Sporadic Ramblings and Nerdery

Cable and his new X-Force team are tracking down Caliban the former hound of Apocalypse, in the tunnels where they encounter not only the remaining surviving Morlocks, they got attacked by Amelia Voght and the remaining Acolytes. While the X-Force are fighting, Jubilee sees Caliban again but only this time, he is back to his skinny Morlock self instead of the muscular Hound Of Apocalypse. Frenzy explains to Cable that they are the remaining mutants who survived the Genosha Massacre and because their leaders are either dead or missing, they have little choice but to hide in the Morlock Tunnels. Since Magneto is no longer around, the surviving Acolytes are under the leadership of Exodus. As Caliban is too scared to help Jubilee, he gets his mind probed by Psylocke who searches for answers in tracking down the other Horsemen of Apocalypse. Satisfied with the answers of the whereabouts, Cable and his X-Force leave the Morlock Tunnels and spares the surviving Acolytes as they are more focused on hunting down the Horsemen and Apocalypse.

Disobey God and get drowned immediately is really more of an Abrahamic religion thing.

Check out the bonus panel on the site.

Upcoming book signings this summer.

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SMBC ◆ PATREON ◆ INSTAGRAM ◆ BLUESKY ◆ STORE

Thunder Girl, a clone of Boy Thunder, a character from Worlds Finest who was made in the bottle city of Kandor

Luna, a funky queer goth girl with superpowers who Kara and Lena met after coming to Midvale and became friends with

Godzilla vs Biollante Gallery

Art By jakobu.sawn

The main character is an adult who is reincarnated fully. Like, his memories are active since his rebirth. But this is less a 'reward' than an intentional writing choice. Whoever described it to you as 'possession' was actively lying to you.

After he loses his virginity, the guy has a big emotional breakdown and a deep bout of depression that also results in him having erectile dysfunction due to the trauma caused in the aftermath. And the other two women he ends up involved with have a path that is almost as traumatic/messy.

It's not a power/escapist/reward fantasy. That sort of thing wouldn't make its main character that flawed or make them suffer that much.

In other words, a lot of isekai stories took the wrong lessons from this work. The fact that it does have elements that are commonly hyped up in trashier content does hold it back and can be a barrier. But I'm in the camp of Mother's Basement with it.

Witch Hat Atelier is a good one. I saw one post talking about how the magic system in it is, in effect, a type of coding, and that's what finally got me to watch it.

If you're a longtime Spore enjoyer like myself, I'm sure you've seen these videos or others like them, where invisible limbs (either with vanilla glitches or from the Dark Injection mod) are utilized to make creatures that float above the ground, giving them the illusion that they're flying (or swimming).

But the most well-known, "tried and true" method has always felt a bit...

... janky.

This is achieved by attaching a single invisible limb to the front of the creature, which causes it to walk by hopping on that invisible leg. The single-legged walk cycle gives the appearance that the creature is flapping itself up and down, either flying with its wings or swimming by propelling its tail. The length and angle of the leg changes the stride, and in turn changes the speed of the "flight".

However, I'm not satisfied with my dragon being so floppy. It might work fine for some creatures, but the exaggerated animation is simply too exaggerated for my tastes.

So I've done some experimenting. The method I came up with a couple years ago isn't too different, but it has three feet instead of one.

This smoother motion is definitely an improvement, and it's what I use for most of my floaty creatures. Yet, I still wasn't satisfied with this dragon's flight. The tail still feels a bit too floppy, and it looks like it's leading with its chest rather than flying with its wings, as if it's being dragged along by something.

This design proved to be a winner! The wings look more like they're providing powered flight, and the floppiness level of the rear is more appropriate. The legs are a bit cumbersome, but since they're invisible limbs, they won't render when the creature is encountered in-game.

But as I was composing this post, I thought to myself...

can I make the wings truly flap?

The answer is yes, it can be done!

With another pair of invisible legs attached at the elbow joint of the wings, each with three feet, this dragon has truly taken flight! It certainly isn't perfect, but considering the capabilities and limits of Spore, I'd say it's pretty damn good.

The limb that creates the wing, the one which these new invisible legs are attached to, isn't just cosmetic--it's a fully functional wing limb from the Unshackled mod (check out my review of the mod here!). The wing limb provides the creature with the glide ability, complete with animation. Miraculously, even with these invisible legs attached, the wing limb animates exactly as it should. I really did not expect that.

The main character is an adult who is reincarnated fully. Like, his memories are active since his rebirth. But this is less a 'reward' than an intentional writing choice. Whoever described it to you as 'possession' was actively lying to you.

After he loses his virginity, the guy has a big emotional breakdown and a deep bout of depression that also results in him having erectile dysfunction due to the trauma caused in the aftermath. And the other two women he ends up involved with have a path that is almost as traumatic/messy.

It's not a power/escapist/reward fantasy. That sort of thing wouldn't make its main character that flawed or make them suffer that much.

In other words, a lot of isekai stories took the wrong lessons from this work. The fact that it does have elements that are commonly hyped up in trashier content does hold it back and can be a barrier. But I'm in the camp of Mother's Basement with it.