Sosososo it's tragic, ofc it is, but it's tragic in "it will never go any other way" tragic

It was always supposed to be like that, they technically shouldn't have met at all, but they got cursed by meeting just to die, they got cursed by loving just to die.

They never could've walked out of it alive, they were doomed from the start till the end,

THEY WERE DEAD FROM THE BEGINNING!! WHY DO YOU THINK YOU CAN CHANGE IT IN ANY WAY???

Because that's all you are, even if you can influence it, you can never make it right - there's no right to make

But which life would be worse, to meet and love to death or never meet to begin with?? You are doomed not because it's the way things have to go, but because to meet someone like that you have to let the things go that way.

So this was the pack for The Sims 4 so far that I’ve been the most excited about. I am gonna say it again but I prepared a savefile dedicated to witches with over 400 sims that have unique backstories, are fleshed out with traits, careers, relationships, clubs, skills, custom builds, and heck even phone cases! I was so sure they were gonna NAIL this pack like they did with Vampires, and although many parts of the Vampire Pack were a bit ‘excessive’ in my opinion, that’s a great problem to have because it’s usually the other way around.

So with TS4: Realm of Magic we get the new world Glimmerbrook, which looks very similar to Granite Falls (TS4: Outdoor Retreat), but is a bit more magical and has its unique quirks. I like this world a lot and I think it’s drop-dead gorgeous and was hoping they would recycle some Granite Falls assets for this pack since it takes a lot of their budget to create a new world with new plants and objects, and I would rather have that part of the budget go to spellcasting, which is what the pack is actually about. Glimmerbrook is awesome, with the exception of their non-functional messed up houses that are missing doors and have weird missing textures that if you’re anything like me, you will need to fix to be able to play in, which is annoying when you have to do that for every new save you start. We should just be able to throw ourselves into the game and not have to fix things before we get to the fun stuff... Not everyone likes renovating houses for hours like Lilsimsie, and even she’s mad, so.

Then we also get the magical realm, which looks really cool and has a fascinating story behind it, but to be honest I don’t know if I’ll use it that much because it kinda kills the story behind it when you see regular old townies walking around in the realm and using magic like they’re part of that secret world, like no. Just no. This renders that world essentially useless for me and a lot of other players.

The Create-A-Sim items are kinda lackluster, but the ones we do get look awesome and I like that they tackle different styles of spellcasters with their gothic, preppy, shady and hermit kind of clothes. I have so much CC I don’t necessarily yearn for more CAS content, but it is fun to get new meshes to see what CC creators will do with them! I’ll take it!

The Build items look phenomenal and I just want to praise EA for giving us a brand new style of content and also A FULL SET of objects (Except missing cupboards for the new kitchen, damn this is getting old), but it does kind of become less versatile when some objects have magical effects attached to them, like the desk for example. It’s cute and all, I get it, but I might want to use that desk in a normal house and now that house will have a complete set except for the desk because it’s too magical for the story I’m telling with them. I wish they just removed the magical effect completely or at least made two versions. Or I just use another desk, it’s not too big of a deal.

Now to the Gameplay... HERE WE GO RANT TIME

Okay so, first of all, I think the spells and potions we get are pretty lame as they don’t really add anything new to the game. They don’t add any new gameplay features or mechanics like if you remember Genies from TS3, they had an ability to control sims which temporarily added them to your household with a cool effect where you could literally have full control over them like your own sims and make them behave pretty much however you want. Why didn’t they add any mechanics like this? They basically only recycled vampire powers, made base game cheats into spells, or stole the SimRay ‘Freeze’ interaction from TS4: Get To Work, and they don’t add basically any new animations aside from the ones the spellcaster uses, which is also like two, one for casting on others and one for casting on self, so it looks super repetitive when they cast spells frequently. And to rub salt in the wound, we don’t even get any new spells when we have other packs like TS4: Seasons, which is such a missed opportunity on making weather spells, or vampire and witch fights with TS4: Vampires? Why do these start feeling more and more like independent games instead of packs meant to EXPAND our game? 

Also, spellcasting is just so glitchy, I mean the spellcaster doesn’t even face the target of their spell, so it just kind of breaks that feeling of “Oh my sim is doing this!” and feels more like a “My sim is doing.. something? OH the sink is fixed!” you know? And when they’re really close to the sim they’re casting on their animation will clip through them like, oh the quality... And I’m not gonna lie, I was kind of hoping for less whimsical and magical glitter effects in this pack than we had in previous games because I view magic as a hidden force and not as glitter flying everywhere, but damn this pack has like NO EFFECTS, when you cast ‘Strangeify’ on a sim, they literally BOOP (Shoutout to Romeo) into their green and witchy face. I get it’s not easy to do a transition, but come on, add a smoke effect to cover up that hard transition AT LEAST? And just the utter lack of reaction from the person being cast on totally breaks it even more. They just stand there like completely unaware their face was just messed up, or when you make two sims fight or kiss, they just walk there and do it immediately with so little notice like it’s a cheat, and it’s even hard to even find the sims that are being cast on because it just looks so ordinary. Isn’t this a magic pack? We could get the “vampire mesmerize effect” at least to show that the sims are commanded?

Even if spellcasting weren’t glitchy, it’s still way too overpowered in my opinion. Sure we have curses to mess things up for us, but you can just make a Curse Cleansing potion, Copypasto it infinite times and never have any problems. I also wish that there was a potion for setting your sims age back by just one day instead of “BECOME IMMORTAL” or “FREEZE AGE”. It would give us reason to keep making potions and trying to keep our sim alive, giving us actual gameplay and story. 

The Familiars, in my opinion, are just so silly. You know how Kids Room Stuff added Voidcritters which are the sims equivalent of Pokémon? Well now you can have them as a witch familiar, so apparently, spellcasters are actually Pokémon trainers? Why would you even put those things in here like they are not supposed to exist? And we only got a Raven as our only normal familiar. I will probably only use those ravens and I wish they could sit on your shoulder or something like in previous games but no, they just flap around endlessly behind you like some seagull on the beach facing a strong wind. I know technically we only got one Voidcritter but the other ones are just weird too. I can understand some phoenix, fairy, dragon or Sixam owl being in the game but the rest are literally Pokémons.

Final breath is normal sims that drink potions can’t get cursed... Why?! This would have been a perfect way to mess up sims lives?! And now normal sims can only get positive things from drinking potions? That’s so lame and so overpowered.

I am beyond disappointed in the game pack and this has been a horrible year for the sims with Strangerville and um, Island Living, which both lacked in depth and gameplay. Unfortunately, not even a fraction of this will be fixed by EA, so I pray that some talented modder fixes this game pack because let’s face it, modders continue to do it better. I adore this franchise and can’t help but sit here and rant about this mess, and don’t think I’m bashing EA or anything but damn they need to step up their game because they’re throwing dirt on their whole fanbase.

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

they did hwanwoong dirty

1. they cut hwanwoong’s dance that got him in rank B during the evaluation test

2. they did not show how the hell did hwanwoong became Replay team 1′s leader for the group battle mission

3. + they did not show hwanwoong’s leadership during official broadcast

4. THE BOYS WERE SHOCKED TO HEAR THAT HWANWOONG’S RANK DROPPED 

now

5. choi junyoung said that mnet cut off who taught the rank B team the choreography for Pick Me

it was im youngmin

and

YEO HWANWOONG

THANKS MNET U SUCK TRY TO FIGHT ME WHEN TIME COMES 

AKA IF HWANWOONG DOESNT GET INTO TOP 11 OR TOP 22

I DEMAND HIM TO BE THERE ESP UNTIL HE GETS TO SING THE CONCEPT SONG

ISTG IF U KEEP CUTTING HIM OFF

KOREAN FANS GET URSELF TGT AS WELL YOU’RE MISSING OUT ON THIS BOY 

U

WILL

REGRET

IT

I am completely happy with the way the chapter turned out. I. Don’t. Give. A. fLYING FUCK about how “Oda ruined a good villain” Or how “Oda portrays women poorly” I DON’T CAREEEE~! Even the slight fact that Oda made me hate Pudding the way he did was enough for me. Maybe it’s just because I love sappy, “sad” back stories and plot twists up the wazoo, but I loved ever second of that chapter. HELL PUDDING MAY JUST END UP GETTING UP TRYING TO SHOOT HIM ANYWAYS! I’ll be content with that too. It’s the reason i fuckin watch One piece in the first place!

I love that dramatic cliché in every arc where the straw hats just be themselves and make people remember them for it! Whether it be hating them or loving them.

And If Oda feels like throwing in a little character development, hey! I’ll be 👌👌 with that too! But please stop getting on your little soap box shouting “I can’t believe he ruined pudding” or “he always makes women seem frail and dainty and always look like the victim” Because last time i checked, all these female characters in one piece are bad bitches! Young, Old, fat, beautiful, ugly, loud, quiet, annoying, skinny, gay, straight, etc. They can hold their own in a battle and don’t give a damn about who’s looking at them and why. And even when they look like the victim its mostly just because they need the mAIN CHARACTERS HELP. CAUSE THE SHOW IS ABOUT LUFFY AND HIS CREW FOLLOWING THEIR DREAMS. HOW EVERYONE PUTS THEIR FAITH IN LUFFY. ABOUT HOW LUFFY IS THE ONE WHO DEFEATS THE MAIN VILLAIN WITH HIS CREW. NOT ABOUT HOW STRONG AND INDEPENDENT THE OTHER SIDE CHARACTERS ARE.

Also. Sanji has a very stereotypical type of women he likes, I get it. BUT THAT’S JUST SANJI! He likes himself a hot woman and that’s all their is to it. But don’t overlook the fact that he still will fight and kill himself for a lady, no matter how they look or act. Like with frickin Kalifa at Enies Lobby. HE ALMOST DIED BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO FIGHT A WOMAN. He was taught to respect ladies and never lay a hand on them. It doesn’t mean he will like every woman he sees. That’s just how he thinks! “Ooh a pretty lady! I must be at her every beckoning call!” or even “ehhh this girls not very attractive to me but I’ll still give her the same respect.” (As weird as it is) that’s just Sanji. He’s a pervert. That’s his character, but he is likely one of the few characters who is a pervert AND a gentleman at the same time.

So when i see posts where they’re “not fooled by Sanji’s attempt to find pudding beautiful even thought she clearly isn’t disgusting at all” DON’T my dUDE! MY SON IS DOING HIM! HE IS LETTING THIS PRETTY LADY HEAR SOMETHING SHE HASN’T HEARD ALL HER LIFE. THAT’S HOW IT WAS WRITTEN. THAT GIRL IS BEAUTIFUL AND WE ALL KNOW IT! BUT SHE DON’T, AND SANJI IS BEING SANJI AND TELLING HER SHE IS BEAUTIFUL JUST THE WAY SHE IS.

1. Yes. I put you on hold. It is a Sunday and I am one of two techs working with a clueless, refuses-to-do-much-of-anything floater. Throughout much of the day, we were in fine shape. However, you happened to call during a rush. A rush is when suddenly and inexplicably, tons of people swarm to the pharmacy all at once. We are three people and there are (at least) four stations to man, which isn’t even including someone who can answer the phone. Therefore, whether you like it or not, you on the phone are the bottom of the priority list. If your query is really SoOoOo damn urgent, stay on the line and someone will get to you when we fucking can. In other words...

2. STOP fucking hanging up and calling back. We have caller ID now and yes, I knew it was you that I had to put back on hold twice, but guess what! Everyone was busy! Anyone with a fucking brain can deduce that if you call somewhere and you get put on hold twice, it’s because they’re fucking busy. Again, if it’s life-and-death, you’ll stay on the line. If it’s not, use your goddamn brain and call back later.

3. But no, you decided instead to wait until I finally got to you and then immediately launch into the “wehhhh!  y’all had me on hold for TEN minutes!’ I can’t BELIEVE this!’ tirade. Which... aight. Cool. Nothing I don’t hear from time to time, get your bitching out and then let’s get to the point. But then as soon as you seem to be done bitching and about to get to the point, you hang up. And then I realize that you were behind me. You are in the store. You... are in the store.

4. IF YOU’RE LITERALLY STANDING OUTSIDE THE STORE THEN WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU CALLING FOR????????????????????? Holy SHIT. Holy shit. I can’t. This alone makes you deserving a fucking punch in the face. Complaining about being on hold when you could’ve walked in and seen with your own two stupidass eyes that we were busy. Fuuuuuck ooooofffffff.

5. Then, the rant: “Y’ALL NOT EVEN ASKING IF I WANT TO BE ON HOLD, JUST PUTTING ME ON HOLD!” Because the truth is, you don’t have a fucking choice. Trust me, I used to: the oh-so-sweet, “Oh hi [blank] pharmacy could you oh-so-kindly please hold for me?” Then people would start screaming and basically say no. So guess what, I don’t give people the option anymore. You’re going to hold until someone can get to you or you can give up and call back later.

6. “SO UNPROFESSIONAL!” Eat a dick.

7. “IT TAKES TWO SECONDS TO PICK UP A PHONE.” Now this one got to me. You don’t fucking know what it is like to have things beeping and screaming at you all day and you’re legitimately trying your best to prioritize and to keep track of who was first which becomes impossible when 5 people show up at once and there’s 3 ((more like 2 and a half)) people working. The point is, YOU AREN’T THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE. WE ARE HELPING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE A DAY. If you can’t accept this, choke on something sharp and rusty.

Hwanwoong got eliminated and he only managed to rank up 12 places and at the end, he placed 42. 

I had so much hopes for him to at least be in Top 35 but from the moment I read that Eunki was seen in Gangnam (which also means he’s eliminated) right after the eliminations was filmed, I was already scared for Hwanwoong. I got even more scared by looking at the rumoured list of eliminated trainees. 

I wanted to believe in him but with the amount of screentime he got in the previous episodes, Mnet did not even showcase any of the many things Hwanwoong did. 

Mnet did him dirty from the very beginning: By not airing RBW’s rank evaluation clip, by not airing his dance that landed him to rank B, how was he chosen as the leader for Replay team, him leading and teaching the choreography to rank B team as well as the rank A team. We all know Hwanwoong did such a great job at being the center for Right Round but since Mnet was too focused on the drama which also did not involve him but between Haknyeon and Eunki. 

It’s sad enough seeing people around me including myself wanting to see more Hwanwoong on official broadcast because the boys were also rooting for him during the 1st elimination episode. But too bad, Mnet only gave him the opportunity to shine some place else when it was time for him to go. 

In the latest episode, episode 8, we managed to see him react some more and praise other people as per usual but this time, we got to see how Hwanwoong got the center position for I Know You Know and he got praised to be the best center by Kahi. It broke me to even hear that Hwanwoong said along the lines of, “If I were still here next week”. With the amount of screentime he got in that one episode alone, we got to see how amazing he was. But that was too late. The damage has already been done and a miracle for him to stay in Top 35 did not happen at all. 

At the end, it’s all about timing. If the other talented boys got the equal screentime they deserved, things would have been different. Ahn Joonyoung PD has crossed the line so many times, even from the 6th episode with the little screentime Hwanwoong got, I was already upset and contemplated whether to say bid farewell to seeing Hwanwoong in Produce 101. 

I know it’s not the end of the world and it’s not like Hwanwoong is not going to ever debut but...Hwanwoong is one of the main reasons why I even kept on watching Produce 101. His reactions are funny, he’s too adorable for words, he’s talented to boot and anyone can see that he has a really kind personality. He is a bottle of sunshine that will never stop shining regardless of what stage he stands on.

Even though Hwanwoong is not here anymore, I will still continue watching Produce 101 although I would feel empty because searching for Hwanwoong in every other episodes was like playing hide and seek with him. I will keep supporting him even though he’s not in Produce 101 anymore and will wait for him to debut with the RBW kids. ♥