Hailey

Part V

How to show grief

a vacant look

slack facial expressions

shaky hands

trembling lips

swallowing

struggling to breathe

tears rolling down their cheeks

How to show fondness

smiling with their mouth and their eyes

softening their features

cannot keep their eyes off of the object of their fondness

sometimes pouting the lips a bit

reaching out, wanting to touch them

How to show envy

narrowing their eyes

rolling their eyes

raising their eyebrows

grinding their teeth

tightening jaw

chin poking out

pouting their lips

forced smiling

crossing arms

shifting their gaze

clenching their fists

tensing their muscles

then becoming restless/fidgeting

swallowing hard

stiffening

holding their breath

blinking rapidly

exhaling sharply

How to show regret

scrubbing a hand over the face

sighing heavily

downturned mouth

slightly bending over

shoulders hanging low

hands falling to the sides

a pained expression

heavy eyes

staring down at their feet

Part I + Part II + Part III + Part IV

Updated 6th June 2024 More writing tips, review tips & writing description notes

Facial Expressions

Masking Emotions

Smiles/Smirks/Grins

Eye Contact/Eye Movements

Blushing

Voice/Tone

Body Language/Idle Movement

Thoughts/Thinking/Focusing/Distracted

Silence

Memories

Happy/Content/Comforted

Love/Romance

Sadness/Crying/Hurt

Confidence/Determination/Hopeful

Surprised/Shocked

Guilt/Regret

Disgusted/Jealous

Uncertain/Doubtful/Worried

Anger/Rage

Laughter

Confused

Speechless/Tongue Tied

Fear/Terrified

Mental Pain

any time a building is destroyed or people are killed, Mari promptly un-destroys and un-kills them.

the terrifying part only comes if they try to talk to her and she proceeds to answer them similar to the contents of the tumblr mushroom post, e.g.:

Rogue of the week: but I--I just--

Marinette, turning her head at angles it was never meant to be turned at: do you think you can leave a mark in a way that matters? do you think your acts will be remembered any more than a bad dream is in the morning light? do you think your deeds will amount to more than a grain of sand on the beach of human history?

Rogue of the week, to any cop within grabbing distance: ᵖˡᵉᵃˢᵉ ᵃʳʳᵉˢᵗ ᵐᵉ ⁿᵒʷ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵍᵉᵗ ᵐᵉ ᵃʷᵃʸ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ᵗʰⁱˢ ʷᵒᵐᵃⁿ

I guess what I'm really saying is more cryptid/vaguely eldritch horror mari. the fact that she can bring people back with the miraculous cure is supremely scary if you actually think about it and I just think someone should take advantage of it, because Robins are terror in their own right, but mari?

I know I said I was leaving for today but this is something that has bothered me for a long time and I would like to say this. 

I take issue with the title statement, and I’m going to explain why. This is going to be a very long post so grab a snack and get comfy. 

Okay. To begin with, I’m going to talk about Kagami. He, along with Kuroko (but that’s another story), are the only male characters on the Seirin team who show no interest in Momoi. There are plenty of things that make this odd. One is the fact that Hyuuga has said he doesn’t like girly girls, yet even he salivates over Momoi. So Momoi is hot stuff. Yet Kagami shows zero attraction to her. He says to Kuroko that she’s cute, but that doesn’t mean he’s interested in her. Kuroko agrees she’s cute, but we know he isn’t interested in her at all. You can be aesthetically attracted to someone but not romantically or sexually. Secondly, his interactions with Alex. Kagami seems thoroughly disturbed by Alex when she does things such as try to kiss him or when she walks around naked. First of all this is odd for a teenage boy. It’s not that Alex isn’t attractive. The Seirin members also go gaga over her similar to Momoi. And I don’t believe it’s that she’s a mentor/parent/older sister figure, because of Himuro’s interactions with her. Himuro is not bothered by her behaviour at all, he just seems amused. When she tries to kiss him, he stops her and says people don’t do that casually here. This implies he’d be fine for her to kiss him if they were back in America. You could explain this as ‘maybe Kagami is just a prude’, and yeah, maybe he is. That’s one option. However there’s more. In Kurofes, his answer to ‘what is your type (as in romantic partner)’ is very odd. I have spoken to other people who speak Japanese and they also agree his answer is very strange. So, Kagami responds that he is attracted to “an elegant gir- person”. He starts saying the word girl, and then stops and changes to a gender neutral term. This is odd. The change from female to neutral seems significant. Why did he feel the need to stop saying a female term and change to a neutral term? Plenty of other characters in Kurofes say gender neutral person instead of girl (male characters) or boy (female characters) but that’s a normal response and they most likely are still straight. However that Kagami felt the need to specifically change his answer is very strange. My personal theory is that he just doesn’t think about his sexuality. He doesn’t seem the type to think about that kind of thing. All he cares about is basketball, not who he’s going to date. My theory is that he started saying girl because most people default that everyone is straight (shitty but true), and since Kagami doesn’t think about this he just automatically began to say girl. However, he changed his mind. So I think in that moment he realised “wait I do like guys” and thus changed his answer. You could take his answer two ways. That he’s bisexual, and wanted to use a neutral term to say he likes both girls and guys. Or you could take it that he is gay. Reo for example uses a gender neutral term in his answer, but we know he’s canonically gay. I would believe either, that Kagami is gay or bi, but personally I think it’s entirely possible that he’s gay judging by his interaction with female characters. 

We’re going to move onto another topic. The topic is that Fujimaki knows jack shit. 

Example one. Murasakibara. Murasakibara is autistic. There is no doubt. There is no argument. He is. He is autistic. However, I don’t think Fujimaki intended for him to be autistic. And by that I mean, Fujimaki does not know what autism is. He doesn’t know it is a thing that exists. There are a few reasons to support this. First, the way other characters talk about Murasakibara. Kuroko for example. Kuroko’s a smart kid. He likely would be aware that Murasakibara is autistic. However, when Kuroko describes Murasakibara and his personality, he makes no mention of this condition. Murasakibara is essentially described by characters as to be ‘just weird’. Things such as autism and mental illnesses are not understood well in Asian countries. I honestly do not have much knowledge of the way such things are treated in Japan, but in South Korea these things are barely acknowledged. Martina from EatYourKimchi has spoken about her experiences as a teacher in S.Korea. She mentioned that she had students she was convinced were autistic, and when she brought this up to the other teachers they responded “No they’re just a troublemaker. There’s nothing wrong with them.” I assume this view is the same in Japan (especially going by Fujimaki’s opinion of LGBT culture - which we’ll get to later). So, Fujimaki likely doesn’t even know autism exists, he just thinks it’s a weird personality some kids have, and gave it to Murasakibara for variety, without realising his character actually has a medical condition. 

Example two. Reo. I love Reo. He is beautiful and lovely and I love him. But he is THE SHITTIEST AND LAZIEST attempt at a gay character I have ever seen. Fujimaki has NO IDEA about anything LGBT. There have been discussions on this already, for example here. I highly recommend you read this post, but I’ll also go into this as well. So in Japan, for many people who are not in the gay community, being gay, transgender, or even just a crossdresser are considered the same thing. If you’re gay you’re trans. If you’re a male who wears dresses, you’re gay and trans. And so on. That’s the opinion. It’s fucking stupid. But that’s how it is.  Now let’s look back at Reo. First of all, Hayama refers to him with a female honorific, ‘nee’ meaning older sister. This does not necessarily mean Reo identifies as female. In Asian countries, many males who exhibit motherly qualities are often referred to with female terms. For example, my fav kpop group of VIXX. The leader, Hakyeon, is very motherly to the younger members, and the younger members sometimes refer to him as their mother. Does that mean he’s gay or identifies as female? Of course not. The same is with Reo. He’s motherly to the other members of Rakuzan, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’s transgender. He certainly could be, but he also could not be. The combination of multiple things, the female honorific, the fact that Reo has been depicted with the other female characters in art and omake panels, and that Hyuuga uses a transphobic slur with him, all suggests that Fujimaki shares that stereotypical opinion of if you’re gay you’re also trans, and so on. I’m not saying Reo is or is not trans, I don’t know and I will never know, because Fujimaki doesn’t fucking know either. 

More on sexuality and why Fujimaki knows nothing about LGBT. Alex. Her answer as to what is her type in Kurofes is that she likes assertive men. However we know Alex is bisexual. She is attracted to females as well. She states this plainly. You could say she only platonically kisses girls and while I recognise platonic kisses are a thing (I’m aroace so ofc I do) I don’t think it applies here, and I will tell you why. To most of us modern kids on tumblr, sexuality and gender are all very normal things that we know a lot about. But to most what I’m going to call ‘normal’ people not on tumblr, they are not educated in such topics. A straight man is just not going to kiss another man. Maybe if he’s an actor playing a gay character, but I don’t think many straight guys are going to be pashing other guys just for fun. If they were into that, they’d be bi. Same with straight girls. I know plenty of straight girls who just would not kiss another girl. It’s not homophobic, it’s just their preference, similar to a lesbian or a gay male not wanting to kiss someone of the opposite gender. It’s just preference. And that’s fine. Fujimaki does has the stereotypical opinion of westerners which is “we’re all gay, we all make out with everyone, and we love taking our clothes off”. And yeah. That’s what Alex is. I love her, but she’s the stereotypical Japanese idea of what an American is. Which is highly inaccurate. However, this does not change the fact that she is bisexual. Again, Fujimaki may not have intended that, but as the same with Murasakibara, it’s true whether he knows it or not. 

So. We have established that Fujimaki knows nothing about his own characters. By all this information, it’s entirely possible other characters could have different gender identities or sexualities. Fujimaki would probably say ‘no, they’re all straight’, but tbh, I’m not going to listen to anything he says judging on the way he wrote Murasakibara, Reo, and Alex. I’m just not. 

My point here after all that is: if you know the characters better than the author does, do whatever the fuck you want with them. Say they’re gay, say they’re trans. Whatever. Do what you want with them. Fujimaki has no fucking clue what he’s doing with them, so feel free to take his characters and do what you want. If you want to say Takao is gay, go for it, he’s certainly homo with Midorima. If you want to say Kuroko is aromantic, go for it. I get that vibe too. 

Basically, do what you want with them, and let others do the same. These are fictional characters. They’re meant to be enjoyed. If you feel the need to snap at people and police them for identifying with a character and saying they are *insert identity here* then you’re an asshole and you need to reevaluate your life choices. 

Good day. 

So, as a cook and a former intense athlete, I have to be hella conscious about keeping in shape and not gaining a shit ton of weight by inhaling everything I eat 24/7. This is why, when I can, I like to work with healthier shit to combat all the creamy, sugar and fat filled delicacies I make like 24/7. For everyone like me who’s working on staying in shape or being healthy, this recipes for you, my precious weeb losers. Based on the Honey Lemon Slices from Kuroko no Basuke (my current obsession), I decided to do my own take on this insanely good for you Japanese treat. OH. AND FUN FACT ABOUT THESE. IT’S A SNACK AND A DRINK ALL IN ONE. You’ll find out what I’m talking about later.

~ Honey Lemon Slices (serves: an entire fucking basketball team ayyoo)

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Ingredients-

2 lemons

enough honey to fully cover all the lemons*

½ tsp cinnamon

½ tsp  ginger

7 mint leaves (for later)

4 cups water (for later)

*So fun fact for all your plebs out there: there’s like 5 million types of honeys that vary in not only flavor, but texture. For this recipe, I used a creamy clover honey mixed with a more transparent, thick chestnut honey to combat the sweetness with some bitterness from the chestnut. Use whatever the fuck you want, but if you’re using a raw, or creamy honey, mix it with some water to make it more liquidy and stuff.

~ Procedure-

Thinly slice the lemons, making sure you’re using basically everything but the ends and REMOVE ALL THE SEEDS HOLY SHIT.

Once they’re all sliced, mix your honey with the cinnamon and ginger until it’s all combined. Then, take a glass tupperware container thing and cover the bottom with a thin layer of your honey mixture.

On top of that, add one layer of lemon slices, and then just alternate between honey and lemon slices until you finished all the lemon slices. 

Once that’s done, pour in the remainder of your honey mixture so that it completely covers the lemons, and then cover that with a lid and throw it in the fridge.

Keep it chilled for at least 2 days, and no more than 3 days. Try and shake or mix the container at least twice a day so that the lemon juices can mix with the honey.

Once that’s all done, throw it in the freezer for about 10-15 minutes so that they’re hella chilled, and then remove the lemon slices from the container.

After they’re all plated and shit, combine 4 cups of water, 7 mint leaves, and hell, some ice cubes, with the liquid in the tupperware container.

Defeat your basketball foes with your incredible jumps and your moe qualities.

~ TADAH MOTHERFUCKER. You just made a hella healthy treat for you and your shit weeb friends to eat and drink while you’re watching kawaii dudes dripping glittery sparkle sweat all over the B-Ball courts.

is this fandom still fucking breathing

bonus:

Here are some more “ambiguous” phrases which courts have found DO NOT invoke your right to a lawyer:

“Maybe I should speak to my lawyer first.”

“I might like a lawyer.”

“I think I should have a lawyer present for this.”

“Could I speak to my lawyer first?”

“How long until my lawyer gets here?”

And perhaps most egregiously – “Get me a lawyer, dawg – ‘cause this is not what’s up.”

Here are the magic phrases which you need to know if you want to invoke your Miranda rights:

1) “Am I free to leave?”

It’s worth asking this even if the answer is obvious. Even if the officer does not let you leave, by forcing them to admit that you are not free to leave, you are creating a record which your attorney can use to prove that you were in custody. Miranda rights only apply if the interrogation is custodial, meaning that police officers will frequently claim that their suspects were “not in custody” to get around their Miranda rights.

2) “I am invoking my right to remain silent.”

Simply staying silent will not invoke your right to remain silent. As absurd as this is, you must explicitly say that you are invoking your right to remain silent in order to invoke that right.

3) “I am invoking my right to an attorney.”

As stated above, you must be not only clear and unambiguous, but clear and legally unambiguous. Don’t get cute. Don’t get sassy. And on the flip side, don’t get intimidated and use verbal ticks to minimize your request. Say the line with those words exactly – say it clearly, and say it once, and then say nothing else.

Because even after you’ve done all this, the police can still try to get you to talk. They’re not supposed to interrogate you, but they’re allowed to make casual conversation, and if that conversation just happens to circle back around to the thing they wanted to question you about, well, that’s really your fault for talking after you said you wouldn’t, isn’t it? Can’t possibly fault the poor officers when you initiated – if you really wanted to have your rights respected, you wouldn’t have talked to them in the first place.

The police know this, and they will mercilessly exploit this loophole. So, once you’ve successfully invoked your Miranda rights, any and all conversation you have with police officers will put those rights back into jeopardy. 

Putting it all together:

Ask: “Am I free to leave?”

If they say no, say: “I am invoking my right to remain silent and I am invoking my right to an attorney.”

And then shut up and do not say a single thing to them for any reason whatsoever until you have actually spoken to an attorney. Yes, even if it takes hours. Yes, even if they start talking to you about something else.

Finally, a very important disclaimer:

Every single cop lies. Every single cop lies and manipulates and twists the situation around to get a confession. Even when they know that the person is innocent, even when they know that what they have isn’t enough to convict someone, even when they know that that confession has been made under duress or manipulation. All they care about is getting anything to put someone behind bars.

We stan!!!!

Building a gaming PC has it’s own advantages if and only if you know how to build it right the first time. You don’t want to end up being frustrated if your needs don’t meet the requirements.

Should You Build A Gaming PC Or Go Prebuilt?

It really comes down to the pros and cons of either building a PC or go for the prebuild gaming. However, building a PC definitely saves money. The main advantage of a prebuilt gaming PC is that it saves time but you have to pay extra money.

Questions To Ask Before Building Your PC

There are 2 most important questions to consider before building your own PC

1.      What are your needs?

2.      How much will you spend on it?

There are a few things you need to consider. First, you need to ensure you understand your own needs in relation to the components you can afford to buy. After reading this section, you’ll know whether building a gaming PC is right for you (it almost certainly is) or if you should go with a prebuilt machine instead.

Generally, we can divide PC in three levels to understand clearly. Three are three levels of PC in terms of build.

Low End PC typically costs in the range of $200 to $500

Mid End PC typically costs in the range of $500 to $800

High End PC mostly costs in the range of $800 to $1000+

7 Components to Build a Gaming PC

Imagine a body without organs! ………………Can’t imagine right? In this section, the components which might also refer to as the heart, brain, structure, bones & muscles of PC are needed to build a PC.

You need the following 7 components in every case to build a gaming or any PC.

1)     Processor (CPU)

2)     Motherboard (MOBO)

3)     Graphic Card (GPU)

4)     Memory (RAM)

5)     Storage (SSD or HDD)

6)     PC Case

7)     Power Supply Unit (PSU)

Processor (CPU)

Starting with brain of a PC. Yes, you heard it. Central Processing Unit is referred to as the brain of the computer. It is one of the most important component.

The Processor computes basic or complex instructions and perform tasks on the basis of those instruction just like a human brain.

Motherboard (MOBO)

Motherboard, you may refer it to as the heart of a PC. It is a circuit board on which every other components plug into. Just like the heart, it comes in different sizes and compatibilities. Every motherboard isn’t compatible to every components.

The greater the clock speed and other features, better the performance.

Graphic Card (GPU)

There is another Graphics Unit in a PC other than central processing unit, which is referred to as Graphics Card. It is for handling visual data on the PC. Visual data in gaming & video editing etc. increases which tends to increase more computing & processing.

Therefore, this is where Graphics Card comes in handy. It’s one of the most expensive component in PC.

Memory (RAM)

Generally, the first thing that comes in mind when saying Memory is to remember. This is exactly what memory is in PC. It stores temporary caches, files, tasks, and instructions of the programs running on a PC.

The more the random access memory (RAM), better the CPU (central processing unit) performance to compute instructions. It comes in different variants starting from 1GB to more than 128GB.

Storage (SSD or HDD)

Storage is where all the programs and everything on the PC needs to be saved. SDD and HDD are the two storage technologies often used when it comes to storing data. SSD uses no moving parts and the information is stored in microchips while HDD uses spinning disks to read/write data.

SSD is faster and expensive as compared to HDD but it really depends on the personal preference of which to use.

PC Case (Aesthetics)

In the end, PC Case is just a box. It might be covered in glass panels but still it’s just a case in which all the other components are placed to secure them with dust and water etc. PC Case also determines the aesthetics and design of the PC.  

Now, time to assemble the PC. There are few tools needed to assemble/build a PC at home.

Power Supply Unit (PSU)

Power Supply is a unit that supplies power to the whole system. It keeps those little electrons running to each and every component.

The faster the PC, the more power it needs to run.

What are the tools needed to assemble the PC?

You must need some tools to assemble the PC of your choice despite your requirements and needs.

Workstation

Screwdriver

Latex Gloves

Antistatic Bracelet

Thermal Paste

Compressed Air

Organization Buckets

Steps to Build a Gaming PC – Important

First, mentally prepare yourself that you are going to assemble a PC. Move into an ample room where you have a plenty of space to put all of your components and tools. Clean up your environment and work on a nonmetal surface.

Open up the boxes of components and you will find instruction manuals. Keep them, they are handy.

1. Installing CPU

Open the instruction manual of the CPU. Look around the motherboard and don’t get confused from too many chips on it. It’s like a puzzle game and you will have to put the right cable in the right place.

You will see little prongs on one side of the chip. In some other CPU’s, it might be some little golden contacts on one side. Do not touch them as it might damage the contacts.

Check your motherboard’s instruction manual to unlock your processor’s socket. There will be some bunch of holes that will look like big square with a button beside it. Find a corner of the CPU having little golden triangle. Inline it with the motherboard’s processor socket having the same symbol. Put your processor in it and make sure that it’s seated perfectly by looking at the instruction manual. Also, double check it.

Now you will see a square of silicon on the processor. You will have to apply thermal paste onto it. Your processor comes with the Heat Sink. Take thermal paste, not too much or too little. Remember your goal is to make a thin layer of thermal paste between a processor and heat sink. Therefore, take thermal paste accordingly.

Apply thermal paste onto the shining silicon of the processor and put the heat sink on top of it so that the silicone square of the processor and the copper circle on the heatsink lines up perfectly.

Gently press the heatsink and wait for it to dry. Thermal paste layer should remain at the center and in between the processor and the heatsink. Plug in your heat sink’s cooling fan near the processor socket by looking at the instruction manual.

Congratulations, you have just done the hardest part. It’s finished buddy.

2. Installing Motherboard

First see your motherboard’s instruction manual and put your motherboard into your case. Be sure that the screw holes in the case and on the motherboard, lines up.

3. Installing Power Supply

Now time to install power supply. You will find a big square spot that will fit your supply perfectly near the top or bottom of the case. After finding its spot, place Power Supply in and screw it. Do not plug anything right now.

4. Installing Memory

Now, see and find vertical sockets beside CPU and line up your sticks of RAM according to it and slot them in. Make sure to slot from the left side first. Seat them in and once seated your will hear a sound of the placement/click/tick as well. Some motherboards have the numbering on them too.

5. Installing Storage

There is a front-facing part of your case in which storage device either HDD or SSD has to be placed. It may differ from PC case to case. Place your drive into its place. Sometimes, it has to slide in the PC case. Screw it into place. If you haven’t found the place yet, see the instruction manual of motherboard.

6. Installing Graphics Card

See your motherboard’s instruction manual and look for the PCIe slot. Mostly, it’s a horizontal slot with a plastic latch beside it to clip/hold it. Line up the back side of your PC case with the back of your Graphics Card where HDMI is. Push in the GPU in the horizontal slot and it will be locked in easily. You will hear a sound of locking. If it doesn’t lock. Don’t force it. Try the other side. Screw it up and you are done placing.

Look into the cables coming out of the power supply. Look for the cables having rectangular or square shape that could fit into the rectangular or square socket on the side of your GPU. There are six to eight holes in rectangular or square socket.

Connect cables into the socket and you are done. If somehow, you are not able to do this, search on the internet by putting your manufacturer name and how to install it. You can search for: How to install “XYZ” GPU on “XYZ” Processor.

7. Setting Up the Ribbon Cables

There are tons of cables coming from the Power Supply. Open the instruction manual and connect the PSU to the SSD/HDD and the motherboard. Also, motherboard needs to be plugged into your case too. The rest of the cables depends on the hardware you purchased.

Don’t worry, each cable and pin configuration is on the instruction manual of the respective hardware.

8. Boot the PC & Install Operating System

You are done with the building of your PC. Now, just hit your power button. Insert your Operating System CD or bootable USB and install your Operating System. If PC didn’t boot up, don’t despair. It might be some faulty connections or faulty components causing PC to not boot up.

Check all the steps again and if somehow it doesn’t work then consider a google search or ask help from a technical friend who has computer background. Still having a problem, hire a technician. It won’t cost much.

YAYY……! You Build a Gaming PC.

Congratulations on building your first gaming PC. It’s a bit of a pain, but it’s a great way to spend an afternoon.