Hardway Bet

Vodka and lemon, and some other stuff.

Time for a new batch. Finished version of the ray drake from above. New version of that gnome from above. And the greatest monster of them all, a human. Some more unrelated Pokémon I found kicking around in my old files.

Yeah, I really thought I'd be able to escape, this time! Well, thanks for that, and nice work to everyone else - I legit didn't think I was gonna win this one.

It's been a very, very long time since I saw this movie, but as a general rule, everything related to Batman TAS is excellent. And I must say I don't see why you'd compare TAS to the Dark Knight or Joker, even if you do think the last two are cinematic masterpieces - I don't really get the hype, myself - they're very different beasts.

Yeah, I like to laugh and look down at people.

I've been thinking of a place to put sketches and stuff. This place'll do. Here are some monsters I'm working on for my fantasy setting: The Ray Wyrm, an aquatic species of winged serpent. Hags. Powerful, sorcerous fey creatures that resemble twisted old crones. A variety of mortal races. Not to scale. Angels. Celestial servants of one of the setting's gods. Said to be the returning souls of dead mortals, still hungry for righteous glory. And on a completely unrelated note, this custom pokémon that I made (but never finished) for a competition.

My parents explained the internet to me back in '95, when they took me to the library to use the computer there. We got a dial-up connection at home soon after, but I wasn't allowed on until shortly before we switched to DSL, in like 2004. Between '00 and '02, my wealthier friends started getting DSL lines, pirating games and talking about all the things they used the internet for - I got involved in some online games that we'd play in school, early social media started to become a thing, and things sort of snowballed from there. I was already a regular visitor at the library in those days, as I used to read a lot as a kid (high school workloads and increased access to video games destroyed that interest for me in my teens), and I started going there every day after school, to keep up with games and browse internet forums, mostly for text role playing games, and trying out some MUDs. Those were some of the happiest days of my life, my first time getting time to myself that I didn't have to spend either at school or with my parents. Just thinking back to it kinda makes me feel a little bit happier. The internet grew explosively in those days, of course, and when I moved away from home in '06, high speed internet was more important to me than food. Oh, and like others have said, I was able to use the internet with no parental supervision. My mother's opinion was always that nothing important had ever happened on a computer - until she got a smartphone herself, of course, and nowadays she has tablets, smart tvs, and gets a new phone every year. Must be amazing - back when she was young, you'd be lucky if you got to watch a movie once a year at the market.

I'm assuming there are multiple strains of flu-causing viruses. But man, I didn't know you could carry it even without symptoms.

Ah, yes, this is it. A lifetime of singing in the shower has prepared me for this exact thread. Unfortunately, it's the middle of the night, so I can't record anything right now, but I do have this clip of when I was testing my mic the other week. God knows I've never backed down from making a fool of myself online. The volume is pretty low - I was still adjusting my mic at the time. https://voca.ro/cnlNYSNzD2X You're all fantastic, by the way. This thread is amazing.

Yeah, but maybe this thread will encourage some gross people to start washing their hands.

Yes, and I avoid touching door handles, flushing buttons and any part of the sink with my bare hands. I'm not a huge germaphobe, but public bathrooms are disgusting and vile places.

Me, I'm a fatty fat fat, and I need to lose a lot of weight if I wanna live to see retirement.

Oh boy, that's really far back. It might be the Fox and the Hound, ages ago.