy and would reply later. We keep talking and having fun normally however, but the conversation later on gets slightly tense - at least from my point of view, but cools down quickly, and she's still her same sweet self, so either she didn't notice it, or she felt a bit sorry. She says something that makes me laugh, and we joke a bit, with her sending a message (after showing her a playlist, i asked her for her favorites, and then said she had good taste, to which she replied "always" with a laugh emoji) that I read before falling asleep.
Here, I had decided to stop talking to her, or at least pause to breath - I was very scared by how affected I was by our conversation, particularly when I thought her tone had changed during the previous night. I also felt horrible, and particularly pathetic that I was this affected by a conversation with someone I do not know, whose face I don't even know what it looks like. So I don't say anything for two days, but again, like that time we didn't talk for a day, I fucking miss this person. And so I text her, asking if she'd like to a have a proper phone call (till this point it had just been texting and voice messages, so close enough), but I specify it not being a videocall, since she's careful about her privacy, and I've told her repeatedly that I don't want to scare her off like that time after we had that really intense conversation.
And she doesn't reply.
I assume she's busy or something, and I message her something funny that happened to me a few days later, and she doesn't reply to or see any of those messages as well. I message her again a couple of days later, wishing her a happy Easter, but she doesn't reply to or see that either.
It has been a week now.
I wait, and I wait, and I fucking wait some more. I admonish myself, telling myself I am a fucking idiot and pathetic for being this affected by a conversation with a stranger, and I try to talk to other people, but I am just lying to myself, and I do not give a fuck about any of them. I go back, messaging her, asking her if she's alright, if I did anything wrong, promising her she can trust me, but she's just gone. And she hasn't used the app or spoken to anyone else either, because the app shows you if a person has been active. She's just stopped using the app.
I am fucking devastated. I message her again and again, talk to her, say and do things that are deeply, deeply humiliating for me, but she never comes back. I open our chat almost everyday, like an obsession, and I see that she's opened the app, and looked at my first four messages - the one where I suggest a phonecall, the ones where I mention something funny in my day, and the one where I wish her a happy Easter, but she hasn't read anything else, none of the further messages. A while later, my visa has been accepted, and I'm travelling to her country in a few weeks - I tell her that too, and it's also unread.
It's now been almost two months since she's stopped replying. It has been... difficult. I've been unable to sleep on some nights, and despite having a lot of studying related to my career that I need to do, I've been unable to get to it. The only productive thing I'm able to do is work out, but nothing else. I miss her. I miss her very, very much.
A little over two weeks ago, I remember something she told me - she was talking about having sleeping problems, and mentioned having ADHD. I vaguely sense that it could be connected - or perhaps I'm just desperate - and I proceed to spend two weeks reading an enormous amount on ADHD, how it works, trying to obtain a medical understanding of it (my career, to be vague, is in the field of medicine), and reading countless experiences and ideas of people with ADHD here on this sub, and elsewhere.
Some of it relieves me, even if slightly - that people with ADHD can suddenly ghost you, even if they care about you, object-impermanence, etc. And some of it terrifies me - about people with ADHD just losing interest in the people or so they were talking to. And some if it saddens me - people with ADHD being overwhelmed, or shutting themselves away when stressed by life, etc.
Some things that may be relevant here that she's told me about:

she was about to start a new job in April, a job where she'd work with and help adults with mental disabilities, which I can imagine to be a stressful occupation. Could the stress of a new job, and that one in particular, just be too much for her, causing her to shut herself away?
she told me that in spring and summer, she spends most of her free time sleeping, since she gets severe pollen allergy, and was already suffering from it a bit when we started talking.

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2024.05.11 18:05 iampatheticarenti A question (and a skippable story) for everyone with ADHD who can help

she was about to start a new job in April, a job where she'd work with and help adults with mental disabilities, which I can imagine to be a stressful occupation. Could the stress of a new job, and that one in particular, just be too much for her, causing her to shut herself away?
she told me that in spring and summer, she spends most of her free time sleeping, since she gets severe pollen allergy, and was already suffering from it a bit when we started talking.

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2024.05.11 15:18 gwolffe356 Asyle: Week 19 An Intrusion at the Bunker, Building Doors and Locks, Planting a Bamboo Hedge, and Preparing Defenses around the Base

I've started a YouTube series this year that is about several of my autistic experiences and special interests, framed as an audiobook/journal about surviving on a deserted tropical island. Initially I wrote it for my own amusement, with no intention of sharing it with anyone. However, it has since become the foundation of an experiment I'm trying to conduct in "reverse-masking," i.e. displaying as much of my personality as possible to as many people as possible, instead of trying to fit in by hiding those features and pretending to be like everyone else. My hope is that this will help me find friends who share my special interests, as that is what the chapters of the audiobook are mostly about.
In this episode, I discover that the island has been secretly visited in the night, and after doing a little investigation, determine that they were probably smugglers and a danger to my survival, so I start planning defenses for my base, but have to once again deal with how intense and exhausting my emotions and social anxieties are.
Here's a link to the video if you want to check it out; no pressure: https://youtu.be/feQ76y-iWuk?si=kOIEzAviFpwHErSF
And here's a link to the full playlist: Asyle Playlist

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2024.05.11 14:51 PleasantTheory3491 Ideas for SB737's Hardcore World and YouTube ideas in general

I've been a fan of SB737's Hardcore World ever since it started, and that was around the time I discovered his channel. Seeing him grow from 2 and a half million to 4.25 million subscribers made me happy. His Hardcore World was, and still is my favorite series on his channel. Now, despite how awesome his Hardcore World is, I think there are a few flaws with it, or just things that would make it even better. These things are also things that I think the community would like in general. First of all, I could be wrong, but I believe that the normal Terracotta block and normal Shulker Box are missing from his block collection. Second, one thing I've seen a lot of people do that SB doesn't do all that often is make builds around farms to hide all the redstone bits and mechanical and technical pieces. I think making builds around these farms would be nice. Lastly, the Sonic and Tails statues look kind of lonely. I think the other Sonic characters would fit nicely with them and bring the area to life a bit more. Next, I have a few extra challenges that would probably- no, definitely take multiple episodes to complete. The first of these is to create a visual recreation of the first Sonic the Hedgehog game. Bonus points if it's functional. To take this challenge to the next level, how about every Sonic the Hedgehog game there is? That's probably unrealistic, but I felt it was worth suggesting anyway. Oh, also, I would love to see Mario characters get their own statues too, since I play a lot more Mario games than I do Sonic games, and would like it to get a bit of recognition. If all of this wasn't enough, I have one last suggestion: Build a visual and function replica of every single game title that ever featured or was inspired by Mario or Sonic. That's probably never going to happen. As for suggestions outside the Hardcore world, I would love to see playthroughs, or maybe even first reactions to certain games. I don't really know how many Sonic titles SB has played or seen, but I assume it to be most, if not all of them, so my focus is on him playing Mario titles. I still would love to see playthroughs of Sonic titles too, though. Lastly, I think it would be cool to see him play through all of Minecraft Dungeons. As I was watching his older videos from before I came across his channel, I noticed a trilogy of Minecraft Dungeons episodes that never even made it halfway through the main story, let alone all the DLC content. I have yet to find a YouTuber who does a normal playthrough of all of Minecraft Dungeons, and I think SB could finally be the one. (Also note that "all of Minecraft Dungeons" means that the playthrough includes all DLC and the 26 Ancient Hunt bosses, plus maybe even some Tower layouts. Maybe even Minecraft Legends too. Also, to stay on the topic of the Hardcore World, I think it would be better if the mountain of gold was filled in with gold rather than just on the surface.)
Okay, I've been working on this post for a while now, and I just realized that I have one more suggestion for SB. The Animator vs. Animation series. Very few people react to this series, and I know that SB has already seen some of the episodes, but I would love to see him react to them in chronological order. The full playlist in what I believe to be chronological order can be found here. But two things need to be noted:
First, don't turn on captions. There is swearing, and it is made by fans anyway and therefore unofficial.
Second, PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU DON'T DO THE THUMBNAILS WHERE THE STICK FIGURES HAVE EYES IT'S CREEPY. But seriously, I think the thumbnail should be something simple, like your face over the climax of the episode. No special effects or photoshopped faces or anything, just pure simplicity. (I think people like it better this way. I know I do, anyways.)

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2024.05.11 13:32 Sin-God A New Chain: Adjusting

A few minutes after I step out of the office and into the streets of the city I live in I find myself walking past various people on a busy street. I am a decent distance away from the office and I have the ability to truly appreciate the assorted abilities I purchased.
My enhanced senses, which with every passing second grow incrementally stronger, allow me to fully soak in how powerfully alive a city is. I can hear the sounds of everything from insects hiding away in small crevices and cracks where they hope to be undisturbed by humans, to the whispered conversations people not far from me are having as they walk ahead of or behind me. I can see the seams of clothes worn by people around me even from a distance, including seeing them in their full, true breadth of color, colors beyond what I can name and identify.
I can feel the changes in the location of nearby air caused by people moving around me. If I shut my eyes I could effortlessly navigate this place, as busy as it is without sight. And the smells... Well, the smells are a lot less pleasant than everything else, but my sensitivity to them is still something that astounds me. The active simulation of my senses serves as training, and this makes even the act of walking around serve as something that will slowly morph and change me for the better.
I allow myself to wander, gaining valuable experience all the while, as I turn inward and glance at my class menu. My class menu right now only has three options for me to choose from and they are pretty basic: mage, rogue, and fighter.
Mage is the default magic class, and the first "Class ability", one of the main draws of the "Class" mechanic in the first place; abilities that every class offers those who invest in them, with new options becoming available whenever you level up, it offers me is a simple and minor boost to my ability to regenerate magical energy. Rogue is the default subtlety class and it has not been selected so I can't yet determine what basic "Class ability" it offers me at first level. With a simple burst of focus and intent I switch my active class to rogue, after dealing with "Tutorial Sprite", and I feel myself gain a very minor boost to my ability to be unnoticed so long as I am standing still and an increase to the effectiveness of subtle actions I take, like trying to pickpocket somebody.
I repeat this again to make my class "Fighter" and I am surprised to see a text box appear that asks me to pick a "Fighting Style". I get the chance to pick a single buff out of several, all of which relate to fighting in various ways. I ultimately pick a buff that strengthens my unarmed strikes, since barring something truly horrible I'll always have my hands ready to go in a battle.
I switch my active class back to that of a mage, after dealing with "Tutorial Sprite" once more. As I continue to explore the city I mentally muse about the sorts of actions it'll take for me to actually other classes. I saw a few examples in the description of the actual perk description back when I was selecting it, so I know that if I behave as something that is usually enough for me to gain it as a class, but that raises some interesting questions in the context of classes like "Ranger", "Monk", "Paladin" and other fantasy RPG classes. Perhaps I can't unlock them in this jump? That'd be a bit boring, honestly, but it'd at least give me something to look forward to, I guess.
I quickly reach into my inventory and pull out my phone, though the gestures I do to mask this are to reach into my pocket and "withdraw" it from there. I effortlessly and deftly navigate the thing as I begin to venture a touch farther from my home than I'd like. I'm about to turn around when I spot a decently large gym in the distance. This makes me smile, and I use my phone to check out how much money I have in my bank account.
I have a few hundred dollars to my name and nothing else of value. Funnily enough prior to my time in this jump having just a few hundred dollars would worry me a bit but I actually just smile at the sight of the funds I currently have. This is for two reasons: it's more than I had back on my homeworld, but also it's more than enough since I'm staying in an apartment where the first month of rent has already been paid and I don't need to eat or drink. I elect to head to the gym and to see if I can gain a class or two tonight. As I walk I install several social media apps on my phone and set up accounts for the sake of making it easier for me to establish a social media presence later. I still need to do stuff like take pictures though...
In minutes I am in the gym's store and I feel the eyes of several people on me. At this point I've already done the minor stuff like signing up for the gym and paying registration, which I did by interacting with a beefy-looking gym employee who was happy to get my personal details. I am studying the available outfits, looking for the ones that will draw the most attention.
I'm hot now, why not flaunt it? My charisma is one of my most handy stats, and I can train it as easily as I can train my other stuff, so I should. In future jumps being able to attract followers could be life-saving, and in this jump being able to attract new friends will make the days pass by quicker. I grab a few different combinations of clothes, a towel, and a water bottle, as well as a duffel bag. The pants and shirts I pick are clothes that will emphasize my lean build, as I don't have anything like a bruiser or berserker's body type but the wry, lean build of someone who focuses on skill more than raw power. The size of the clothes actually doesn't matter, thanks to a trait from "Inventory" which will automatically resize things I equip, like clothes, to fit me when I store them away.
I take the stuff I've decided to purchase to a cashier and she rings me up while studying me. She is a cute looking but young, late teens young, blonde girl who skillfully takes my goods and scans them.
"So are you new in town?" She asks. "I've never seen you before and most of the people who bother shopping here are regulars." She adds. I laugh lightly and nod at her.
"Yep! I work over in downtown and I decided to check out the rest of the city. I was looking for a gym and saw this one so I figured I'd become a member. This is the closest gym to my work." I remark, probably inaccurately. She nods as she hears me talk. Her name is Jasmine according to the name tag on her uniform. She and I exchange more small talk before she tells me how much I owe her. The amount is almost one hundred dollars which is a bit less pleasant than I'd hoped, but not such a bad price it dissuades me from buying the stuff. She takes my card, does the stuff to get it to pay off what I owe her, and gives it back to me with a receipt. I thank her for her time, tell her I'll see her around and make my way to the gym's locker room while I put my stuff into my new bag.
The place is tight and I can smell the scent of sweat, dirt, and other unpleasant stuff. It's not fun, but a part of my perk that improves my senses is that unpleasant sensations do not have the same delibating effects on me that they would on others. This allows me to tolerate it even as I study my surroundings and look for security cameras. I manage to spot a few so I make my way to the men's bathroom which is connected to the locker room, check for cameras and this time I find none. I reach into the duffel bag I have purchased for myself and I grab the clothes I placed in them, immediately click the resulting notification away, stuff them in my inventory, and then touch my own clothes and store them away in my inventory.
I immediately equip my new outfit, a pair of red pants and a tight blue shirt. I don't bother admiring myself but I do take a quick picture so I have something for social media to hint at my newfound nature as a gym rat. This gives me a "Photography" skill, which I fully plan to take advantage of over the course of this jump. I walk over to the locker room and pretend to store my duffel bag in a locker I was given as part of my package for being a member of the gym. Once my duffel bag is safely in my inventory I shut the locker door and head out to the main floor of the gym, exiting the locker room out a different way than the way I came in.
I step into a large area filled with a multitude of machines for cardio workers, many of which are occupied by various people. Professional trainers stand next to some of the people working out and encourage them while cautiously watching to make sure they don't hurt themselves. Next to some of the areas where people are working out are glass walls showing various studios for classes like Zumba and other sorts of dance-heavy methods of getting workouts. I study the sheets on the glass walls of those rooms, looking to see if any classes are happening soon. I grin when I see a Zumba class that is less than five minutes from starting, in a room where a handsome and fit Latin man is idly stretching. He is being watched by several women, some of whom look at him unwholesomely. I walk over to the place where the participants in the Zumba class are gathering or stretching, uploading the picture I took to different sites and apps at the same time, while I enter the studio, grinning almost uncontrollably as I appreciate the wisdom of choosing The Devil's Own Luck as one of my perks.
______________________________________________________________________________________ Juan is the first of the room's inhabitants to notice the newcomer. The figure steps into the room and immediately begins to approach the instructor, a large grin on his face as he walks over to the middle of the class.
The striking figure has an air that is passively attention-getting and as Juan studies him the man turns his light eyes on the Zumba instructor. The two figures appraise each other as Lucas approaches the instructor and asks him if this is the classroom for Zumba. Juan grins at him and tells him to go ahead and pick a spot in the room. Lucas thanks him and picks a spot close to the glass wall of the room so that way the eyes that got glued to him when he walked through the large gymnasium can continue to appreciate him.
Lucas has movie-star looks but they are wholesome movie-star looks. He looks like the sort of figure that a big studio would hire to star in rom-coms, rather than a sort of strikingly sexy figure who might appear in modeling campaigns or as the star of action movies. His looks aren't designed to attract anyone seeking a specific type of attractive person, aside from maybe a wholesome boy next door type allowed to age and mature a touch. This gives him a generalized level of attractiveness that many, regardless of their gender, sex, or sexuality, would be able to admire, and that several people in the gym are currently admiring.
Juan is not surprised when a few more people enter the studio last minute. The instructor wonders whether Lucas will be a net negative or a net positive for him in the weeks to come if he becomes a regular at the gym and in the class...
"Bienvenidos mi gente!" The instructor shouts as the six-thirty class begins. Multiple people, including Lucas, return the greeting, with Lucas surprising multiple people by returning it in accent-neutral Spanish. Juan gives his pre-class spiel, all about working out at a pace the individual exerciser is comfortable with and about the importance of staying hydrated, and the class, for the most part, listens attentively. Juan then presses a button on a small remote control in his palm which turns on the music.
"Alright class, let's start off nice and slow with some stretches." The instructor says, his voice naturally carrying across the room. He guides the class in a series of simple, light stretches to an instrumental song that combines elements of hip-hop and some other genres. Lucas is able to keep up with this hilariously easily, and the man smiles all the while. There is a look on his face of serene and calm joy, one which he keeps up as the music shifts and Juan begins to guide the class in a simple dance. Lucas keeps up and even feels his mind adjusting to the music and to his instructor's rhythmic moves, emulating the same grace and dexterity as the instructor thanks to a number of perks mixing together and allowing him to move with quite literally supernatural ease.
As the music plays Lucas gains a new skill, "Dancing", and as he trains and hones this skill he is powerfully aware of the impact of several perks that work in conjunction. "Super Sensory", "The Devil's Own Luck", "Well Of Wisdom", and "Beautiful Mind" work with "Jack Of All Trades", "Experience Booster" "Master of All" and "Skills" to hone Lucas's instincts and ability to predict what Juan will do next. He matches the instructor move for move even halfway through the song, and when the song comes to an end the instructor is smiling at the young dancer. In Lucas's mind time freezes when he gets a notification alerting him that he's earned a new class: "Dancer". Internally the young jumper cheers in excitement as he clicks off the notification and makes the class his "active" class, which grants him a bonus to his agility.
The music seamlessly transitions into the next song, and Lucas watches the instructor while gracefully freestyling a series of idle, low-energy moves that still make him look good. Juan watches the man and gets the sense that Lucas is a veteran dancer, which is closer to the truth than most people would suspect when glancing at Lucas either pre-chain or now if he wasn't moving. When Juan begins to dance Lucas immediately replicates him, and the for the next hour the two dance. There are other dancers in the room, some of them are actually quite good, but none of them can match Lucas or Juan.
The two dancers are on another level, and Lucas's mind is hungry to absorb as much as he can, to learn as much as he is able about his own body and what sort of physical limits exist, right now, for the newly liberated performer. Lucas delights in having a body that can move the way he wants it to, and he gains enough experience to level up, time itself freezing for a brief moment about three-quarters of the way through the class. Lucas internally grins with delight when he gets to pick a new class ability.
The way this process works visually is that as time freezes three text boxes appear in front of the dancer. Each one denotes a new ability or buff that the figure could earn. In this case each of the options is a fully new skill or ability rather than a simple buff.
One ensures that once per day a dance can be performed that will be rewarded in some way, with the reward depending on the quality of the dancing and the means of the audience. Another option is an ability to incorporate dancing into one's strikes which makes them harder to predict or block akin to Capoeira, and the last one is a strange ability that allows Lucas to infuse his performance skill with his charisma, which will massively increase how good a dancer the athletic office worker could be. Each of these skills is radically different and Lucas allows time to be frozen while he makes his decision.
Lucas could take advantage of this early moment to gain a new way to interact with his environment, he could get a nice boost to his ability to defend himself, or he could lean into his build... He ultimately opts to give himself a bit of a secret tool in combat, deciding to invest in his long term security, rather than doubling down on what he knows he can do well. Time resumes and he continues dancing.
For several minutes after the class comes to an end he is badgered by people who saw him dancing. He politely answers questions, exchanges names and contact information, and he even gets formally introduced to Juan Romero, the class's instructor. The two have a short, somewhat awkward conversation, wherein Lucas senses Juan's interest in him but also the fact that the figure doesn't love being upstaged in his own class. Lucas doesn't blame him for having come to that conclusion since Lucas was undeniably the better dancer. It's not Juan's fault that "Jack of All Trades" gives Lucas the knowledge and base skills of an average Zumba instructor, and then Lucas's other perks push him past that. Still, Lucas remains polite and thanks the instructor for a good lesson before he decides he's had enough exercise for the night.
In minutes Lucas, still wearing his somewhat skimpy outfit, is out of the gym and slowly making his way back home. The apartment is over an hour away walking at a brisk pace, but Lucas is happy to walk, since that's a thing he can do now. The fit gamer walks through the now artificially illuminated streets of the city armed with his handy mini-map. The figure diligently studies the map as he cautiously, patiently explores his new home, noting the occasional appearance of icons of different colors which is a signifier that they have different relationships to him than either being his friend, or neutral towards him. During this time the man familiarizes himself with this world's social media scene, and he is happy to note the immediate popularity he has garnered thanks to his first post being a thirst trap.
"If 'catfishes' exist in this world so many people are gonna try and use pictures of me..." The man mutters at one point, all while navigating the roads of the city like he was born here.
The next few minutes pass by in a blur, with the figure only stopping for a beat to pick up some groceries. Once he gets enough ingredients for a few simple meals so he can see if he can earn a skill, if not a class, he returns to the streets of the city. A scant few minutes later he deposits the items he purchased into his inventory and finishes walking to the rundown apartment building where his new home is located.
_______________________________________________________________________________________ I step into my apartment after walking up a small flight of stairs and curiously study the cramped, only somewhat livable space. It's a studio apartment outfitted with a very small handful of furniture pieces, namely a bed, a small chair, and a tiny table that is covered in different outfits, my outfits. It has a kitchen, which is thankfully fully outfitted with older looking but hopefully functional pieces of kitchen equipment, which I plan to cook in new utensils that I purchased earlier tonight. I close the door behind me and opt to make sure I fully understand my living situation by walking over to the one door in the apartment that doesn't just lead back outside, and I open it only to see a dirty, unpleasant looking bathroom.
"Well I'm getting what I paid for..." I complain as I realize that if I ever want company over, of any sort, I'll need to clean this place up. I close the door to the bathroom and opt to take stock of my situation.
On the bright side: I have an apartment all to myself and that's always nice. On the not-so-bright-side my apartment is a rundown mess and actually cleaning it won't be fun, plus for any of my furniture to not be generic as hell I will need to invest some of my hard earned money into this place, and right now I'm hardly wealthy. But if I look back on the bright side again... it seems that all sorts of activities earn me skills and classes, so there's probably opportunity to be had here.
I decide to tackle things one at a time, so I go to the kitchen and methodically check the kitchen equipment my landlord provided me with. I also use my cellphone connect to the place's wifi, and plug my phone in so the thing can get some charge. I carefully fiddle with each of the devices in my kitchen, eventually determining that they each work which is truly fantastic news. I cheer when this happens, and I dump out the ingredients I purchased so I can begin to cook a simple meal.
As I cook I turn my phone onto this world's version of YouTube, which is something that has a thematically similar name: OurChannel. I explore the app with one hand while I use my other to prepare the ingredients I selected which consist of some healthy greens and a nice broth so I can make a nutritious soup. I wasn't the healthiest eater in my past life, and I don't need to eat, but I want to gain as many skills as I can which means being much bolder in this life than I was before I became a jumper.
I explore the app on my phone until I find a playlist which promises to allow me to listen to today's hits. I tap it and the music begins to play as I continue to prepare what should be an easy to make dinner. At some point I lose track of time and begin to improvisedly sing along to a song I don't know before I place the ingredients in my meal into the pot, which now sits on top of the stove and is filled with boiling water. As I do this time freezes right when the song I was singing comes to an end. I click through the drawback that was just invoked and see that I have received two skills: singing and cooking. I'm disappointed but not surprised to see that I have not yet gotten any new classes, but singing is a fun skill for me to have unlocked so I'll take it.
"Singing could be a lot of fun..." I remark as my cellphone's app begins to play the next song on the playlist. If I level up my singing I could easily use that in a lot of ways, especially in future jumps.
The next few minutes pass by quite speedily thanks to the music I'm listening to. In less than fifteen minutes I am tasting my simple creation and I am pleasantly surprised to find that I quite like the taste! My enhanced senses allow me to appreciate the flavor of the healthy foods, and I can take pride in the fact that I have made the food myself. Plus this skill, if properly cultivated, can open a lot of doors for me in the future. I drink only half of my soup, as a part of me wonders if the fact that what caused me to become a dancer earlier was the fact that I was in front of other people. If so if I give food I made by hand to someone else that should be enough to allow me to become a chef! I store the soup, while it's still fresh, in my inventory. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to give someone lunch.
When I'm doing making food what I do next is simple. I sit on my kitchen countertop and I proceed to browse the web. I don't do this trolling for any site to read or use, but for one specific thing: I surf the net looking for places where I can find books to read. My easiest skill to farm and hone is my reading skill, and thanks to Master of All I can grind the skill while also grinding everything else. I eventually find a website that allows visitors to read great American classics, which marks the first time I've heard or seen the word "American" in this world. I begin to explore the site, and I spend the next few hours happily reading classical literature and honing all of my skills and perks all the while.
A small part of me wonders if I've made the right choice, but I quickly silence that internal voice. Being here in this room is making me feel things, things that won't help me over the long run, as my presence here means that what I've done is real. The fact that I don't wake up in my tiny apartment back on my native Earth means that my decision nearly a day ago has weight and consequences, which is still a bit hard to believe given that I now have gamer-style abilities and traits but my disbelief doesn't cause me to suddenly shoot up in my bed back on my native Earth. Even when I heard a small voice in the back of my mind wonder if I'm actually here I don't suddenly awaken or get a strange foreboding feeling in the pit of my stomach. I'm still here, still honoring the agreement I made with my boss earlier today. As fantastical as some of this feels, I know that I'm actually here, actually in possession of a super body, and that there is still much work for me to do if I want to grow.
When I finally stop this to get ready for work enough time has passed that I've gained several levels in many of my skills, with cooking and singing having both leveled up. I walk over to the table where my clothes are laying on top of each other and I pick out a new outfit. Once I select it I equip it and slip out of my apartment so that I can begin my walk to my new place of employment for my second day, which should be my first real day of work. As I make my way towards the office I can't help but smile. There's an almost childish quality to my excitement as I move closer and closer to a place I know I'll probably loathe by the time I leave this world. I eventually spot the outside of the office building I work in, and relax as the nasty reality of the boring job I have and will be doing diligently for the next decade washes over me. Still, a decade and then retirement, complete with free money for as long as I want is a pretty sweet deal, one I'd be a fool to pass up. And as I reach the front door leading into and out of the office, I smile cleverly and remind myself that for all of my flaws I am not a fool.

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2024.05.10 20:28 pillowcase-of-eels [Music] Emilie Autumn's Asylum, pt. 5 – Musician spends years building vibrant and loyal audience; single-sentence comment from concerned fan triggers civil war and ruins everything forever

🪞 “It's much easier to get in that it is to get out,” Emilie Autumn used to say. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4.1 - Part 4.2
She was not wrong. Welcome back to the Asylum write-up!
In this installment, we're finally getting down to the nitty-gritty of the enmity between EA and her fans.
It's time for war. It's time for blood. It's time... for tea. 🎵

THE PRESENT DAY: “ASK ME ANYTHING (WELL, NOT QUITE)”

"Ask me anything" titles are catchy, and that’s why I’m using one. But, obviously, don’t ask me anything, by which I mean that, if you think I wouldn’t answer it, you’re probably right. Ask me something really good. I’d love to answer you. I’d love to have comments on these posts, in fact, so that I could answer questions there regularly and ask you things as well, but insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, or so Einstein is supposed to have said, and attempting to create yet another interactive online venue after every previous attempt has ended in heartbreak—forums, facebook groups, social media accounts—it would indeed be insanity to think that this time would be any different. So there are no comments. This too is heartbreaking in the sense that, and you may not realize this, but I desperately want to connect more completely with you—to be able to intelligently converse and share and exchange. We can do that in person, of course, because the wrong people never show up in person. Isn’t that funny… So, perhaps we’ll have to arrange that;). I’ll start you off with an example question I’d want to know if I were you (I can almost guarantee that you do not want to know this). Q. Hey EA, how do you keep your wireless bodypack transmitter secure when you are leaping about in skimpy costumes and doing frequent costume changes? Also, dye your roots. A. Fantastic question, EA, and I just dyed my roots thank you very much. ... (Deleted blog post followed by a year of radio silence, 2022 📝)

Sooo. For the past five-ish years, the vibe in the Asylum has been that of a protracted Christmas dinner where everyone is tensely moving their food around in their plate, bracing themselves for whatever will trigger the screaming match. Wondering what it's going to be this time. Weary old-timers make small talk about the food because no other topic feels safe. Every glance, every forced smile, is fraught with eons-old grudges and unspoken regrets; every nervous pleasantry sounds like a thinly-veiled accusation. Aunt Emilie always insists on hosting, but not-so-secretly hates having people over. Sooner or later, she finds a way to get all of these assholes out of her house. Most of the adult children are daydreaming about going no-contact.
Everyone ready for some dysfunctional family history?
CW for discussion of bullying, online harassment, mental illness stigma.

YE OLDEN DAYS: CUCKOOS OF A FEATHER NEST TOGETHER

In the beginning, it was beautiful.
EA had the excellent instinct to start banking on her online presence📝 long before MySpace was even a thing. She had a website, several online stores, an active LiveJournal and a ProBoards forum right from the turn of the millennium.
In 2004, she attached an official forum to her website; the earliest archive shows 74 registered users. By the time Opheliac came out in 2006, that number had grown tenfold. And it was, by most accounts, a pretty dope place to be! (I should specify that this write-up focuses on the anglophone side of the fandom: there were also thriving fan-run communities in at least German, French, and Spanish. Because EA doesn't speak any of those languages, the lucky bastards were mostly left alone.)
Forum users enjoyed interacting with some of EA's closest IRL friends and associates – and with the mistress of the house herself (user flair: PsychoFiddler), when she occasionally responded to comments under her own posts. But that wasn't even the main appeal for many. For a long time, on top of all EA-related topics, the official forum had very active “Off-Topic” subforums, with lively and friendly conversation on a variety of subjects. (There was even a “Filthy Libertines (18+)” sub for a while, which was closed due to preemptive concerns about minors.) Swear words (not slurs) were allowed and encouraged, and moderation was overall pretty loose beyond basic enforcement of civility. There was a lot of mutual support, creativity, and solid banter going around.

It wasn't just about Emilie on the forums. People could chat about almost anything with near free reign, making connections and lifelong friends. ... This community mattered SO MUCH to people. They felt included, accepted, and understood within the walls of the Asylum. People invested their time and creative energy into keeping the forums a vibrant, active community, and made sure that carried over into the real world. ... I've never seen anything like it in a fan space. I doubt I ever will again. (@Asylum_Oracle - “Fandom History” Instagram highlight 🔍📝, which contains most of the sources for this segment.)

And it did, indeed, carry over into the real world. There were numerous meet-ups – a few organized by EA, many more spontaneous. People who didn't know any other EA fans in real life, or were just excited to add new Plague Rats to their friend group, would regularly connect with other forum users from their area to meet up and hang out before EA shows. “Who else is dressing up??”
In 2008, for instance, EA held an afternoon meet-up at Lincoln Park in Chicago. 📺 The event was free to attend; it featured live acoustic music and a reading from EA's upcoming book, the intriguingly-titled Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls.
On the appointed day, EA rolled up in a fabulously tousled red wig, bedazzled white corset and steampunk-altered wedding dress. She had brought friends alongs. Sporting blue hair and a pink bustle and corset was her Chicago bestie, the main forum admin. Rocking a guitar and a top hat was EA's sound engineer, the soft-spoken wizard behind the Victoriandustrial sound, who was also a forum mod. The photographer from the original Opheliac cover art was there as well; he was formally introduced by EA and got his own round of applause.

People who would never normally be involved in an artist's fanbase were in EA's world. And not only were they known – they were respected and incredibly active with the fanbase. These people who managed an online message board were willing to engage in real-world meet-ups (with no security??) because of how tight-knit the community they had built was. People turned out to this event. People traveled to go to this event. It was a short reading of a book that hadn't been released yet, and wouldn't be for some time. Why? Because not only was it a chance to meet Emilie and listen to parts of the new book, but it was also a chance to hang out with their friends from the Asylum. ... The fandom really was a family for a lot of people. (@Asylum_Oracle)

“SERIOUSLY, GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE.”

It all started with The End.
The End Records, that is! Quick refresher: in 2009, after three years or so with Trisol, EA split from the label over allegations that the owner was embezzling money from ticket sales. A few months later, she signed with The End Records. Understandably, EA still wanted to sell the album that had made her famous, and to which she had smartly retained the rights – which meant a brand new, “Deluxe” release of Opheliac. (Remember, from part 3? The one you could pre-order as a bundle with the book? Some projects are just cursed, I guess.)
At that point, Opheliac had been released three times already, as recently as the year before, with only slight variations in format and tracklist. (Yes, that is a theme in this story.) The End Records version would feature new cover art and a handful of new tracks, but overall, it was... you know... the same album.
(The following paragraphs are largely sourced from this excellent recap 🔍📝, which also provides potato screenshots for all quotes.)
One fateful day of August 2009, a user started a thread entitled “Opheliac US edition deluxe re-release??” in the “EA News” subforum. In the thread, some people were kind of balking at the re-do, pondering whether to buy the “new” Opheliac or sit this one out. Some expressed that after three years, they were jonesing for a new album. Others shared what B-sides or dream covers they would have liked to see included on the bonus disc. Just... fans being fans, in a fan discussion space.
And then EA jumped out from behind the curtains.

Fan: Okay. Before I start, I just want you to know that I think it's very good that EA is getting more popularity, and that she can release lots of albums, but - are 5 editions of the same album really needed? You may say now “ah, it's not the same, it has 2 bonus tracks” or whatever, but I mean: it's not new material. Now don't get me wrong. I'm happy for it, maybe I'll even buy it, but I'm just wondering if she shouldn't keep herself busy with other (maybe more important) stuff? * hides * EA: Nobody's forcing you to buy it. Thanks.

Record scratch.

Fan 1: is this Opheliac release version number 4? lol If she's recording NEW tracks, then surely they deserve to be sold by themselves, otherwise people are going to have to buy an album that they may have already bought twice (like me!). But... alas, I am a fool and adore everything this woman does... im buying it lol Fan 2: exactly – if it was just reissuing the last version of Opheliac to tap into new markets that would be fine (...) but if they start adding extra bits of material to albums people already have then the true muffins are going to feel obliged to buy new copies (...) EA: How exactly are you obliged to buy anything? Nobody is forcing you to spend a fucking penny, my dears. I suppose it would make more sense to you to simply not have my records available any more as the old label I just escaped from will no longer be distributing them? Forgive me for adding extra tracks. No obligation necessary.

...Okay, so I'm pretty sure that we can see both sides of the argument here. Fans are annoyed at the idea of spending money on barely-anything-new, because they love EA and buy every single CD she releases. EA is exasperated by fans acting like she's twisting their arm and somehow resenting the inclusion of new material, when she was just ensuring that her album would remain available for purchase and trying to keep things interesting.
But maybe we can also agree that those replies should have been screamed into a pillow rather than typed out on a keyboard.
EA was getting increasingly (and, I'll just say it: disproportionately) sarcastic and defensive in her replies. Enter poor FantineDormouse.
FantineDormouse meant well, I think. Maybe she thought, she's spiraling. Maybe she thought, friends don't let friends go down that road. Granted, FantineDormouse probably should have known better than to phrase it the way she did. Or to assume that EA perceived her as a friend.
Either way, at some point, FantineDormouse jumped in and posted the comment that finally made EA lose it. THE comment which, overnight, ended the honeymoon period of the Asylum, triggering a doomsday domino effect from which the fandom would never truly recover. Are you comfortably seated?

FantineDormouse: Uhm, Emilie, love, I don't mean to sound rude or anything... but maybe you should have a cup of tea and relax a little.

...
* sound of archduke getting shot *

EA: Excuse me? You can throw this onslaught of absolute cruel bullshit at me and those I work with in my own space that I own, and I can't say anything back? How fucking patronizing. Relax? Are you fucking kidding me? Who the fuck do you think you're talking to? FD: I'm not trying to piss you off even more, Emilie. And trust me, I have to deal with it myself, and as much as I would really love to punch the cunts I have to deal with in the face, I don't. You're pissed off, I get it. You're bipolar, which makes it 10x worse, I get that. I'm just not the person to stand around and do nothing when a fight where I'm pretty sure there will be a lot of regret is going on.

Famous last words. Literally! Immediately after EA delivered her irate closing statement – which includes one of my all-time favorite EA zingers, bolded...

EA: I cannot believe this... You just don't stop, do you? So just because I've shared the personal information with you all that I happen to be bipolar, I can't get pissed off at all of you being perfectly awful in the very space that I pay fuckloads a month to have up (has it ever occurred to you all that I pay dearly for this space you play around in?) Why not just tell me that I must be upset because it's my time of the month? Seriously, get the fuck out of my house. You are unbelievable, and your level of patronization is almost criminal. Don't make me write another book. With muffins like you, who needs enemies? Nothing I say or feel is legitimate, not ever ever ever because I'm bipolar... discredited before I begin... unbelievable...

...FantineDormouse got permabanned.
Jaws dropped. After days of infighting between white knights, detractors, and crossfire negotiators, several mod resignations, and general mayhem surrounding the ban, EA made a post entitled “In Which: I Invite You to Make a Fucking Choice.” 📝 For brevity's sake (cue laugh track), I can't reproduce it in all of its righteous splendor, but it's quite a read. It runs the gamut from fair and articulate points about how mental illness shouldn't be used to discredit someone's legitimate anger... to histrionic commands that “deserters to the cause” should “turn in their weapons” if they can't handle her way of doing things.

To those of you who appear not to understand why said posts, most especially those of the banned party, were offensive to me, I give you the option to either educate yourselves on your own time and in your own space (because please never forget that this is my space that I share with all of you at my own expense, and in which I generally give you all the freedom I would wish for myself), or to resign your posts in the Asylum Army – this is not the place for you, and I humbly suggest that you turn your attention and support towards other artists of a more placid, non-controversial, and less opinionated nature; there are more than enough of them out there, and I’m sure they all have forums of their own.

Some fans did leave. Most stuck around, whiplashed. Soon, the storm quieted down, and business as usual resumed on the forum. But something had been damaged beyond repair. The FantineDormouse fiasco had erected walls and drawn lines in the sand, both around EA and among her fans; its sad specter would haunt every Asylum crisis that spiked up forever after. “Fucking Patronizing Fucking” or “FPF” 🔍 became memetic shorthand in the fandom for overreaction and self-righteousness. 🐀
...And now you understand why, in the following years, some fans were so delicate and diplomatic in voicing their very legitimate complaints about messed-up orders, unsigned books, and puzzling lies... while unofficial platforms like Tumblr flourished with pent-up resentment and snark. 🦠

A NOTE ON HARASSMENT: “MAD GIRL, CAN YOU BELIEVE WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO YOU?”

Wouldn't they stop When you asked them to leave you alone? (“Mad Girl”, 2008 🎵)

Now, let's be clear, because it should not be minimized: EA has also been the target of genuine online harassment. Based on the simple fact that she is a woman with a public presence on the internet, I have zero doubt that EA has received (and perhaps continues to receive) more than her share of truly vile, bigoted, creepy and threatening messages – and, knowing what I know about the darker recesses of the Asylum, a terrifying amount of emotional blackmail and obsessive projection from people who hold her to punitively high standards. I'm also inclined to believe that it started way before she ever did anything that warranted any backlash. And that fucking sucks. It's repulsive and inexcusable, and the people who harass her should crawl into a hole and live among the worms.
Notwithstanding. In my decade-plus of following EA drama, the public comments on EA's own platforms (where people knew she was likely to be reading) have been, for the most part... civil and nuanced, and relatively mindful of the human? Even very confrontational comments (some clearly written from a place of anger and desire to shame) rarely resorted to outright name-calling or cruelty. When abusive or bigoted language did crop up, it was often promptly shut down by other fans as gross and uncalled for. In short: I have, with mine own two eyes, in real time, read some of the comment sections that EA described as cesspools of blind rage and odious attacks, and... I just couldn't see it.
If anything, for a long time, a lot of the angry comments directed at EA during any given controversy read more like break-up letters to an ex-best friend: harsh, curt and targeted in a way that cuts deep.... but also kind of screams how much love you still have for this person, against your better judgement.
Not that it wouldn't mess a person up to get hundred of those in a matter of hours, even if they don't individually qualify as “abusive”.
It's worth noting that prior to becoming semi-famous and regretting it, EA was also (by her own account and among other forms of abuse) a victim of intense childhood bullying. It feels like the two situations are closely connected in her mind when her focus seamlessly transitions from one to the other. 📺 I don't think that tremor in her voice is put on.
Based on her writings, I get the feeling that over the years, EA has developed a very black-and-white view of two monolithic groups of people. There's (an idealized vision of) her “real audience”, well-dressed, well-read, kind-hearted, and Asylum-savvy, who she fully trusts to “get it” – and buy it, and love it, unquestioningly, whatever “it” may be at any given time – because that is the true measure of love and loyalty. These are the people she makes art and merch for, the people she writes heart-emoji-filled newsletters to, and desperately longs to see in person again.
And then there's the lynch mob, those who really don't “get it”: the trolls, the faceless creeps, the basement-dwelling mouthbreathers, the ones who stalk her every move obsessively, waiting for any chance to spam her with vicious abuse and slander and obscenities. The latter only exist online (they are manifested into arbitrary existence by the internet itself, not by anything EA said or did), and there is zero overlap between the two sets of people. That seems to be the official narrative.

The "public eye" isn't an [enviable] place to be, and the closer I've come to it, the more horrified I've been. Because, for starters, who is "the public?" Is "the public" my audience? Hell no. My audience is special. They are not the general public. If they were the general public I would be a lot wealthier. The "public eye" means getting stalked, harassed, viscously judged, and put in danger. If I do things in the future that gain notoriety, I will do them in spite of fame, not because of it. I am out for world domination, but not fame. (Interview for The Moaning Times, 2014 📝)

In real life (well, mostly online, but I mean: on this shared plane of existence), things play out slightly differently. The Venn diagram of “true blue fans” and “people who criticize EA" and "people who know way too much about EA” is a circle. The call is 100% coming from inside the Asylum, and I think EA rationally knows that. But here's the thing: no matter how many shows and meet-and-greets you've dressed up for, how many loving and supportive comments you've left, or how many family heirlooms you once pawned to purchase a copy of the not-for-sale 2003 DJ pressing of Enchant... the instant EA feels attacked, everyone is a saboteur and a bully until proven otherwise, and suspected treason is dealt with on the spot. One strike, you're out. Unfortunately for everyone involved, her threshold for bullying seems to be “any remotely thoughtless opinion from any stranger on the internet”.
It makes for outstanding human-interest entertainment... but it also sounds an awful lot like the unhealthy patterns of a person suffering from all sorts of PTSD. 🔍 So, please bear that in mind as you read through this write-up. It's easy to make EA out to be the sole villain, a paranoid and delusional drama queen, based on her extreme reactions to things that often “weren't that bad”. Anything can, in fact, be “that bad” when you're thrown back into the very worst moments of your existence every time your brain decides that the situation is even remotely similar.
PTSD takes over your rational mind and actively distorts your perception of reality. That can be how a person ends up impulse-reacting to “a few people expressing an unfavorable opinion” as if the entire internet had just ganged up on them with knives. Which makes their audience feel unjustly accused, which makes them hostile, which gives the person actual good reason to feel attacked... and so the cycle of hurt continues.

You know the games I play And the words I say When I want my own way You know the lies I tell When you've gone through hell And I say I can't stay You know how hard it can be To keep believing in me When everything and everyone Becomes my enemy, and when There's nothing more you can do I'm gonna blame it on you – It's not the way I wanna be I only hope that in the end You will see: It's the Opheliac in me... (“Opheliac”, 2006 🎵)

And YES, it is extremely regrettable to have this as a trigger, when you're a public figure and you're bound to receive more negative feedback than the average citizen. “It's what she signed up for”, “it comes with the territory” and all that jazz. I really don't think EA was unaware of that fact when she decided to become a musician, share her personal life, and form an intense parasocial bond with her audience. But maybe she underestimated how hard it would be to process and recover from.
Just because you expect something unpleasant to happen, doesn't mean your psyche will be ready to handle it when it does – or that you'll pick the best and most effective strategy to deal with it.

A MADHOUSE UNDER MARTIAL LAW: MARCHING INTO THE FORUM WARS

There are two sides to every story... except for this one! (“If I Burn”, 2012 🎵)

You may have noted the military imagery in EA's “Make a Fucking Choice” response post – “resign your post in the Asylum Army”! What do psychiatry and the military have in common? They're both institutions of top-down social control. 🔍 EA's mixed metaphor may be a bit clunky, but it did foreshadow the evolution of the Asylum – in terms of aesthetics and power dynamics – in the years that followed the FantineDormouse incident and the release of The Book.
EA's next big release after the Asylum book came in 2012. It was a new album, an outline of the soon-to-be Asylum musical, called Fight Like a Girl (FLAG for short). As the name suggests, the main mood was bellicose. Incidentally, in the interim years, EA's communication style generally became noticeably more combative, incendiary, and (within her own spaces) controlling.📝 You remember those quirky word filters on the forum, that would change “fan” to “muffin” and “bra” to “teacup holder”? They kind of took on a Nineteen-Eighty-Four-burlesque flavor when you realized that one filter automatically changed “Fischkopf” to “Liddell” - and that circumventing the rule to address her totally real last name would get you banned, as would any discussion of her family. (“Wikipedia, random internet sites and heresay are not credible sources.” - Mod reminder of forum rules, 2010.)
Also, you try sustaining a serious, grown-up conversation among concerned fans about how Emilie Autumn should “take ratsponsibility for her mistakes out of ratspect for her muffins”. Thus, the official Asylum forum kept a tight grip on overt criticism of EA's claims and actions.

The Emilie Autumn forum is a dystopian hell. Truth be told, when I decided to leave you could not do anything but gush about Emilie. Otherwise all of her extremist arse kissing fans will be down your throat, ripping you apart in seconds, if you so much as questioned her behaviour. So much for freedom of opinion, let alone the idea of creating a harmonious community for ‘outcasts’. Hahaha. (2014 🐀)

The word filter thing really wasn't a big deal – I'm just pointing it out as one goofy expression of EA's need to control the narrative and rhetoric, which became especially noticeable in those post-book, pre-FLAG years. By that point, EA's fuse had been shortened by near on half a decade of non-stop touring / recording / writing / promoting / adjusting to the pressure and demands of an ever-growing fanbase, while also dealing with a horrorshow of personal turmoil and health issues behind the scenes. In other words: she was done taking any shit, in any form, or humoring anyone's ridiculous feedback regarding anything.
To be fair, it was never her forte to begin with. Will it come as a shock if I tell you that EA doesn't have the greatest track record for successful collaborative work? Let's do a quick-cut montage!
EA's very first corporate sponsor was her mother's “Enchant Clothing & Costume” online store 🔍; she went on to claim that her mother was dead. She sessioned for Billy Corgan, that went super well. 🎵 She liked Courtney Love for a minute, but that didn't work out because she felt that Courtney only valued her for her pee. 📝 (It probably didn't help that in early 2006, while EA was recording her post-break-up-tell-all album about Corgan, C-Love was recording her post-rehab-redemption album with Corgan. 🔍 Either way, EA didn't seem to like Courtney anymore after that. Courtney likes her, though! 📝) The one artist EA has ever approached for a duet (and by approached, I mean she recorded a demo and threw the CD on stage when he played Chicago in 2004) was, of all people, Morrissey. That never came to pass, thank mercy 🔍 – this fandom has suffered enough. In 2005, EA recorded some haunting vocals and violins for a potential collab with the frontman of Attrition. When, three years later, they were used on one track 🎵 of Attrition's All Mine Enemies Whisper, she alleged 📝 that the recordings had been obtained from her under the false pretense of a different project, then hideously altered to sound “out of tune”, and used without her permission. She enlisted her fans to boycott the album and the band, and threatened legal action. Meanwhile, on LiveJournal and Attrition's message boards, band associates were appalled: according to them, EA had been aware of the project's nature from the start... and had been completely unreachable, even through her label, during the months of its development. (Besides, Attrition is a semi-obscure English darkwave band from the 80s, whose micro-distributed albums don't even have their own Wikipedia pages... so I wonder what EA was hoping to get out of that theoretical lawsuit. These people own nothing but vintage gain pedals!) The song “Cold Hard Cash” 🎤 by Angelspit (who contributed a remix to one of her EPs in 2008) may or may not be an EA diss track. 🐀 Back when indie jewelry brand RockLove (which now has licensing deals with Disney, Marvel, and DC) was still someone's bedroom project, their first drop was an EA-inspired collection 🔍, which appears in many early Opheliac photoshoots. The partnership was terminated on bad terms, for unclear reasons; the RockLove owner shared in a statement that EA had “drunk the cool-aid” of Trisol Guy's shady business practices, and that the two of them had been spamming her with “crazed angry message[s]” for days.
Why am I talking about this? Because it was precisely one such ill-fated business partnership that triggered the Great Asylum Secession.
One fine day of spring 2010, the owner of vegan make-up brand Aromaleigh popped onto the Asylum forum to announce that they were cutting ties with EA, with damning receipts of copy-pasted emails (lost to time). Basically, the brand had been sponsoring her for half a decade, and while Aromaleigh had been actively promoting her music and tours, EA hadn't exactly been returning the favor. (Indeed, the extent of EA's sponcon seemed to have been a banner link to their website on her front page, and a single “random drunken endorsement” LiveJournal post that kind of reads like satire📝, from 2005.)
EA responded by banning the owner's account, deleting the thread, and posting this flippant statement a few days later:

Dearest Plague Rats, To be honest, I have no idea of what the hell happened with Aromaleigh, and I don't care to find out – the whole drama is a complete mystery to me, as I've been away for months touring and have not been in contact with anyone. All I know is that I've been promoting the company for ages and have not asked them for anything in years. (...) Please focus on more interesting things. I am. (“Save the Drama...” forum post, March 2010)

Posts questioning her good faith in the conflict were deleted from the forum. Shortly thereafter, citing how prolific and labor-intensive the Asylum forum had grown, EA shut down all non-EA related subforums – which, among many other topics, included a pretty active thread about Aromaleigh products.
So one Plague Rat decided to create a separate, members-only forum 📝, where users could recreate some of the now-defunct off-topic threads... and also freely voice their critical opinions of EA's behavior without fear of backlash from mods or rabid stans. Thus, “The Reform” was born. (Reform [n]: amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved.)
For a few weeks, the two-state solution seemed to work fine. And then word spread among forum mods and other diehard fans that there was this horrid other forum, where obsessive haters gathered to spew disgusting lies and vitriol about EA... and soon enough, it was bedlam in the Asylum.
Any explicit mention of the Reform was forbidden on the Asylum forum. Suspicion of participation in the Reform would get you banned. The party line was that The Reform was the enemy 🐀 – even though a number of people were active on both forums, because they liked freedom of expression almost as much as they liked EA. Double agents would lurk on the forum and report back with snark material; sycophants would infiltrate the Reform to identify traitors – much to the amusement of the “haters”, who mocked them and their ilk for “licking EA's pink sparkly boots”. There was no containing the seething, or the sass, among Asylum ranks.
Pretty soon, the insubordination spread to Tumblr. There was the “Ask the Reform” Q&A blog, where questioning fans could interact with “Rebel Rats”, get more details on past drama, and make up their own minds about the people EA called bullies.
And then, there were the “confession blogs”, which published anonymous submissions about EA, positive, negative or neutral, with little censorship. Finally, you didn't even have to pick a throw-away username on a private forum to voice your hottest / strangest / most controversial EA takes. Fans could vent, rant, lament, wonder, shitpost to their heart's content, anonymously. Obviously, given the context of frustration and censorship in the fandom, a lot of the first waves of confessions were EXTREMELY negative.
EA's acolyte Veronica managed to get the first one shut down. If memory serves, she misunderstood the confession blog format, and may have believed that all the posts on “Emilie Autumn Confessions” came from one or a small group of individuals. She was genuinely devastated, and wrote the blog admin to let them know that they were a terrible person who said terrible things. The admin was mortified, apologized profusely and deleted the blog of their own initiative. (Which goes to show that the concept did not come from cruel and malicious anti-fans, as detractors often claimed.)
But a new blog sprung up almost immediately, with a different mod team, and did not surrender. And much like in EA's own book, once the Plague Rats found out that they possessed the gift of speech... well, they really took to it.
Established in 2011 and passed on through generation after generation of mod teams to the present day, Wayward Victorian Confessions would turn out to be the longest-lived institution in the EA fandom. For over a decade now, through all the bleakest nights and dankest debacles of the Asylum, and despite its initial reputation as a troll den, WVC has acted as a kind of neutral ground and vox populi for the active fanbase and anti-fanbase. (The last nominally-active EA fansite to date, She Fights Like a Girl, is actually an offshoot of WVC: one of the old admins created it as a database to answer “frequently asked questions” about EA.)
Wayward Victorian Confessions has now outlived every other EA platform, official and unofficial. Were it not for the continued existence of the “troll den”, what little fan community survives in 2024 would be non-existent, plain and simple. To quote from late 20th century Canadian philosophy: isn't it ironic?

I feel like [WVC] is the only place I feel any of that old Asylum community kind of feeling I felt before EA got so focused on the book. It sucks that it’s so full of unhappiness, and I wish she hadn’t poisoned the sanctuary she claimed to have built. It’s just kind of fallen apart, like a crumbling building. (🐀 2016)

CONTINUED IN COMMENTS

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2024.05.10 03:23 Azazel_TheCoffeeGuy Humans Have Fight Music

Kind of a mix of humans help others, humans defend the defenseless, and humans love fight music. Enjoy, and let me know if I should do a part 2.
"I'm gonna fight 'em off, a seven nation army couldn't hold me back," The haunting voice sounded through the corridors and various areas of the Xexian vessel, as the lights flickered and the power began to fail. Shit, it had been stupid to stick around. Senior Weapons Specialist Gul Praggo had known that the order to stay would inevitably would result in a loss as soon as he heard about the number of enemy vessels, and nine Gorba heavy assault craft would not be fended off by a Xexian gunship, a destroyer and two carriers. The battle had been hard, extremely hard, but they had lost just as Gul had feared.
"They're gonna rip it off, taking their time right behind my back," Gul had never heard Gorbans speak before, but whatever this ominous battle cry of a song was in their native tongue was, it was doing a wonderful job of drawing fearful sobs and moans from his comrades. The command bridge had been hit in an initial blast once the ship's electromagnetic repulsors had failed and most of the officers on the bridge had also been killed. After that, everyone had scrambled to find a corner of the ship to hide in or an escape pod to use once the power started failing in turn.
"And I'm talkin' to myself at night because I can't forget," The blasts had long since ceased, and Gul assumed this was a scare tactic meant to drive the survivors into hysterics and further disorder. But then a series of distant thuds, the sound of metal tearing as the outer hull was seemingly punctured and ripped into, and Gul began to openly weep. He'd hoped they'd just be left for dead, but no - the Gorbans were coming to execute them. He could hear the footsteps pounding as the Gorbans spread throughout the vessel, seeking out every remaining victim.
"Back and forth through my mind behind a cigarette," Gul managed to silence himself even though his feathered skin was quivering violently with terror, anxiety, the primal fear that had once gripped his evolutionary ancestors in the treetops. Footsteps getting closer, voices hollering, the sound of beings on the other side of the steel door that had only to be pried open. He covered his mouth although his mandibles still quivered, hoping he and the other three specialists would not be seen in this electrical closet through the crack. This however was a foolish hope, as he could hear even now that the voices were stopping and muttering outside the door. Sure enough, the forked end of some kind of metal tool barged its way into the door's crack just inches above Gul's head plume, and the door was forced open seconds later.
"And a message comin' from my eyes says leave it alone," The vastness of these Gorbans shocked him, and then he studied their silhouettes for a second. These weren't Gorbans, they only had two arms and no tails. They didn't have carapaces, or armor plating of almost any kind it seemed. They wore pieces of metal across their torsos and on their heads, probably to compensate for that lack of evolutionary defense. It took about as much time for Gul to realize these were not Gorbans as it did for him to recall from basic training the name of this species before him: Humans. And he had learned that if they were not on your side, you had no chance of survival against them.
The strange terror music continued without words, and two of the humans outstretched hands in a gesture that indicated assistance to Gul. He would not be so foolish as to insult two armed humans - he took their hands and rose, getting up and into the corridor itself. As the humans helped the other three Xexians out of their hiding place, Gul looked out the window of the corridor and saw Gorban vessels. Well, fragments and pieces of Gorban vessels - it was as if they had been Jiv mice and a great monstrous creature had come to dismember them entirely, leaving them to float cold in space.
"Don't wanna hear about it, every single one's got a story to tell," Gul's mind pieced things together rather fast, as he was still thinking with frantic and anxious speed. The humans had caught the Xexians' emergency call for reinforcements, and had arrived likely as soon as they could - but not quite as soon as the Xexians had initially wanted. Nevertheless, they had come to provide aid when no one else apparently would. The humans led Gul and his comrades to their drop pods which had embedded themselves in the ship, and were also loading these pods with any supplies of value likely so as to accomodate the new guests which would be joining their fleet, and Gul saw through the opposite windows what the humans had brought to bear.
"Everyone knows about it, from the queen of England to the hounds of Hell," The humans boasted a staggering twenty impossibly large vessels present and accounted for, aside from the one directly next to the Xexians' own derelict craft, and he overheard one of them say something that he would later understand translated as 'our little patrol' that had caught the message just in time. Gul would not learn for a few more days yet that a proper human fleet consisted of seventy-five to a hundred war vessels, and a good dozen more supply ships just to hold enough extra munitions for everyone to keep firing.
"And if I catch you coming back my way, I'm gonna sell it to you," Gul watched as another group of human vessels dtopped out of warp and a human made a rather crude attempt to gently put a translator onto his head just in time for him to understand the incoming transmission: "Shit, we done missed all the fun, I 'bout 'magine. Y'all need help with anything there, boys, er should we be givin' her the sauce and tailing them retreats?" "God, I hate New New Englanders. What the hell did he just say?" One human asked another, and Gul resigned himself to passively taking in everything that was happening. He was probably in shock at this point, with the way he felt connected but also detached from everything.
"And that ain't what you want to hear, but that's what I'll do," The humans brought Gul into a drop pod, which sealed tightly and removed itself from the outer hull of the Xexian derelict to return to the human ships quickly and with a calming whir. The humans onboard with him checked him all over, making sure he was alright, and then informed him that they were taking him and the other survivors onboard to return them to safe Xexian space, and that everything was going to be alright. Gul wanted to believe them, but was simply too shaken and numb right now to process anything. "And the feelin' comin' from my bones says find a home," After a few moments of travel Gul found himself stepping out of the drop pod and into an impossibly massive hangar bay, so large it likely was measured in fractions of a mile instead of just yards. Drop pods and transport vessels were coming and going, medical officers and staff were already waiting with stretchers and first aid stations, and command staff were looking for any high-ranking Xexian survivors to speak to regarding the specifics of the battle which had left Gul's ship and crew in such a sorry state. The humans were so prepared that it seemed as though they had known this was going to happen.
"I'm goin' to Wichita, far from this opera forevermore," A handful of mess officers were travelling in between the survivors who weren't already preoccupied, handing out bags with a few containers of rations each - rations that the humans had somehow found the time to recover from undamaged portions of the Xexian vessel's stores. Gul was led along with a group of other survivors to a huge room which had likely been munitions storage, but was quickly being emptied out and replaced with cots and blankets, unfolded and assembled at blinding speeds and with impressive deftness by human infantry. The survivors here were informed that they would be bunking "Right down the hall from the recreational rooms, and were welcome to use them at any time". After only moments a human woman noticed the rank insignia on Gul's shoulder patch and gestured to him to follow her, before bringing him up to the humans' command deck where he was brought before a man seemingly wrought from iron in a uniform with more medals than Gul could count.
"I'm gonna work the straw, make the sweat drip out of every pore," The man took his hat off and gave a slight bow to Gul, who awkwardly returned the gesture in confusion. "My name is Admiral Killian O'Connor, and I'd appreciate the opportunity to speak with you about the details of your people's recent battle," The man spoke in barely-accented Xexian.
"And I'm bleeding, and I'm bleeding right before the Lord," The ominous anthem faded away as the two began to speak at great length about Xexian weapons and ship specifications, as well as Gorban strategies and armaments. They talked at great length, and a few other Xexians - including another weapons specialist, a tactician and an engineer - also were brought to the room during the meeting. They had talked for almost an hour when a series of klaxons sounded out on the command deck, and the Admiral gave a few hand signals and nodded to his command crew.
"Ladies and gentlemen, you may have heard the previous song we played when we were evacuating your people from your vessel. That was a song we greatly enjoy from the days of pre-Unity Earth, and we play those types of songs for crew morale. The next one we are about to play however, that is one of our intimidation songs. All units to battle stations, I want every single gun loaded and ready to fire before I even finish giving the command. Jefferson, skip ahead in the playlist. I'm feeling some Black Sabbath."
Instantly, Xexians accomodated throughout the human fleet would find that the organized chaos of assisting survivors switched on a dime to the organized chaos of preparing for a fight. This, however, produced a predatory joy and anticipation in the human troops as a series of instruments began to play, and they worked to the tune of a lethal rhythm. Some of the Xexians till near the outer portions of the human vessels could seeeven more human ships dropping out of warp to reinforce their brethren, and by the time the reinforcements had fully arrived there were forty-seven human craft of various types brought to bear. The Gorbans had apparently returned with the intention of finishing off survivors and pillaging remains, but clearly were caught off guard with only thirteen vessels on hand.
"Generals gathered in their masses, just like witches at black masses," The Admiral chuckled quietly with a few more hand gestures, every energy-based weapon and shield hummed to life at the same time. Dozens of massive sounds of shifting metal and huge locks clicking into place sounded off in a volley which signalled the impending doom to come.
"Evil minds that plot destruction, sorceror of death's construction," The shrill voice cried out, and the human vessels began to fall into a well-practiced formation as the Gorban weapons charged up in preparation for an initial volley. They were doubling down, and it would prove to be the last choice they ever made.
"In the fields the bodies burning, as the war machine keeps turning," The first volley fired upon Admiral O'Connor's great vessel with all the Gorbans' might, and Gul watched in awe as the energy shield's percentage only dropped from one hundred percent to eighty-three. Nine Souls! The humans were going to butcher and play with these Gorbans, and that was affirmed when Admiral O'Connor sent a message to their flagship with only two words: "That tickled."
"Death and hatred to mankind, poisoning their brainwashed minds, OH LORD YEAH!" The humans' flagship rumbled as it fired everything it had and despite being the only human vessel to fire upon the Gorbans, it alone was able to heavily damage a vessel and entirely obliterate two more. That was about when all hell broke loose, and an absolute wall of human munitions, projectiles and payloads surged like a tsunami toward the Gorban fleet.
The poor Gorbans didn't even have an opportunity to return fire. An impressive and mortifying array ensued throughout the battlefield of explosions, implosions, melting and fragmenting hulls, engines and cannons being wrenched from their places, and entire vessels folding in on themselves. Gul could only view the massacre, mouth agape, in completely silent shock. When it was over - which took a matter of moments - Admiral O'Connor spoke.
"What do you make of that, my friend?" He inquired and turned to look at Gul, who was not only absolutely paralyzed but very grateful to be on the humans' good side. Humans should not be trifled with, Gul thought to himself, especially when their war music was playing.

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2024.05.09 20:27 elisabethkramer What a wedding planner's wedding cost

I’m a wedding planner in Portland, Oregon, who had a wedding in 2019. At that point, I’d been planning weddings professionally for three years. I used that experience to help plan ours.
A few important details about the wedding budget breakdown below:

My partner and I had 19 people (including the two of us) at our wedding. We opted to do this because a lower guest count is typically the most effective way to save a lot of money quickly. If “only” having 19 people at your wedding simply isn’t possible, don’t wander away just yet. Much of the below can be scaled to whatever your headcount is.
It was important to my partner and I to also host an event related to our marriage where our friends could celebrate with us. We opted to host a “friend reception” a month after our wedding. I’ve included pricing for that below in an “optional” section alongside a few other items. If you include these items, are wedding cost above $10,000.
We got married in November. This is considered the start of the slower season for many wedding vendors in my part of the world (Pacific Northwest), which helped lead to lower prices and better availability.
This pricing is from 2019 and yes, prices are higher post-COVID. I’ve seen this change most in the pricing for the house where we got married (more below).

What my wedding cost

Venue: $3,057.32

This was for the ENTIRE HOLIDAY WEEKEND of our wedding (Thursday evening to Monday morning). We got married at a private home on the Oregon Coast.
The ceremony was hosted in the living room of the house. After the ceremony, the caterer “flipped” the room into the reception space by setting up dinner tables and moving the ceremony chairs. After we ate, the caterer removed the tables and chairs and the living area became our dance floor area.
Before we hired the caterer, I made sure to ask if they would order, pick-up, set-up, and clean-up all rentals as it was important to me that this labor be done by someone who wasn’t a guest. (Though guests did end up helping straighten up the house before and after the wedding.)The venue is where I’ve seen the biggest raise in prices post-pandemic. It’s now closer to $4,500 for the same length of time over the same holiday.

Catering (including rentals and 20 percent tip): $3,314.64

This was our biggest line item because it was also our most important (we wanted really tasty food!). The catering order included:

a salad, roasted veggies, dinner rolls, roasted chicken, and a charcuterie and cheese display ($1,452)
a keg of caterer-made apple cider ($79)
plates, spoons, forks, glasses, gold Chivari chairs, wine glasses, white tablecloths, three folding tables, and gold napkins ($391.20)
three staff members (a chef, a lead server, and a server; $840)

We also elected to do a tasting with six people including us as a thank-you to those people for their support of our wedding. We paid for this separately; I can’t find the cost but know it was under $200. I didn’t include the tasting cost in the total below as it was pretty optional.

Dessert: $119.50

We ordered 10 ice cream pints from our favorite ice cream shop and had one of our guests pick this up on their way to the wedding.

Decor: $51.95

For us, this meant a box of gold votives ($31.98, Amazon) and thank-you notes ($19.97, Amazon). A couple of guests also created a “light curtain” (i.e. a step-and-repeat frame with tulle and fairy lights) to hide the TV that was mounted on the wall in the room where we got married. I don’t have pricing for that but estimate it cost $25 to $35 to make; I didn’t include this number in the total.

Dress: $1,050

This includes the (very minimal) alterations I needed.

Dress accessories: $106.19

This was mainly cute hair stuff and four pairs of shoes for me (two I didn’t use and two I did).

Favors: $64

For favors, we bought individual jars of locally made honey for people to use at dinner. The favors also served as place cards. Each jar had the name of a specific guest, as designed by the business where we bought the honey.

Flowers: $385

We bought our flowers “à la carte,” which is an option many florists offer where you “just” buy the flowers you need. This works best if you don’t need extensive decor flowers and “only” want flowers you wear or carry.For us, that meant:

a bouquet for me ($140)
a boutonnière for my partner ($10)
three bouquets for our wedding party ($150)
some lengths of eucalyptus and long-stem flowers to use as ceremony decor ($85)

The four bouquets became the centerpieces on our long banquet-style dinner table, using the vases that we bought from the florist.
We traveled to our venue the Wednesday before our wedding and picked up our flowers on our way out of town (the wedding was on Saturday). To keep the flowers fresh, I:

told our florist the length of time between pick-up and the wedding so the florist could prioritize using flowers that have a longer shelf life, and
we kept our flowers in a cool area (the garage of the rental home; could also have been a fridge if the weather had been warmer).

I don’t know if the guest who paid for this vendor tipped them, which is why I didn’t include that information above.

Hair and/or makeup: est. $150

I can’t find the actual cost but I did a one-hour tutorial with a makeup stylist and then did my own hair and makeup on the wedding day as did all of our wedding VIPs who use makeup and/or wanted to style their hair a certain way. I was very happy with the results!
The number above also includes my rough guess for how much I spent on new makeup I bought especially for the wedding (but also used after the wedding, too).

Photographer: $375

We hired a photographer for their “elopement” package even though we weren’t technically eloping. (You can 100 percent do this as long as you’re honest with your vendors about your guest count, i.e. the main metric they use to decide if your event qualifies for any elopement pricing they offer.)
This choice meant we had the photographer for two hours (vs. the more standard six to 12 hours people hire photographers for on a wedding day).
To make this work, we prioritized having the photographer on-site starting 30 minutes before for the ceremony and leaving once post-ceremony photos were done. This meant skipping a first look and instead seeing each other for the first time in our wedding clothes at the start of the ceremony.
The photographer was also not on-site for any photos of us getting ready or for any reception programming. Instead, if anybody wanted photos of us getting dressed, having dinner, doing toasts, dancing, and/or eating dessert, they took them with their phones. This worked very well for us! We don’t feel that we missed any moments.
I don’t know if the guest who paid for this vendor tipped them, which is why I didn’t include that information above.

Suit: $150

My partner bought a suit at H&M and had it tailored. This price includes those alterations.

Wedding rings: $899

We elected to make our own wedding bands with a local metalsmith who offers this option. This price included the half-day workshop where we made our rings as well as all materials. We had very simple designs and used the most affordable gold with no stones or engraving. This price does not include my engagement ring.

Wedding license: $61.20

I’m fairly sure this includes us electing to buy three certified copies of the license for our own records.

Vow writing workshop: $77.54

This was a fun wedding thing I knew about through my job that we did with a professional officiant.
Total: $9,861.34

Additional add-ons

Premarital counseling: $1,000

It was challenging to find a secular option for premarital counseling but find it we did! This was three to five visits (can’t remember the exact number) with a coach who helped us articulate what we loved about our relationship and wanted to carry into our marriage.

Honeymoon: $288.44

Our honeymoon was two days at a hotel in the town where we got married. This was the cost of the hotel.

Friend reception: $250

We rented the backroom of a local pizza place for four hours at $250. This included pizza, salad, and non-alcoholic drinks (which we paid for) and bartender service (our guests bought their own alcoholic drinks at a bar that was in the same room).
Total including these three items: $11,399.78

Common wedding vendor services that I did NOT hire:

Alcohol

Two of our guests gifted us wine for the wedding as their gift to us (very generous, I know). We didn’t serve beer or hard liquor. The caterer provided apple cider (our non-alcoholic option in addition to water and whatever soft drinks we had from the rest of the weekend).

Ceremony and/or reception music and A/V

For the ceremony, we downloaded our processional and recessional songs onto a phone and had a guest play it through a Bluetooth speaker. For the reception, we downloaded a wedding dance playlist and played it off our phone to the speaker. We didn’t use a mic for the officiant or for toasts (a benefit of having a small group, all indoors).

Invites and other paper goods

We combined a save-the-date and invite into one Paperless Post Flyer. We used a free option so this cost $0. We didn’t have any programs and our caterer printed menus for us as part of their fee.

Officiant

One of our guests was our officiant. We didn’t pay him.

Transportation

We got to the venue using personal vehicles and didn’t travel anywhere outside of the house for the wedding so we didn’t need to pay for transportation on the wedding day.

Videographer

We thought about it but ultimately decided this wasn’t for us.

Wedding coordinator or planner

Perhaps ironically given what I do for a living, I didn’t hire a coordinator or planner. Do I regret this? A little. It would have been nice to have someone who wasn’t a guest help the caterer with set-up and clean-up as well as manage things like the ceremony and photos.

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2024.05.09 18:56 Temporaryburnerac513 yt2009 on Palemoon on Windows XP

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2024.05.09 09:05 DoGsPaWsLoVe Wednesday 05/08/24: 19 Posts

Here is the recap of the 19 monetized posts from Kylea G Weight loss Journey on 05/08/24.
Disclaimer: I am not a physician, influencer, or paid content creator. I am not affiliated with WW. I am semi-retired from the healthcare field with multiple college degrees. These opinions are my own based on social media content. I wish no harm to Kylea or Joseph "Joe" Gomez.
☎️ If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, please call or text 988 for assistance.
⏰️ This recap is long due to the nature of Kylea's behavior. Take your time and bow out if needed. Your mental health is more important. ☮️
The tagline of Kylea G Weight loss Journey is, "I changed my life with prayer and a playlist of songs. No surgery, no meds. Just Jesus."
DAILY STATS 05/08/24:
0/19 posts discussed prayer
0/19 posts discussed music
0/19 posts discussed exercise
1/19 posts were about takeout tea
1/19 posts were about her family's privacy
1/19 posts were about an early pregnancy loss
2/19 posts shared a recipe
2/19 posts were a PB cup review & clapback
3/19 posts were about a current pet for content
9/19 posts were about shopping
📢 For our friends at Meta, that means that at least 68% of her monetized content had nothing to do with weight loss, which is the tagline and purpose of her page.
⚠️ Disordered Eating- Daily Food Consumption= (Data compiled from monetized content):
5 WW Points: Sugar-free syrup coated blueberry sugar-free oatmeal waffles + scrambled egg + applesauce cup
0 WW Point: HteaO unsweetened tea with Truvia, unsweet peach, unsweet watermelon, with fresh pineapple and lemon
2 or 4 WW Points (2 if entered manually; 4 if scanned in the WW app): Skinny Dipped dark chocolate peanut butter cup
📢 For our friends at Meta, this means Kylea consumed 7-9 WW points out of (up to) 30 WW points in maintenance mode = Disordered eating. This is dangerous and potentially deadly messaging for those on a weight loss journey. She is repeatedly glamorizing and promoting disordered eating for monetary gain. You have specific policies on eating disorders, and I am asking you to follow, enforce, and demonetize her.
Recipes Shared: 1. Lemon Blueberry "Muffins" aka Cupcakes 2. Blueberry Sugar-free Oatmeal Waffles
🚨 Please speak with a medical professional about any questions or concerns you have about your health.
Comments: The focus of the day was a day trip to Tulsa, OK for shopping.
⚠️ Compulsive Buying Disorder (CBD), Disordered Eating, Gaslighting, Pregnancy Loss, and Religion will be discussed.
Kylea's behavior was erratic, and she displayed signs of mania through her choice of words and actions. Rapid-fire edits to posts (edits every few minutes, then every few hours), quickly archiving/hiding posts, clapbacks, and arguments with followers was difficult to witness. She is mentally ill and needs medical care. ☮️ To her family and friends, her welfare is more important than any social media income she shares with you. Take action and intervene.
Privacy: Although Kylea has monetized her minor "little sisters" (not legal relatives), her adult "siblings," her "sweet momma," and her Grams while she was actively dying and since (against her family's wishes), she will not be showing her adult sister during their trip to California next week due to "unkind comments" she receives and wanting to respect her privacy.
Pregnancy Loss: One of multiple versions of this "Transparency Post" will be shared in full and then discussed. Please skip this section if needed for your mental health. 🙏
"When we lost my son on September 5th of 2022 I would have thought that I would have been ready to try again by now, but over time I've realized that I went through too much that day to rush back into the next chapter of ttc. It was the absolutely hardest day of my life. This puppy we are welcoming into our home won't be able to replace our child but for once in a long time we are excitedly preparing the arrival of a new life in our home and I think it's exactly what we both needed. I'm excited to see the joy that our new little puppy will bring.💖"

Kylea Gomez experienced an early pregnancy loss before viability was established.
She repeatedly implies she experienced a stillbirth or lost a living child with language like "when I lost my son" or "...won't be able to replace our child."
Kylea is humanizing her future puppy with her desire to dress it up in baby-like clothes, buying it a customized baby blanket, and language like, "arrival of new life in our home."
Caring for a puppy and newborn are vastly different experiences.
Concern is mounting that she has not developed healthy coping mechanisms in the 20 months since her early pregnancy loss due to her desire to frequently monetize the topic, overwhelming grief, debilitating fatigue, and depression (treatment unknown).

*As someone who has experienced pregnancy loss, I will always offer my condolences to Kylea and Joe Gomez for knowing this pain. I wish it on no one. 🙏
Pets-Alice: Kylea gaslit her concerned followers when she posted a picture of the female cat, Alice, in a poorly edited photo of Joe in bed. Joe's left hand is blurred out. His skin tone and facial hair were inaccurate to his current appearance, and it appeared Alice was added to the picture awkwardly via software. Kylea has stated Alice is not allowed in the bedroom due to urinating on the bed and safety concerns due to her sleeping on Joe's face. Your followers want to know if Alice is still with you, in a new home, or has passed away 🌈. Stop the nonsense, Kylea. Your loyal followers will offer you mercy and grace regardless of the outcome.
Pets-Oliver: "I have loved so many animals in this lifetime but the bond I share with my little boy is just indescribable. My heart is so full. 💙"
👌 Why is the emotional support animal (puppy) necessary? Your actions and words don't match. (No ill will intended to Oliver and responsible ESA pet owners.)
Pets- Paisley and RayRay: Why did you (allegedly) stage a photo with RayRay licking your face and Paisley on your upper chest if you are traumatized from being attacked in the face by a dog in your youth? Your messaging is confusing.
CBD aka Shopping Addiction- Announcement posts were made about specific stores she was visiting, and many items received their own posts. 💰
Peanut Butter Cup Controversy: Kylea was full of clapbacks to followers that pointed out a discrepancy in the WW points for this treat. I do not know why Kylea made a mountain out of a molehill on this topic.
Relevant Follower Comments: A follower pointed out that Kylea is upset every day and politely asked for help navigating her day to day weight loss journey (food and water intake suggestions). Kylea's reply started civilly, then took a turn, "If you don't think I'm helpful, find another page. Because I lost 208 lbs to find the clothes to wear. And live. And do all the things I couldn't do before. You nor anyone else gets to define myself or my page."
⚠️ 📢 🚨 To our friends at Meta, Kylea Gomez blatantly violates your TOS, Community Standards, and Monetization Policies frequently. Her weight loss journey ended July 2023 per her content. You have every right to define her page, if she is monetized, and if she is allowed to have a platform in general. Please review her content, follow your policies, and take action. Her messaging is dangerous and does not adhere to her tagline and (weight loss) purpose of her page.
Takeout Purchase: HteaO Happy Hour drinks x2 (one with fruit upcharge)= $3.25 est;
Shopping/Travel Expenses: Roundtrip Gas Joplin, MO to Tulsa, OK: (224mi/33mpg) x $3.85 est = $26.13 est; Costco Skinny Dipped PB Cups= $25.94 est; Costco Deebee's Freezie Pops= $22.75 est; Trader Joe's 8 bags Frozen Roasted Corn= $40 est; *"Pawdre" T-shirt for Joe= $10.99 est; *Additional Costco & Trader Joe's purchases unknown; *Puppy expenses being tallied;
All info from Reddit. ✌️

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2024.05.07 23:42 Vapperdaeve Working Glitches + FAQ Post

This is the Working Glitches Section! This is always being improved, and if you have any recommendations please let me know in the comments or send me a direct message. If you know a glitch is working on any other platform I haven't included or doesn't work anymore, also let us know. If a platform is in italics, it means it is unsure. If a platform is just "Xbox" or "PlayStation", that means that it works with both old gen and new gen versions of the game.
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Money and RP Glitches:

BEFF - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	No Save AHK - PC - Solo	Arena RP Glitch - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Cayo Double Secondary Loot - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	5k RP Every 30 Secs - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Non-Solo	Dr Dre Linux Replay Glitch - PC - Solo
Facility Car Dupe - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Non-Solo	Exclusive Solo Frozen Money PS5 New Gen- PS5 - Solo	Easy Money and RP - Xbox, Playstation - Semi-Solo
Improved SFM - Xbox, Playstation - Non Solo	2 Player Car Dupe - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo	25 Second Frozen Money - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Skip Cluckin Bell Setups - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Skip Cluckin Bell Setups (playlist method) - Playstation, Xbox, PC - Solo

Player Based Glitches:

Checkerboard Outfit in Lobby - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Unlock Love Fist Shortsleeve - Xbox Series, PS5 - Solo	Wear Any Blacklisted Outfit - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Cashmere Coat with Vest - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Never Fall Off Bike - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Non-Solo	Orange/Purple Joggers and Bulletproof - Xbox Series, Playstation - Semi-Solo
Play as Big Rabbit - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo	Transfer Coloured Chutes Duffle Bags - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Apartment God Mode - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Candy Cane Weapon - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo	Jet Black Duffle - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Bigfoot Beard - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Halloween Biker Jacket - Xbox Series, PS5 - Solo	Black Joggers - PS4 - Solo	No Ankles - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Female Joggers - Playstation - Solo	KD Farm - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo	Outfit Transfer - Xbox Series, PS5 - Non-Solo
Remove Bodysuit Logo - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	IAA Badge - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Transfer Duffle - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Invisible Arms on Cop Outfit - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Any Shoes with Gorka Pants - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Cop Outfit - PS4 - Semi-Solo
Transfer Glitch - Xbox Series, PS5 - Semi-Solo	Perma Stun Lock - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Semi-Solo	Modded Outfits (No Checkerboard) - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Kill God Mode Players - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Invisible Stomach - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Thermals in Aircraft - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Play as Franklin - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Non-Solo	Ballistic Health Boost and Minigun - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	FIB Necklace - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Gorka Joggers with IAA Belt and Invisible Torso - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Duffle Bags - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Machine Revolver - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Frontier Outfit in 1 Day - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Save CEO Outfits - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Female No Bra - Xbox One - Solo
White Duffle - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Grey Snapback Half Hat - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Merge Special Outfits - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Juggernaut Suit - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Racing Suit Shoulder Pads - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Gruppe, Prison and Paramedic Belts - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Overcoat and Suit Vest - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	No Kick Glitch - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Chemical Mask on All Outfits - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Alien Outfit Without Mask - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Topless Female - Xbox One, Playstation 4 - Solo	NOOSE Outfit - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Invisible Arms - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	CEO/MC Joggers & Outfits - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Semi No Ragdoll - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Account Dupe Workaround - Xbox - Solo	OTR Invisible Character - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Vehicle Warehouse OTR - Playstation, Xbox - Solo
Agency God Mode - PS5 - Solo	Save Cluckin Bell Outfit - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Headless Glitch - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Solo Coke Business OTR - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Invisible While On the MK2 - Xbox, Playstation - Semi-Solo	Unlock High Flyer Parachute - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo
Autoshop God Mode - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	MOC OTR - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo	Give AA Trailer to Friends - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo
Halloween Weather in Freemode - Xbox, Playstation - Solo

Miscellaneous:

Infinite Toreador Boost - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	BEFF Double Garage - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Public Solo Session - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Complete Tier 3 Survival Headshot Challenge - PS - Solo	Modded Acid Lab - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Non-Solo	Drive Unreleased Cars - Playstation - Solo
DMO Lite - Playstation - Solo	MOC Solo Merge - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Weapons in Facility - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
TP Mugshoot Room - Playstation - Solo	Infinitely Spawn Vehicles - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Sell 27 Cars/Day - Xbox One, PS4 - Solo
Arena War AFK - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Vehicle Magic Slot - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo	Magic Slot Flip - Xbox Series, PS5 - Non-Solo
Brickade Fooliganz Livery Flip - Xbox, Playstation - Semi-Solo	Bypass Daily Sell Limit - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Brickade Merge - Playstation - Solo
GATF - Xbox, Playstation - Non- Solo	BF Wevil Speed Glitch - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Shooting Range Glitch - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Thermal in Story Mode - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	2 Sparrows at Same Time - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Quickly Fill Nightclub - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Infinite Company SUV's - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Endless Simeon Test Drive - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Double Damage - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Teleport in LSCM - Playstation - Solo	Get Inside Luxury Autos - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Cayo Prep Job TP - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Skywalker - Playstation - Solo	Cop Car Glitch - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Non-Solo
Colored Stock Wheels - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo	Never Fall Off Bike - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Non-Solo	Director Mode Trailer Online - Playstation - Solo
Launch Glitch - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Non-Solo	Car on Cerberus Slot - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo	Casino No Timer - Xbox Series, PS5, PC - Non-Solo
No Wanted Level - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Launch Glitch - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Drive Invisible Vehicle - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Non-Solo
Sultan Classic Speed Glitch - Xbox Series, PS5 - Non-Solo	Yellow Car Freak Out - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Non-Solo	BMX Launch - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Special/Person Vehicle in Sumo - Xbox, Playstation - Semi-Solo	Unlock Trevor at Beginning of Game -PS4 - Solo	Wheel Merge/Transfer - PC - Non-Solo
Chameleon Pearlescent Glitch - Xbox Series, PS5 - Solo	No Cops - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Magic Slot Merge - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Bushole Launch - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Extra Consumables - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Out of Bounds - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Semi-Solo
Under the Map Anywhere - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Invisible Aircraft - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Walk in the Sky - Xbox, Playstation - Semi-Solo
Merge/Teleport Jobs - Xbox	2 Boys, 1 Hole - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	RC Bandito C4 Throw - Playstation - Solo
Autoclub Podium Vehicle - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Launch Glitch - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Semi-Solo	Low Grip Tires on Any Car - PC - Solo
High Speed Jet Donuts - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	OOB Glitch - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Toreador God Mode - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Wall Breach - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Teleport with Akula - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Hydra with MOC Health - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Freeze Time - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Transparent Jet - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Trevors Car - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Matte Pearlescent Respray - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Hide Cargo - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Hydra Speed Glitch - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Weapons Inside Arena - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo	Teleport Inside of UFO - Playstation - Solo	GATF Workaround - Playstation - Non-Solo
Change the Inductor Bike Color - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Terrorbyte Merge - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Old Casino/Story Map Online - Playstation, Xbox - Semi-Solo
Unlock Special Hidden Weapons - PS4, Xbox One	NPC Bone Jiggling - Playstation, Xbox - Solo	Add Extra Accessories to Vehicles - Playstation, Xbox - Solo
Park Ranger Outfit Glitch - Playstation, Xbox - Solo	AFK Exploit - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Save Park Ranger Vehicle - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo
Motorcycle to Car Merge - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo	Last Gen Car to Car Merge - PS4, Xbox One - Non-Solo	Current Gen Car to Car Merge - PS5, Xbox Series - Non-Solo
Moc to MOC GCTF Glitch Out - Playstation, Xbox - Non-Solo	Apartment Vehicle God Mode - Xbox, Playstation - Semi-Solo
Cluckin Bell Weapons Setup Glitch - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Facility GCTF w/ All OTR Methods Included - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo	Fly Under the Map with a Jet - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Facility Invisibility + No Cops + OTR and God Mode - Playstation, Xbox - Solo

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• Please read the rules before you post.
• Please stay civilised, and do not be rude towards others.
• Please do not comment stupid things such as “I didn’t use this glitch”. Seriously, what’s the point?
• Please do NOT post gamer tags anywhere on this subreddit. If you need to tell someone, just PM the person.
• If you see anyone breaking rules, make sure to report the post so we can get on it ASAP!
• If you’re desperate to ask a question, just ask on the weekly questions thread.
• We also have a chat which is quite helpful, and you can ask questions there and get a response.
• There is a very helpful scammer list for B2B Bogdan by , make sure to check it out here before hosting one for someone.
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Ask the poster of the glitch inside the post, rather than this main page. People there created it, found it, or at the very least have been using it recently, and are far more likely to give you the correct answer.
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Frequently Asked Questions

If you ask about something which can be clearly answered via the information in the FAQ's, your comment will be removed.
Where are the newest glitches?

Sorting the sub by new is the easiest way to find the most current glitches
Our Discord server has a section with quite a few working glitches

Are Heist Replay Glitches patched?

No, and they probably won't be any time soon; if ever.
Heist replay glitch is still working in the enhanced version.
Please note that timings might be more difficult than in the past.

How do I do X Heist Replay?

Tips on how to avoid heist reset on consoles.

Take a break after 2 consecutive attempts
Try clearing your cache after 2 consecutive attempts
Try disconnecting after the white transaction loading circle and before the orange loading circle
Try disconnecting after the "Transaction Pending" disappears at the bottom of the screen

Can you get banned from doing X Glitch?

Outside of the few admonished outliers such as the strain of Apartment Glitches, you WON'T GET BANNED for doing any glitches. This includes things such as Heist Replays, AFK's, Merges, Dupes (creating/owning/selling Dupes) and etcetera.

Any good RP glitches around?

This is a new type of job, TeamLilac AFK, and should be similar to Peter Griffin AFK. Please feel free to leave feedback on this job since its new

Best money glitch out right now?

Heist Replays (Bogdan/Cayo Perico), GCTF Dupes, and/or Semi-Frozen Money (solo) will always remain as time proven choices. Alongside whatever Dupe Glitch is currently available/working.

Anything pertaining to Dupes?

Destro's Duping Encyclopedia will most likely have your answers. Start with the Introduction segment which covers the jist of the relevant topics, otherwise flip through to the topic dedicated chapter
DSL Guide contains the updated DSL limits and thresholds and will continue to be regularly and consistently updated, please refer to this if you need help regarding the your sale limit and issues pertaining to it.

Merge Glitches?

External Resources:

Our Discord Server - Highly recommended and it's the best place to help keep you updated with all the working glitches being discovered.

Se7enSins:

Looking for a partner in crime?

Need People for Duping/Trading - Refer to
Need People for Heist Replays/JAFK/Misc Jobs - Refer to

Happy glitching! 😉

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2024.05.07 22:38 Sufficient_Clock_273 Apple Music library tab….

Ok so I’m looking for a solution for this, basically I upload some of my own music to Apple Music through my computer. When I’m on my phone and go to the library tab, there is a massive album like thing, FOR EVERY SONG. I know there’s the playlist tab, that just shows your playlists, but that’s so annoying to go to every time. I’ve always just used the library tab, and all of my playlists have been right there, but now there all so far down under all the added songs. And if you hold them down and press remove from library, it takes them out of all the playlists there in, and just messes everything up. So how can I hide songs from my library tab. 😭

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2024.05.07 18:55 ohhh_shute [Waybound] Cradle gang’s Spotify playlists

The music of Cradle and each character’s theme songs have been discussed at length here, and I have finally managed to track down each members’ personal playlist. Enjoy!
*Lindon: 90s grunge rock • Favorite lyric: “I don’t belong here / I don’t care if it hurts / I wanna have control / I want a perfect body / I want a perfect soul”
Yerin: Drum-heavy metal, 80s montages, bells • Favorite lyric: “Just a steel town girl on a Saturday night / Looking for the fight of her life / It can cut you like a knife”
*Eithan: 70s/80s rock and disco • Favorite lyric: “I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles…”
Mercy: Pop, J-Pop, Funk Pop • Favorite lyric: “This gun's for hire / Even if we're just dancin' in the dark”
Zeil: mostly Linkin Park and similar emo songs • Favorite lyric: “I’m so horny, that’s okay”
Little Blue: lofi, bell sounds • Favorite lyric: “Little blue, be my shelter / Be my cradle, be my womb”
Mercy’s secret playlist: pop and indie but sad • Favorite lyric: “I know that if you hide, it doesn’t go away / Open-eyes, burn the page, my little dark age”
Orthos: Prokofiev Dance of the Knights is his only theme / Orthos is a turtle and does not listen to music.
I took vibe, genre, song title, and lyrics into account as well as suggestions from previous posts. Additionally, Will Wight himself had weighed in on the matter and concluded that everyone’s theme song is in fact Darude Sandstorm, and I have thus obliged.
*Denotes playlists with spoilers

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2024.05.07 12:29 _myst Making KSP1 into KSP2 with Mods: The Community Lifeboat Project

TLDR mod list from this post available HERE
Single-download modpack version of this list coming soon here: GITHUB .CKAN FILE DOWNLOAD
Hello everyone! This has taken me days to type, apologies for the wall of text that’s about to ensue.
With the coming demise of Intercept Games and their long-troubled and likely-shuttered development of Kerbal Space Program 2, a question I’m seeing come up more and more, and have also asked myself arises: “How do we turn KSP1 into the game that we all dreamed KSP2 would be, with mods?”. is it even possible? I believe I have an answer that will satisfy you. This IS quite achievable, for the most part. While no modlist could ever match the dream we had/have for what ksp2 would become, we can get fairly close with the tools we have presently available. KSP1 is a mature, if imperfect game with a thriving modding community. Many mods are cross-compatible and designed to work together despite independent creation pipelines, and we have a powerful modloader in the form of CKAN that makes modding the game extremely easy. And, the best part, new mods are actively being developed all the time. I'd like to help you all create an aproximation of KSP2 in regular KSP, with mods, I call this list The Community Lifeboat Project. My sincere hope is that this will sate those of you, like me, who dreamed of a KSP2 that surpassed the original in every way, and still hope that we may someday see a version of a complete KSP2 in some form or another. For now, this is the best thing I can offer the community that has given me alot, in its stead.
Who am I? A member of this great gaming community, same as you. Someone who has at the time of writing, 1800 hours in KSP1, and about 300 hours in KSP2, and about 100 hours in modded KSP1, and many more planned. I am someone who prays to the Deep Space Kraken that my rockets will fly and that we someday get a fully-released and realized version of Kerbal Space Program 2. In the meantime, this what I’m playing in lieu of our long-awaited sequel.
Who am I not? I am not techy. I am not a modding guru. I am neither a customer service line, a mod author, nor a troubleshooter. I do not have the answers to any ensuing chaos or game corruption that may ensue from playing this modlist. This modlist is just me telling you all what I am playing with personally, right now. My best effort at Homebrew KSP2, if you will. Some mods may be redundant or break unexpectedly in the future, but I have had no major issues to date. It mostly works as far as I can tell, minor graphical bugs aside. However, again, I am not a modder or a game developer, I know about as much about modding KSP as you do, maybe less.
If you run into issues I probably can’t help you. You need to do the legwork yourself to learn how CKAN works and install these mods, and to troubleshoot anything that explodes.This is a curated recommendation list only, not a complete how-to guide. If some more experienced modders and players in the community want to review this list and comment below with improvements and revisions or point out redundancies, please do so. If someone wants to make this list into some sort of compiled modpack, go for it. Also please comment if there are mods known to be in development right now that you all think might be a good fit here whenever they get released, or just other stuff the stockalike-ksp2-in-ksp1 community should be aware of.
Who is this mod for? This modlist is for anyone in the Kerbal Space Program community who wants to make use of it, but is primarily geared towards giving veteran players new mechanics and content to play with. This modlist actively makes the game more challenging with new gameloops and mechanics to account for, it does not trivialize the base game or make it easier to learn. Quite the opposite, in fact. Finally, this is not a modpack persay. Again, if someone wants to make one be my guest. You do need to download and install each of these mods individually through CKAN, it takes roughly ten seconds per mod and is a somewhat tedious process, but the reward is worth it, at least to me.
How many mods are in this list? 142, approximately, at time of writing. About 40 of those are configs/backend/compatibility patches so about 100 actual mods, with varying levels of impact on gameplay.
How are your load times? Startup takes me about 5 minutes, loading VAB/SPH takes a bit longer than stock KSP but everything runs surprisingly well. Your own mileage may vary but I wish you the very best.
Disclaimer: Many of the mods here are relatively old and no longer under development, their most-current versions are built for prior versions of Kerbal Space Program. CKAN will warn you of this on install. Play with them anyway, everything seems to mostly-work so far as I can tell. Further, some of the mods listed here will require other framework mods like Kopernicus to make them run. Make sure to get those, CKAN will tell you when you need something supplemental for the most part, but I cannot remember every necessary sub-mod and may have missed some here. I have listed these under the “Precursors” section.
I will update this list periodically as more suitable mods come online, and am actively looking for more recommendations to add to this list. Many, if not most of these will be well-known to the habitual modders in the community but I’m trying to raise awareness for the rest of the playerbase.
My rules are that these mods must:
1) Be “stockalike” and fit the aesthetic of the base game, I am not looking for a complete game overhaul like RSS or similar.
2) This modlist is designed to be BROADLY compatible and downloadable through CKAN. I am aware there are great mods that are either incompatible with some of the ones on here, or not available on CKAN. The goal of this list is broad accessibility through our existing tools. I will also try to link user-guides for the mods that require tutorials where available, some of these are quite large and I do not understand how to use them all myself. I will answer questions where possible but I have only started using this modlist relatively recently and am not intimately familiar with all of the new gameplay.
Again, if your Kerbals are dying because life support is failing for seemingly no reason, I cannot help you and my Kerbals are likely frozen corpses drifting through space as well. I'm no mod author and have no involvement with any development for any of the mods listed below. If the descriptions here aren’t enough, do some research, there’s probably more/better info out there other than what’s banging around in my head/copied from CKAN.
Mods, if possible can we pin some version of this list going forward for all the people asking how to make a "Homebrew KSP2"? I don't need personal credit, just the modlist is fine by me. This post helps to answer a pretty common question we've been getting in light of recent KSP2 development news, or lack therof.
Anyway, here we go:
Objective: Mod KSP1 into what KSP should have been, principally by:
1) Adding new places to visit in the Kerbol System,
2) Add new star systems and interstellar locations to visit
3) Give the player the ships and engines, and parts to get there
4) Give new parts to build with, with a stockalike vibe
5) Add mechanics like colonization and life support to balance ship construction and general gameplay
6) Increase depth of gameplay for veteran players.
7) Give more/better “campaign” missions to fill out the base game randomized contract system with a bit more purpose.
8) “The intent is to give players a sense of pride and accomplishment”
What does this list of mods add to my game?
This feature list is not all-inclusive, but primary added features include, in no particular order:
1) -Vastly improved graphics, ground cover, and the ability to paint your ships similar to how you do in KSP2
2) -New places to visit: Both the inner and outer Kerbol System have been modified with the addition of 34 NEW bodies to visit between new planets, their moons, asteroids, planetoids, and other Trans-Neidonian Objects. These are all based on real objects in our own Solar system or observed exoplanets. An interstellar mod (Kcalbeloh) adds 7 new star systems and a black hole accessible via wormhole for your intersterstellar gameplay needs, with an additional ~40 new bodies to explore. All of the stock planets are present, plus nearly 75 new ones.
3) -Expanding and improving the Campaign with more meaningful, focused, and varied Contracts apart from the randomized ones stock KSP gives you.
4) -New Game Mechanics including but not limited to:
-New and/or improved UI elements to assist with docking and landing
- Life Support and Cryosleep mechanics
- New engines, mainly from mods by Nertea, a prolific modder and KSP2 dev, including gas-core nuclear engines, new electric engines, cryogenic engines, plasma engines, nuclear pulse propulsion, fusion drives, torch drives, and antimatter engines. New 5m and 7m engines for massive rockets are also available.
- Colonization mechanics and associated management gameplay
- New resources, distribution, and utilization gameloops through colonies
- Vast amounts of new parts to build with that we were supposed to get with KSP2 including hab rings, new ship modules, laboratories, buildings for planetary base construction, etc.
- The ability to explore your ships in first person mode as if you were a Kerbal
- New ways to move resources between ships such as flexible piping rather than docking.
-Orbital construction and construction of craft at colonies, apart from the VAB & SPH, away from Kerbin.
-Harvesting resources from the atmospheres of planets and dust/gas clouds present in outer space.
-Building Custom Service modules with both stock and modded mechanics
-Logistics Systems related to colony activities for sharing resources between nearby installations and craft.
CAVEATS: I am sure I have missed some people’s favorite mods and am open to further additions to this list under the following conditions: All of the following mods and any future additions to this list MUST be available on CKAN, they MUST work with the most current version of KSP1, they MUST be mostly-compatible with each other as well as this list, and they MUST be freely available, not paywalled. The only exception I will allow is Blackrack’s volumetric clouds because he’s our community’s darling and we love his work.
I want this mod selection to be as accessible to the community as possible while providing as much content as possible. Pick and choose anything from this list or the entire thing to use yourself. I play with everything listed here, concurrently, but your performance may dictate the need to leave some of this stuff by the wayside. At a bare minimum, make sure you have the relevant “precursor” category mods so nothing else breaks. This list adds A TON of new and challenging gameplay sure to give even the most seasoned KSP veterans pause and I’m very much a beginner myself, it’s alot of new stuff to learn being thrown at you quickly. Pace yourselves lads!
Without further ado my, modlist, with a brief description of what everything does and broken down by category:
Myst’s “Community Lifeboat Project” Modlist:
Not Required, but highly reccomended:
- Blackrack’s Volumetric Clouds: This is the only paid mod on this list. I like it, other people like it, Blackrack did incredible work here for the community. Costs $5 on his Patreon, everything else on this list is free.
PRECURSORS/CONFIG STUFF TO MAKE OTHER MODS WORK: (33 mods)
- AT Utils: Common Library for a set of plugins made by Allista
- B9 Part Switch: A module which allows parts to switch objects, resources, nodes, attach points, temperature, add mass, cost, and more.
- Background Resources: REPOsoft Tech Background Resources Plugin
- Community Category Kit: Common Parts Categories for KSP mods
- Community Parts Titles: Rename parts for useful and consistent grouping/sorting in the VAB/SPH, Many mods are supported. This mod is intended for the English version of KSP.
- Community Parts Titles Extras: Categories: Highly-Recommended Extras for the Community Parts Titles. Create new categories or place parts in a more appropriate category.
- Community Parts Titles Extras: CCK- No Duplicates: See Above.
- Community Resource Pack- Common Resources for KSP mods.
- Community Terrain Texture Pack: High Quality textures for use by planet-creators, makes other stuff on this list work, probably.
- Contract Configurator: A config-file-based solution for creating new contracts. Makes added contract packs work.
- Cryo Tanks Core: Cryo Tanks standalone plugin, adds functionality to other mods, contains no parts and does nothing by itself.
- Custom Asteroids (Alternative OPM config): Replaces default Outer Planets Mod asteroid config and makes it work with Custom Asteroids mod further down this list.
- Custom Barn Kit: Small Plugin to change parameters related to career, science, and building upgrades when various features are unlocked.
- Custom Prelaunch Checks: C# API to write prelaunch checks that run when the VAB/SPH launch button is pressed. Makes other stuff work.
- Deployable Engines Plugin (Nertea Mod): Plugin to manage extending and retracting engine nozzles.
- DMModule Science Animate Generic: Replacement for Module Science Experiment and ModuleAnimateGeneric.
- Firespitter Core: Core Firespitter .dll. Makes something else work, don’t remember what.
- Global Construction Core: dependency for the Global Construction Mod
- Harmony 2: Library for patching, replacing, and decorating.NET and Mono methods during runtime (I have no idea what this does, other mods probably use it as a dependency)
- Kerbal Actuators: A plugin used to create VTOL engines and robotic parts. Makes other stuff work.
- Kopernicus Planetary System Modifier: REQUIRED for all other planet packs on this list
- Kopernicus Expansion Continue-er: Kopernicus Dev Tools and Footprints.
- Modular Flight Integrator: Modularly Integrates flight models or something idk.
- Module Manager: Modify KSP config files without conflict (ESSENTIAL).
- Rasterprop Monitor Core: plugin and props for IVA use.
- Shabby: Shader Asset bundle Loader for KSP
- Textures Unlimited: KSP Shader, texture and modeling utilities. Makes other stuff work.
- Toolbar: API for Third-party Plugins to provide toolbar buttons
Sub-mod: Toolbar Controller: Wrapper mod for Blizzy and stock toolbars.
- USI Tools: Libraries to make the USI mods work correctly. NEEDED.
- Vertex Mitchell/Netrevali Filtered Heightmap: Makes some of the other graphical stuff work correctly relating to planetary textures. Idk.
- Waterfall Core: Core Waterfall Plugin to drive upgraded fancy engine effects.
GRAPHICAL AND AUDIO IMPROVEMENTS (25 mods)
- Chatterer: Configurable audio that allows you to hear your Kerbals communicating over the radio with Mission Control, breathing on EVA, etc.
- ChattererExtended: Adds 625 new kerbalized chatter files for added variety
- Distant Object Enhancement: Lets you see other planets all the way back on Kerbin. Works with the modded planet packs on this list.
- Distant Object Enhancement /L default config: default planet colors.
- Environmental Visual Enhancements Redux: Version of EVE which significantly improve performance, used as a replacement for base EVE. Adds clouds, lighting, etc.
- Parallax: PBR tessellation shader for planetary textures,
- Parallax Stock Planet Textures: adds HD textures to the stock planets, highly reccomended.
- Parallax Stock Scatter Textures: adds HD textures to planetary scatters and ground cover.
- Planetshine: light from planets and moons can now reflect up and color your spacecraft, adding realism and immersion.
- Planetshine default config: Support config.
- Restock+: Community-built resleeve of stock part models and textures to make them look a bit nicer. Can be disorienting at first and isn’t quite as pretty as the KSP2 models, but its something. This mod may clash with Waterfall, I’ve had issues with offset engine plumes on some of my engines and suspect this mod is the culprit.
- Scatterer: Atmospheric Scattering Shaders
- Shaddy: Collection of Shaders for Kerbal Space Program
- Simple Repaint: Allows you to choose colors for individual ship parts out of a pre-selected list of shades. Adds some badly-needed customizability to the base game.
- Singularity: Black Hole Shaders for KSP by the one-and only Blackrack. Needed for optimal looks for Kcalbeloh.
- Spectra: EVE configs for stock celestial bodies, also grab the self-explanatory sub mods below:
- Spectra EVE 64k Kerbin Clouds
- Spectra EVE Kerbin/Laythe Snow
- Spectra EVE Minmus Geysers
- Spectra Scatterer
- Spectra Scatterer for Minmus
- Spectra Scatterer: Jool Shine on Laythe
- Spectra Scatterer Vibrant Sunsets
- Staged Animation: Plays an animation when a part is staged.
~~- Stock Waterfall Effects:~~ config to give Waterfall Effects to the Stock engines.
REPLACE WITH Waterfall: Restock and Restock Waterfall Expansion
Rocket Sound Enhancement-Overhauls engine noises
NEW PLACES/THINGS TO VISIT: (8 mods)
- Custom Asteroids (inner stock system data)- Adds asteroids inside the orbit of Jool
- Custom Asteroids (Kuiper Belt Analog for Outer Planets Mod)- Adds “Kentaurs” and trans-Neidonian (Neptunian) objects.
- Minor Planets Expanded: The lesser-known counterpart to the Outer Planets Mod. Stock KSP has planetary analogues for our Solar planets out to Jool, and Pluto. The acclaimed Outer Planets Mod has analogues for Saturn (Sarnus), Uranus (Urloom), and Neptune (Neidon). Minor Planets Expanded adds many additional objects and lesser-known worlds to the game alongside the previous, including analogues for Eros, Ceres, Orcus, Haumea, Makemake, Sedna. This mod also includes analogues for a number of real-life asteroids and comets present in our Solar System . Adds 15 new worlds to visit.
- Outer Planets Mod: Celebrated Mod that adds planetary Analogues for Saturn (Sarnus), Uranus (Urlum), and Neptune (Neidon), and Pluto (Plock), as well as some of their moons. Adds roughly a dozen new places to visit. Eeloo gets shifted to become a moon of Saturn to make room for the Pluto Analogue. The wormhole to the Kcalbeloh System can also be found in Sarnus orbit. Adds 15 new bodies to land on.
Outer Planets Mod: Parallax with Scatters: Adds the HD Parallax mod ground scatters to the outer planets, dramatically improving their visuals.
- Lt Duckweed’s QuackPack: Adds a slew of new planets, both terrestrial and gas giants, to the inner Kerbol System, inside the orbit of Moho. These are based on real-life exoplanets and are extremely difficult to reach and land on due to their hostile environments and include extreme temperatures, lava worlds, metallic atmospheres, etc. Adds 4 new places to visit.
- Kcalbeloh System: Interstellar planetary mod that adds several new star systems, each with their own planetary systems, orbiting a supermassive black hole. The Black Hole is accessible via interstellar-level engines and careful piloting, OR via a wormhole orbiting Jool. Assuming you have the Outer Planets mod installed and working, the wormhole will be orbiting Sarnus (Saturn equivilant) instead.
- Kcalbeloh System 8k Textures: See Above. For those of us who play in UHD.
CONTRACT PACKS TO IMPROVE THE STOCK CAMPAIGN: (8 mods)
- Contract Pack: Anomaly Surveyor: Contracts that guide you through exploring the stock game’s easter eggs, UFO’s, memorials, etc.
- Contract Pack: Bases and Stations Reborn: Space-station focused contract pack, replaces the base game’s “Build a Space Station” contracts
- Contract Pack: Clever Sats: Overhaul of stock satellite contracts
- Contract Pack: Exploration Plus: Overhaul of stock “Exploration” contracts
- Contract Pack: Field Research: Do more Science! Receive contracts for performing different experiments under a variety of conditions.
- Contract Pack: Kerbal Academy: Training your Kerbalnauts the sensible way.
- Contract Pack: Research Advancement Division: More Scientific Contracts, complimentary to the Field Research pack.
- Contract Pack: Tourism Expanded: 11 new contracts to send Kerbals across the Kerbol system
- Contract Pack: Tourism Plus: Better tourism! A richer tourism experience than stock. Take tourists to space and visit the stations you have created. Build new tourist attractions like the space casino megaproject. Includes 15 new contracts.
NEW GAME MECHANICS: (25 mods)
- BetterTimeWarpContinued: Improved Time Warping
- DeepFreeze continued: adds cryosleep and the ability to freeze and thaw Kerbals for long journeys. Compatible with USI life support featured further down
-GUIDE:
- Dynamic Battery Storage (Nertea Mod): mod intended to help vessel construction by providing electricity planning functions and solve problems related to power-flow. Pairs well with his other engine and advanced poweheat mods
-GUIDE:
- Extraplanetary LaunchPads: Adds ability to build craft in flight mode, including at orbital facilities and at bases on other planets.
-GUIDE:
- FreeIVA: Lets you explore the insides of your ships as well as EVA in First-Person mode from the point of view of your kerbals. Extremely immersive and usable with several of the parts mods by Nertea featured below. Adds a new tab of IVA-compatible pieces into the SPH/VAB.
Sub-mod: -Through the Eyes of a Kerbal: See the world through a first-person viewpoint. Needed for use with Free IVA.
- Global Construction: Lets you build vessels directly on other planets and in orbit around other planets.
-GUIDE:

HEAT CONTROL: New Categories of radiators to add to spacecraft, neccesary for some of his more advanced engine mods like Far Future technologies with big reactors and exhausts putting out monstrous amounts of heat.
-GUIDE:

- Kerbal Attachment System: Adds new gameplay mechanics in the form of winches, struts, and pipes. Vessels can now be connected in EVA without docking them.
-GUIDE:
- Kerbal Inventory System: Adds new inventory system and EVA mechics and usables. This one works, but does have some odd behavior in-game with the native EVA/breaking ground stuff, I haven’t totally figured out using this one yet and have had some instances of odd item storage or kerbals not being able to grab parts they should, etc.
-GUIDE:
- Kerbal Joint Reinforcement Continued: Fixes issues with unstable joints and wobbliness.
- Kerbal Konstructs: Adds a slew of new buildings and launch sites
-GUIDE:
Submods:
- Off-shore Launch Platform: Designed to be used with Kerbal Konstrukts, lets you launch off an oil rig.
- Omega’s Stockalike Structures: ALPHA BUILD. Statics content pack for Kerbal Konstrukts.
- Konstruction: Weldable docking ports, cranes, magnets, other construction equipment.
- KSP Community Fixes: Fixes many stock KSP bugs and provides some Quality of Life and UI improvements
- Rational Resources: Resource Placement is no longer random but reflects composition templates. Promotes Cryofuels mods and planet pack/life support compatibility.
- Space Dust: Adds atmospheric and exo-atmospheric resource harvesting. Includes a new harvesting system, displays, resource distributions, and parts.
- Space Dust Unbound: Expands Space Dust resource harvesting abilities to other modded planets and systems like the Outer Planets Mod, Galaxies Unbound (not included on this list for now), and others.
- System Heat/associated sub-mods: By Nertea: revamps the core Heat system of Kerbal Space Program, many of his engine mods require use of this new system, or at least strongly benefit from it.
Sub-Mods:
- System Heat- Nuclear Engines Config
- System Heat- Nuclear Reactor Config
- System Heat- Resource Converter Config
- System Heat-Resource Harvester Config
-GUIDE:
- USI Kolonization Systems (MKS/OKS): Interlocking modules that bring planetary colonization gameplay. Expansive mod for building both terrestrial as well as orbital colonies and associated deep gameplay GUIDE
- USI Life Support: Advanced Life Support Mod, more advanced than Kerbal Snax or whatever its called but not as unforgiving as Kerbalism, I was going for a balance between accessibility and depth of gameplay with this one, plus it links seamlessly with the USI Kolonization mechanics. Hooks in seamlessly to kolonization mechanics. GUIDE
-Kerbal Inventory for All: Adds inventories to many 3rd part rocket parts and unifies inventories with Kerbal Inventory System.
-Stage Recovery: Staged rocket parts with parachutes attached can be recovered for spesos.
Persistent Thrust: Allows burns during timewarp.
SCANSat: Overhaul for scanning Technologies
RemoteTech: Adds in probe signal delay and a host of new mechanics.
Sub Mod: RemoteTech Stock Configs
NEW ENGINES AND OTHER PARTS: (33 mods)
- AlphaMensae’s Modular Launch Pads: Beyond Launch Clamps: Mix and match components to build all kinds of launch infrastructure.
- Cryo Tanks: (Nertea mod). Liquid Hydrogen fuel tanks and storage for most stock tank designs.
- Cryogenic Engines: (Nertea Mod). Provides new, high-efficiency engines in 1.25, 2.5, and 3.25 sizes that burn liquid hydrogen rather than normal “liquid fuel”
- Cryogenic Engines- Near Future Aeronautics- patch to convert relevant engines in near-future aeronautics to burn Liquid Hydrogen
- Far Future Technologies: (Nertea Mod) Adds theoretically possible engines we might have IRL within the next few hundred years powered by exotic forms of nuclear fusion, antimatter, torch drives, etc. Good for Outer Planets missions and interstellar stuff
-GUIDE:
- JX2Antenna: Adds a special 2.5m antenna with 1,000G transmisison power, important for hyper-range deep-space missions.
- Kerbal Atomics: Nertea Mod. Adds new anbd exciting nuclear engines to use in-game. Included in a slew of size classes and technology levels for greater access to nuclear engines at different stages of the game. Adds things like gas-core reactors, nuclear aerospike engines, multimode engines that switch or utilize both nuclear and conventional afterburning fuel.
-GUIDE:
Sub-mod- Kerbal Atomics Other Mod Support: Optional Patch to allow the KA nuclear thermal rockets to run on LH@ for additional performance.
- Kerbal Planetary Base Systems: Adds multiple parts for building better bases and colonies on planet surfaces such as Habs, Greenhouses, Laboratories, and more. This IS compatible with the life support mods featured above.
-GUIDE:
- Near-Future Aeronautics: Nertea Mod. Adds advanced aerospace parts including propellers, intakes, jet and multimode nuclear engines for massive spaceplanes.
-GUIDE:
- Near Future Construction: Nertea Mod. Structural components and truss segments for building deep space vessels and bases. These will look familiar to anyone who has played a bit of KSP2, Nertea was a prolific KSP1 modder and was hired by Intercept Games to bring his mods native functionality in KSP2.
- Near Future Electrical: Nertea Mod. Stockalike nuclear reactors, capacitors, and more batteries. Neccesary for many of his electrical engine mods.
- Near Future Electrical (Decaying RTG’s): Nertea Mod. Optional patch to make RTG output gradually decrease over time as they do in real life. This will force additional planning for long-range missions to the outer planets and interstellar locales.
- Near Future Electrical Core: Nertea Mod. Standalone sub-mod, needed to make Near Future Electrical work.
- Near Future Exploration: Nertea Mod. Expands probe selection, adds new cores, bus parts, minisatellite parts and a slew of new antennas.
- Near Future IVA Props: Nertea Mod. Prop pack to configure and acessorize IVA spaces on your ships.
- Near Future Launch Vehicles: Nertea Mod. Large launch vehicles including 5 and 7.5 meter engines for launching massive spacecraft and parts.
- Near Future Propulsion: Nertea Mod. Advanced electric engines and new fuel types, stockalike.
-GUIDE:
- Near Future Propulsion (Xenon Hall Effect Thruster): Nertea Mod. Converts NFP Argon thrusters to use stock Xenon fuel instead if desired.
- Near Future Solar: Nertea Mod. Adds new solar panels in lots of new sizes and shaped for utility and customizability.
- Near Future Solar Core: Nertea Mod. Support plugin for NFS.
- Near Future Spacecraft: Nertea Mod. New Command pods, control systems, and engines for crewed spacecraft. Some of the stuff here closely resembles some of the new pods we got in KSP2.
- Near Future Spacecraft-LFO Engines: Nertea Mod. Converts monopro orbital engines to use stock liquid fuel/oxidizer if desired.
- Project Orion Nuclear Pulse Engine: Adds a nuclear pulse engine powered by repeated nuclear device detonations, one of the many planned engines for KSP2 we may never get to see.
- Simple Adjustable Fairings: As described.
Sub-mod: Simple Adjustable Fairings-Plugin
- Stockalike Station Parts Expansion Redux: Nertea Mod. Adds tons of new station parts in a number of size classes, including some new components int he small-medium ranges.
Sub-Mod: Stockalike Station Parts Expanded Redux: Internal Spaces Nertea Mod, adds compatibility between SSER and FreeIVA so you can explore your stations from a first-person view.
- Universal Storage II Finalized: Modular Parts Mod that facilitates the building of custom service Modules, integrates well with life support mods.
- USI Asteroid Recycling Technologies: Can remove Asteroid Mass and attach storage tanks to its surface.
- USI Core: Kontainers, Reactors, and shared tools for the USI mods.
- USI Exploration Pack: Flat-packed rover and parts geared towards exploring planetary surfaces.
- USI Freight Transport Technologies: Modular Parts for hauling, mining, and space transportation needs.
META GAME AND UI STUFF: (10 mods)
- Astrogator: A space-navigational aid for Kerbal Space Program. Shows table of bodies reachable from current in-game location and the deltaV to reach them, can get perfect transfer windows and maneuver nodes for you.
- Better Burn Time: Extra automatic burn time indicators for suicide burns and target rendezvous.
- Better Early Tree: New Disposition of the beginning of the tech tree. Designed for an unmanned start and give stockalike vibe, Needs to be used alongside CTT
- Clickthrough Blocker: Helps eliminate the clickthrough problem with mods
- Community Tech Tree: Modding community-developed tech tree that reorganizes the base game tech tree and is compatible with the vast majority of mods on this list to balance the parts for the campaign. ESSENTIAL.
- Custom Asteroids: lets user control where asteroids appear.
- Docking Port Alignment Indicator: Self-Explanatory, Makes docking stuff easier.
- Hide Empty Tech Tree Nodes: Gets rid of tech tree nodes in the Community Tech Tree mods if you don’t have the mods installed, CTT is huge so this can help simplify it if you only have a few mods installed.
- ImprovedTechTree Placement: Tech Tree Mod that adds an additional engine-focused propulsion line. Grabbed on random impulse, no idea how this interacts, if at all, with other tech tree mods.
- Reviva: Dynamic Switching between multiple IVA’s in-editor and in-flight
- Speed Unit Annex: Adds speed units and some other helpful values to the Navball, depending on vessel type.
-Trajectories: Accounts for aerobraking to let you acurrately see where you are going to land
EasyVesselSwitch- Changes vessel switching to LeftAlt+M1 Click for easy switching
End of the List, for now.
Ad Aeternum Inanis
MOD TYPES THAT I AM ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR (please help):

A mod or combination of mods that gets KSP2’s soundtrack into KSP1 AND TRIGGERS TRACKS IN SIMILAR WAYS (i.e. not just a playlist, but performing in-game actions causes a given track to play, like going from Kerbin orbit to the Mun’s SOI, achieving low orbit and starting descent, etc. ) (possible solution now in the works thanks to u/ )
Some sort of part-welding or optimization mod to facilitate construction of much larger ships and stations and improve performance far past the current 250 part count beyond which stuff starts lagging and breaking.
Alternative/bettemore colonization mechanics mods for proper cities and landmark facilities and such.
More planet packs and places to visit, especially interstellar stuff.
Interstellar mods COMPATIBLE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE ON THIS LIST SO FAR.

MODS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION TO ADD TO THIS PACK:

MODS THAT I AM NOT ADDING FOR THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE (and why):

Galaxies Unbound: Great mod, but suffered from some usability problems and has been removed from CKAN. I’ll add it back if and when it reappears.
Interstellar Extended: Another great mod, but sadly not compatible with Nertea’s stuff so I’m not adding it here.
-BlueDogDesignBureau: Way, way, WAY too many parts. Was trying to make use of this before but its craft parts were making it impossible to find other stuff I wanted. Has plenty of useful components; far too many, in fact. Also not super stockalike. Never again.

-Kerbalism: a bit more complicated than I'm looking to make the gameplay right now and a whole system of mods including life support mechanics are already in.
-Mechjeb: I believe in flying manually, download it separately if you need it
Other Useful Links Here:
(emptiness intensifies)
Changelog:
5/7/2024 -Updated OP with some new information, fixing formatiing -Adding new sections on soundtrack upgrades and additional mods being evaluated for inclusion
Special thanks to the following people for their assistance and suggestions: -Kemot221 -LadyRaineCloud -PiBoy314 -mibsman -j-steve -Goufalite
5/12/2024: Added current github download, includes additional mods.

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2024.05.06 23:38 Imaginary-World-1305 Can't patch anything without RXV Manager failing

Hello I hope someone can help me figuring out this. I'm trying to Patch YouTube but manager keeps throwing an error saying failed. I'm using Andrea's patches but even with inotia00's patches the problem persists. My phone is arm-v8a. I will leave my log here.

Device Info ReVanced Manager: 1.18.1 Model: 23021RAA2Y Android version: 14 Supported architectures: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, armeabi Root permissions: No
Patch Info App: com.google.android.youtube v19.05.36 (Suggested: v19.05.36) Patches version: v2.225.0-dev.8 Patches added: Default Patches removed: Custom package name, Alternative thumbnails, Hide button container, Hide comment component, Enable bottom player gestures, Hide feed flyout panel, Enable old quality layout, Hide player flyout panel, Hide autoplay preview, Enable compact controls overlay, Hide end screen overlay, Force fullscreen, Hide fullscreen panels, Disable landscape mode, Quick actions components, Hide account menu, Hide auto player popup panels, Hide cast button, Hide category bar, Hide channel avatar section, Hide channel profile components, Hide crowdfunding box, Hide description components, Hide floating microphone, Hide handle, Header switch, Hide latest videos button, Hide layout components, Hide load more button, Hide mix playlists, Disable rolling number animations, Hide search term thumbnail, Force snackbar theme, Hide snack bar, Enable song search, Change start page, Hide suggestions shelf, Enable tablet mini player, Hide toolbar button, Hide trending searches, Enable wide search bar, Custom double tap length, Disable pip notification, Tuck away preferences, Add splash animation, Hide tooltip content, Ambient mode switch, Enable language switch, Layout switch, Enable open links directly, Disable QUIC protocol, Enable new splash animation, Disable update screen, Hide navigation label, Hide navigation buttons, Enable tablet navigation bar, Overlay buttons, Hide autoplay button, Hide captions button, Hide collapse button, Hide end screen cards, Hide filmstrip overlay, Disable haptic feedback, Hide info cards, Hide music button, Custom player overlay opacity, Hide previous next button, Hide seek message, Disable speed overlay, Hide suggested actions, Hide suggested video overlay, Hide channel watermark, Hide seekbar, Enable new thumbnail preview, Hide time stamp, Hide shorts components, Shorts overlay buttons, Disable shorts on startup, Swipe controls, Visual preferences icons, SponsorBlock, Disable HDR video, Default video quality, Default playback speed, Disable auto captions, Hide double tap overlay filter, Hide voice search button, Force opus codec, Translations, Settings, Custom playback speed Default patch options changed: None
Settings Allow changing patch selection: true Version compatibility check: false Show universal patches: false Remove unused library: false Patches source: anddea/revanced-patches Integration source: anddea/revanced-integrations
Logs Copying APK Reading APK Decoding app manifest Loading patches Merging integrations Deleting existing resource cache directory Decoding resources Executing patches An error occurred: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: No virtual method getDocument()Lapp/revanced/patchedata/ResourceContext$DocumentOperatable; in class Lapp/revanced/patchedata/ResourceContext; or its super classes (declaration of 'app.revanced.patcher.data.ResourceContext' appears in /data/app/~~SqlxbXkaPaTXYq2L4TItQA==/app.rvx.manager.flutter--lB042QOYUQLZdKlwkUrQg==/base.apk) at app.revanced.util.ResourceUtilsKt.copyXmlNode(ResourceUtils.kt:94) at app.revanced.patches.shared.patch.settings.AbstractSettingsResourcePatch.execute(AbstractSettingsResourcePatch.kt:23) at app.revanced.patches.youtube.utils.settings.SettingsPatch.execute(SettingsPatch.kt:130) at app.revanced.patches.youtube.utils.settings.SettingsPatch.execute(SettingsPatch.kt:26) at app.revanced.patcher.Patcher$apply$1.invokeSuspend$executePatch(Patcher.kt:177) at app.revanced.patcher.Patcher$apply$1.invokeSuspend$executePatch(Patcher.kt:156) at app.revanced.patcher.Patcher$apply$1.invokeSuspend(Patcher.kt:203) at app.revanced.patcher.Patcher$apply$1.invoke(Unknown Source:8) at app.revanced.patcher.Patcher$apply$1.invoke(Unknown Source:4) at kotlinx.coroutines.flow.SafeFlow.collectSafely(Builders.kt:61) at kotlinx.coroutines.flow.AbstractFlow.collect(Flow.kt:230) at app.revanced.manager.flutter.MainActivity$runPatcher$1$2$1.invokeSuspend(MainActivity.kt:345) at kotlin.coroutines.jvm.internal.BaseContinuationImpl.resumeWith(ContinuationImpl.kt:33) at kotlinx.coroutines.DispatchedTask.run(DispatchedTask.kt:108) at kotlinx.coroutines.EventLoopImplBase.processNextEvent(EventLoop.common.kt:280) at kotlinx.coroutines.BlockingCoroutine.joinBlocking(Builders.kt:85) at kotlinx.coroutines.BuildersKtBuildersKt.runBlocking(Builders.kt:59) at kotlinx.coroutines.BuildersKt.runBlocking(Unknown Source:1) at kotlinx.coroutines.BuildersKtBuildersKt.runBlocking$default(Builders.kt:38) at kotlinx.coroutines.BuildersKt.runBlocking$default(Unknown Source:1) at app.revanced.manager.flutter.MainActivity.runPatcher$lambda$37(MainActivity.kt:344) at app.revanced.manager.flutter.MainActivity.$r8$lambda$v-ELoclvC6W1vrKGstBtHifiD5Q(Unknown Source:0) at app.revanced.manager.flutter.MainActivity$$ExternalSyntheticLambda0.run(Unknown Source:26) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1012)

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2024.05.06 20:18 chaotic_ugly Unbound - Vol. 7 (or whatever) Suggestions/Feedback (Xbox Series S)

u/ea_needforspeed
Hello,
I love this game. It's the most fun I've had w/ a racing game since Most Wanted ('12). I messed around with Forzas for awhile, mainly when Payback came around, which I was unimpressed with. Then came Heat which I really didn't like at all. At any rate, I picked up Unbound during Vol. 5, when I found it on sale, and instantly regretted that I didn't pick it up at release. It really is a blast, and I only hope to make it better. With that said, here are some things I'd like to see in future updates:
(Free Roam is what I had in mind for all of these)
Car re-balancing every Vol. or every-other.

Essentially, there are dominant cars and builds in every class and every race type. The R8, the Regera... the fact that I don't even participate in S+ Speed Races, because I'm so bored of the Regera, tells me it's time to re-balance.
Every competitive game does this, from time to time, so why not this one? I think it makes sense for the longevity of the game by giving it a shot in the arm from time to time (rebalancing refreshes the learning curve and forces players to make re-evaluate the things they've counted out). I mean, Regera's are cool... but Regera's are boring as hell now, too.
Also, there's dozens of useless cars in this game, cars that are simply not competitive, that are only good for cruising open world or looking good in link-ups. That's a lot of wasted potential, in my eyes.

Significantly increase playlist rewards (Free Roam)

Linkups are the best way to earn money in Free Roam, sometimes rewarding $186,000 for 20 minutes of playtime. With most playlist rewards starting at $38,500, even a full lobby playlist does not compare to Linkups, in terms of earning money.
In fact, sitting and doing nothing between linkups is more rewarding than trying to squeeze a playlist in, because the penalty for missing the first two rounds of a linkup is way to high, and players are guaranteed to miss out on more cash than they can earn in any full playlist.
Speaking of full playlists, they don't happen. Most of the time, you're as likely to spend 100% of the time between linkups just trying to get a playlist going as you are to start a playlist with with only 2 or 3 players.
So, it's a vicious cycle: low playlist payouts makes them unattractive, except maybe when a playlist is close to full. This makes it very difficult to get a nearly-full playlist going because said playlist won't pay out as well as linkups, anyway.
The only reason people play playlists in Free Roam is because they are bored of linkups, or are trying to complete challenges. Not good.

Sell-back parts and engines

Tuning in this game is fun, mostly because of the interdependence of certain variables and of certain equipment types. Because of these dependencies, it can take a lot of money to get a tune fully optimized, if only because it is worth to try almost every combination of parts to eek out that last tenth of a second on a 1/4 mile or 0 - 60 time.
Currently, the only way to get any money back out of this process is to sell the entire car. Now, the prices for built cars are fair, I think. What I think is a little harsh is that a player both cannot sell back unused equipment (for fraction of the purchase price, obviously) or use said equipment on another build of the same car.
It would be great to be able to return these parts to the garage (to be used by another car) or be allowed to sell them back.

More clothing please!

Like, a lot more. As much as you can give us. Especially feminine clothing. I'm talking shirts, shoes, skirts. High heels, crop tops. More than just XL t-shirts and that Versace bra, please.

Quality of Life stuff:

Begin any playlist from any meetup. Spreading them out doesn't make me experience the map more, it just discourages me from playing playlists. If the goal is to get more mileage out of the map, just vary the locations that people spawn after races.
UI basically everywhere.
- Linkups - between the phase timer and task list and Map hud, every left turn is a blind turn in linkups.
- Map screen - increase zoom out distance. The left side of the screen is full of stuff, once again. It's not fun trying to identify what's happening on the map behind these overlays. If we can zoom out more, it solves the problem.
- Performance > Parts interface
  - Part grade (sport, pro, etc) indicated some other way besides color (Elite & Pro are both gray, and Sport & Super are close enough to confuse the color blind).
  - Stats box - everything on one page. Put everything, including Top Speed and 0 - 60 time on one page. Having to toggle the stats is one of the most annoying parts of tuning in this game.
- Style > Body parts
  - Once a body part is selected, it is impossible to see the entire car at once while also being able to change parts. In order to see the entire car, the player has to hide the UI, look at their changes, unhide the UI, select another part, then hide the Ui, etc. etc. For some parts, this isn't a problem, but for wheels and tires, not being able to see both axles is frustrating and cumbersome. And, once again, everything on the left side of the screen is in the way. In this case, it happens to be the entire left third of the screen. Probably a zoom feature will work best here (but please shrink these massive UI elements).
- There's many more, I just can't think of them all. Basically, everything is too zoomed-in, and the overlays are way too big.

Nice to haves:

Character animations - At the start of a race, during staging, it'd be nice to actually see the opposing players do something rather than just stare forward like robots. I guess every once in awhile they turn their head towards the camera real quick, but why only that?
Time until next Linkup somewhere

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