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Title: The Moon Ain't Got Nothing on You...
Pairing: Onho
Rating: PG-13
Genre: AU, alpha/omega, romance, smut
Summary: Jinki has always hated Minho: his smug smile, arrogant attitude, deep,strong voice, and legs for miles. Minho was what every alpha male should be and he knew it. Jinki hated how perfect Minho was, hated how he always teased him, but lust is a powerful thing and instinct even more so.

Jinki had never felt more content in his entire life. Waking up surrounded by strong arms, a furnace hot body, and a scent to die for had it's advantages. Even his unbelievably sore body wasn't stopping him from enjoying waking up in Minho's bed. He rolled over and watched the taller boy, who was still out like a light. Minho looked so much less... devious in his sleep. He refused to use the first word that had popped into his head, angel, to describe the brat that was now, even in sleep, refusing to let go of him. He couldn't stay like this forever, and he had no doubt that Minho would sleep till dusk like this if you'd let him. Jinki smiled slightly, shook his head, then sighed. Back to reality.

Slowly scooting out from under Minho's arms, only finding freedom by swapping himself out with a body pillow covered with his scent, Jinki stood up and stretched his sore muscles. He hadn't gotten any sleep last night. He swore Minho only let him nap for a half hour after their first time before waking him up to relive all of his sexual fantasies and release his sexual frustration of the past two years on his willing, but unprepared body. Yeah, Jinki was definitely sore. He lost track, had decided to stop counting and questioning Minho's apparently unparalleled stamina after their fourth bout of sex. Could he get pregnant if he wasn't in heat? He wasn't sure, but if he could, then he definitely was after last night, and the majority of this morning.

Scratching his bare stomach absently, he dug through Minho's drawers to find something to wear. He stopped dead after opening the top drawer. Inside it was everything Jinki had ever given Minho, and even some of his clothes he'd left here from so long ago and hadn't bothered to fight to get back. He specifically remembered trying to get his favorite "Rock of Ages" tee back, but Minho had growled defensively and swore up and down he didn't have it. Jinki was now holding the evidence in his hands.

"Oh what a dick..." Jinki started, then halted his words when he smelled exactly who's scent was on the shirt. It smelled like him still, slightly, but it was very faint, Minho's own scent almost overpowering it.

He looked over at Minho who was still sleeping in his bed, noting how he was snuggling (strangling) the body pillow and inhaling deeply, his breaths sounding happy, content, satisfied. Had Minho... slept with his things? He turned back to the drawer and took a whiff. Everything inside had his and Minho's scent all over them, though his was slowly fading on all. His "rock of ages" tee having the most faint scent of all. Minho's favorite as well, it seemed.

Tears welled up in his eyes, threatening to overflow. What the hell was this? Minho had never once tried to convince Jinki to come back, had never tried to reason with him or ask why he was leaving, but he had needed and missed Jinki so much that he had kept his things and slept with them every night so he could still have his scent around him?

He looked briefly at the bathroom, needing a shower, not wanting Minho's scent and the smell of sex all over him for who he was about to go talk to, but he wanted answers. Now. Walking down the halls of the den until he came to a room he had never been to, but knew instinctively  who it belonged to, he sighed.

"Jonghyun," he knocked lightly, then impatiently when he got no reply.  "Jjong, open up, it's Jinki." Still no answer. "Fuck it," Jinki muttered, kicking the door down easily and marching into Jonghyun's unbidden territory. What he saw surprised him, but at the same time didn't surprise him at all. Jonghyun was snuggled in the center of a California king sized bed with what seemed like hundreds of pillows overflowing onto to the ground beneath. He slept with a pack of pillows and stuffed animals. Go figure. He even noticed one little white wolf with light blue eyes, beaten and torn, but appeared to have been stitched up quite a few times. Maybe he shouldn't be here...

Jinki walked over and nudged the still dead to the world boy. What kind of wolf was he? Not even hearing a door being kicked down, he was almost as bad as Minho. Or maybe just more stubborn? Doubt it. Jinki slapped the dino's face hard, a few times, before Jonghyun mumbled, "Not now Minho, I'm having the best dream... and you need to shower, you smell like..." Jonghyun squinted one bleary eye open to look up and mumbled, "Jinki..." slightly surprised, but still way too tired to comprehend much.

And that was how Jinki came to be in Jonghyun's room, helping him clean and assort the thousands of stuffed animals on his bed in a specific order, after having gone and made them a huge breakfast of ten pancakes and 5 pounds of bacon each. Jinki wanted answers, but Jonghyun wanted a slave it seemed in return. When Jonghyun pulled out his karaoke machine from his closet, Jinki had had enough.

"Look. I heard you guys that day in the woods. That time you and Minho were discussing how wrong I was for him." Jonghyun stopped what he was doing and looked up.

"So? What does that have to do with anything? You knew you were all wrong for him in the first place. Well not anymore, and I'm sorry for that, but you know what I thought. But now that you can get preggers and shit now.. well you get the point. Minho's my best friend, I only wanted what was best for him."

"Right. So I was going to call out to you guys when I heard Minho saying all those things and you agreeing, and I.. I left. I couldn't handle it. And I broke up with him the next day."

"I'm sorry, you what? You heard all the bad things, then left before Minho had explained he would still have you as his mate, how he'd even give up being Alpha and leave the pack for you? Isn't it just like you to hear all the bad things then leave before the truth comes out. You're almost as much of a drama queen as Key is. Jeeze."

Jinki sat down on Jjong's bed in shock. It had all been a misunderstanding? He looked up at the smirking boy above him, debating on whether or not he would lie about this. But all of his emotions and even his body language were sincere, and were telling Jinki he was an utter idiot for holding onto this grudge for two years and not sorting it out in the first place. Jinki felt the same way, shell shocked at this revelation.

"Hey," Jonghyun waved his hands in front of Jinki's face wildly. "You need to shower, you can use mine if you want, my show of thanks for you making brekkers, but you still have to do the dishes, don't even think about leaving them in here!"

Jinki went through the motions in the shower, still thinking over everything he had just learned. All he had had to do back then was believe in Minho, trust him, but he had been scared, upset at himself for not being good enough. All Minho had had to do was discuss it with him, tell him that he was accepting the mating bond those years ago, accepting Jinki himself no matter what he was or wasn't or what other people thought. They were both idiots, just another reason they were perfect for each other it seemed. Joon would be happy for him. Jonghyun was ecstatic, humming and singing to himself things like "matchmaker" and a song he didn't recognize, some jumbled lyrics in english "stand by me" flitting through the bathroom door.

He emerged, fitting rather well into the shorter boys clothes, and grumbling his thanks as he was picking up the dishes from breakfast and heading out the door.

"Hey you should come back some time and do karaoke with me! There's this great duet called "Like a Man" that I bet we would rock on!" Jonghyun shouted down the hallway after Jinki, who was only half listening.

He stood in front of Minho's door, a room he had only just left an hour ago, though it felt like years, and inhaled deeply. Walking through the door and closing it gently behind him, he walked over to his still sleeping mate and placed his hand on Minho's face gently, "Hey..." Jinki realized now how foolish he had been, that he should have never let this amazing boy go. He admitted to himself how much he had needed him these past few years, how much he needed him even now that everything felt right between them.

Minho yawned and stretched naked on the bed before whispering, "Hey yourself," and smiling that heart breaking smile of his and pulling Jinki onto the bed with him. They had a lot to discuss, and the rest of their lives to do so... but it could wait a few more hours...

~Four year later~

Jinki stood next to his mate, content, looking at three angels playing in the moonlight. Two twin boys identical to Minho in every way, and one girl with Minho's big eyes but Jinki's perfect smile ran around wildly attempting to catch fireflies. She growled and tackled one of the twins, biting his tail, then looked back innocently at her parents when both boys ran to tattle; she'd be a heart breaker for sure. She was already showing empathic abilities much like Jinki and his mother, an omega in the making.

His father had stepped down from the head alpha position three years ago after hearing how Minho was finally happily mated and with a pup on the way, then everything had just sort of... fell into place. His mother Sunny couldn't have been happier, and the grandchildren revelation nearly bowled her over.

Minho and Jinki still weren't perfect, though who was? They still fought, he was still as stubborn as a mule (as Minho put it), but Jinki was the happiest he had ever been. He rubbed his bulging stomach absently, only having two more months to go till their fourth blessing was brought into the world. He felt Minho's eyes on him and looked up with a frown on his face. "What?"

"Just staring at the most perfect thing in the world," Minho whispered into Jinki's ear, biting it gently. He may be pregnant, but there were ways to work around that. Minho was insatiable after all, hence the three kids with the fourth on the way.

Jinki shivered but pretended to ignore the obvious invitation, instead looking at his perfect children, then up into the night sky, the full moon, and sighing at the perfect atmosphere of it all, but simply saying, "The moon is beautiful tonight."

"Baby, the moon ain't got nothing on you..."

The End

A/N: So... this is it, guys! Can you believe it?! It's been a fun ride, let me tell you! And I couldn't have done it without all the loving and helpful comments from all of you! You all rock my socks off. So Jonghyun saved the day! Woot woot! See I don't hate him! I had plans for the little rascal all along! I really liked his part in this story, he's so dramatic and passionate. How he is in real life, really. And oh my gosh have you guys heard them sing "like a man" by fly to the sky together? It is so beautiful! Their voices are so different but blend so well! I could almost see me writing a Jongyu at sometime, but it'd prob just be a oneshot, nothing too serious lol I still need to plan out my next fic, which will either be a Joonew or another Onho, what do you guys think? I have a general idea, just flip flopping with the main pairing idea! Anywhoooo, leave your love and honest opinions in the comments below! And look, ONHO BABIES! hahaha

I'll see you in future fics, lovely readers! <3

( 49 comments — Leave a comment )
Jul. 2nd, 2012 06:58 am (UTC)
Spot for the lovely bloochibi jajaja!

Edited at 2012-07-02 07:22 am (UTC)
Jul. 2nd, 2012 06:22 pm (UTC)

Before I do though, I must mention this:

This is Joon, somewhere, when this chapter was taking place

Nahhh jk he's happy for onho he'll find somebody to love

I feel that, because this is your final chapter, I must shower spam you with gifs.

The Jongyu made me really happy. Jonghyun is such a dweeb omg I just can't

And he's all making him his slave and trying to hang out with his and it's so cute. :3

He's like, "you didn't even hear the entire thing" And Jinki's like:

"Hey yourself..."

And I'm over here like:

"Hey..." Jinki realized now how foolish he had been, that he should have never let this amazing boy go.

... YEAH.

Awww bb. I can't believe it's over. The ending was so great <3 I think you wrapped it up nicely, with happy family!onho, but still mentioning that they did have their share of problems; it made it believable and amazing because their love and still withstand all that and sorry I'm rambling now oh geez. That was a really fun story to read and it was so good~! I enjoyed it a lot. obviously, lol

Great job ;A;

And now I shall await your Joon fics.

I just love Jonghyun

Okay. I'll stop now.
Thanks for writing and sharing as always, Lanna~
I wuv you is that okay

Jul. 3rd, 2012 01:59 am (UTC)
You.... you can spam me for the rest of my life.... You just summed up the entire story in frickin' GIFS?! How amazing ARE YOU?! We will for sure be bling bling buddies fo LIFE! <3 And I love you right back, damnit! Your comments are like stories to me, I can't wait for the next one! And my next fic will be a Joonew! I've decided, though not everyone will be happy about it, but I couldn't stop thinking about it at work and meh, it's gonna happen! Joon needs loving! I know... poor Joon in this last chapter. I bet he was hoping Minho would screw up again sigh. I slightly was (naw onho was made for this fic lol). But I love how the ending turned out. Cheesy and fluffy and yayyyyy! *glomps to death for being so amazing, then revives to do it again*
Jan. 11th, 2014 01:34 am (UTC)
Can I just say that your comment is the best one I've seen in like ever. :3 Sorry for interrupting your convo with the awesome writer. v^_^
Jan. 11th, 2014 04:34 pm (UTC)
I completely agree with you! Thunder (bloochibi) has always been a goddess at gif spamming! She's an amazing writer too, you should check her out as well, though she doesn't write anymore TAT
Jul. 2nd, 2012 06:59 am (UTC)
Spot for the always supportive onhoing !!
Jul. 2nd, 2012 01:29 pm (UTC)
woohoo i has a spot and i commented down there /points/ xD /bricked/

anw, ohmahgosh bb! congrats on finishing this awesome fic of yours! ugh asdfghjkl i'm so glad i clicked the link to this. srsly. /sobs/

again, thank you so much you awesome person you, for writing and sharing this! ouo /tackles and glomps you/ ♥

and now, i am off to re-read it again xD yaaaaaaaayyy~ /flies away to re-read/
Jul. 2nd, 2012 03:09 pm (UTC)
I'm really happy so many people got to come on this roller coaster ride that is this fic with me! I really didn't expect it to end so soon but I was writing it and it just... happened xD I wonder if I should write a guideline for each chapter in the future instead of just wingin' it! lol Thanks for all of your lovely comments and support every step of the way, I couldn't have finished this story without all the love and support! <3 *get tackled* Enjoy the re-read!
Jul. 2nd, 2012 07:13 am (UTC)
What? It's over already? I still want more =3
Jjong-ah *says it in Onew's tone* you're my new favorite person today. Need to cuddle you Jjong, along with Onew in your plushie-filled bed can't resist the Jongyu, cause they are my otp =P for revealing the truth to Onew.
I bet they went at it like rabbits the moment they officially mated, that would explain the many babies they had.
Your next story will be Joonew or still OnHo where is my Jongyu???? ;______; right? Does it mean you already have the plot but just confused about the main pairing?
Jul. 2nd, 2012 07:21 am (UTC)
I know, I wasn't planning on it being over this soon it just sort of... happened xD and I know, bling bling was cute and crazy in this story, it did kind of make me see how Jongyu would work well. Maybe a oneshot in the future for them who knows? We'll see! And the rabbits analogy is completely correct. Might go back sometime and write an extra smut chapter just about their baby making escapades! And yes! I have a new plot, but just debating on Joon or Minho being the main love interest for Onew. Onew will always be the center of my stories unless I write about a band other than SHINee ^.^ He's just too precious! Thank you so much for all the love and beautiful comments you brought to this story! <3 expect more stories soon!
Jul. 2nd, 2012 07:27 am (UTC)
Let Onew in love with both it can create so much drama and angst?
And I will wait for your other stories forever especially my Jongyu and the baby making part XD
Jul. 2nd, 2012 07:32 am (UTC)
I'm terrible with love triangles! Angst is not my friend! I prefer fluffy smuttiness haha I can't imagine one of them being so sad and alone while the other two are happy >.< Joon's part in this, though so mild, made me so sad for him sigh! We'll see! I bet more people want onho but I might just sway toward Joonew since they don't get enough love anyway!
Jul. 2nd, 2012 10:38 am (UTC)
*nods along with you* crossover is rarely shipped -_-
They definitely need our love, Joonew I mean.
*waits patiently for the new story*
Jul. 2nd, 2012 08:21 am (UTC)
oo it ended so soon but i love it so fluffy at the end and their little babies so so so cute. i would love for your next fic to be onho again but i will read even if it's a joonew btw jjong i love you for what you did *high five-ing him* and of course hugs for you Lanna
Jul. 2nd, 2012 02:54 pm (UTC)
I know, but if I would have kept going I know I would have gotten stuck, and I had to finish the story for everyone! lol there will definitely be more onho in the future, but I'm still debating! *hugs back* thanks for reading through to the end and being so supportive! And I will forever love your userpic! <3
Jul. 2nd, 2012 11:13 am (UTC)
ughhh how i love this :'))) it's so cute jinki is still stubborn and minho is still horny as every xD!! this was wonderful ty for sharing it :3
Jul. 2nd, 2012 02:59 pm (UTC)
xD yeah they'll never really change too much from those two personality traits haha! Poor Onew he's like, I'm never having kids! *and then Minho walks into the room* well okay, I guess one kid wouldn't hurt... Four years later bam! Four kids! And he doesn't show signs of stopping! Good luck with that Onew! hahaha

I'm so happy you loved the story, thank you for all the support every step of the way! <3
Jul. 2nd, 2012 12:55 pm (UTC)
awww... its the end already? i wonder what happened to joon.. (smacks self, pardon for my joonew-fetish showing)... its been a while since i read a multi chap onho fic and those shows that shinee are attending without minho are not helping sate my onho needs.. LOL... and i miss these two.. really.. that's why i kept smiling like an idiot when i watched a fancam in their yeosu concert performing 'Hello'.. it has been a while since i last saw them dance that (esp the onho part)..

anyways, back to the story (sorry for the randomness there), the ROA t-back, really... XD nice of you there for using jjong in a good way.. haha.. thought he wouldn't really care when it comes to those two..

i like how cheesy the last line is... like a romantic scene... oh god and i'm imagining.. haha...

nice work (and nice way of conveying nc17/smut parts in a not-so-smutty/hardcore way too! :D) hope you'll continue writing more fics.. and i really appreciate, and am thankful for your fast updates (though i wasn't really commenting in all chaps... i was saving for the finale..) ^^

'til your next fic!
Jul. 2nd, 2012 03:06 pm (UTC)
I didn't bring up Joon because I want him with no one but Onew xD so he can just be happy babysitting Onew's bratty kids in this lmao Since I notice you have an *ahem* Joonew fetish as well, would you be all for the next multichaptered fic being Joonew and not onho? and oh my gosh their beautiful hello moment! They always smile so happily to eachother during that! Just make out already! >.< and c'mon! Ondrew is so sexy! I had to allude to it hahahaha

The first time I wrote this fic, jjong had very strong feelings for Minho and considered Jinki competition. And I was like, nope, gonna make him a little demonic shoulder angel instead! I don't know if he really does care for Jinki, but he wants his best friend happy! and I know... that last line sigh... I had to tie in the title. I just had to. I knew I would end it that way.

For my future fics I'm sure I'll still update a little faster with a little shorter chaps like this one since everyone seemed to like it that way! Thank you so much for reading and sharing your love of this story with me, I can't tell you enough how happy that makes me! *huggles*
Jul. 3rd, 2012 02:55 pm (UTC)
me too!!! i only want joon for onew, same case with minho... that's why i always crave for stories where there is a love triangle between the three and onew is always left to choose between them. but those stories are very rare and luckily i have only found one (idk if fanfics like these are just eluding me or they just appear once in a blue moon XD).. and joon was the bad guy there, and there was a character death... so its sad.. :'(

speaking of ondrew, i miss jinki on stageplays.. i wish there was a dvd of BWB and RoA, not just fancams.. XD oh but if they're schedule had those never-ending travel from other countries, shows here and there, plus concerts (be it major or not), he better keep his free time sleeping and eating chicken... dont want him being hospitalized like what happened at the beginning of the year..

and your next fic is about joonew?! oh my, i cant wait! ^-^/ and im already curious what would the plot be... hmm... (--,) and i like these kind of updates too, though not too long, you're indeed fast..! i was kinda hesitating to read your fics at first though i am seeing it at shinee replay.. but when i noticed the time/days of your updates... ooohh... not bad... and yeah, that's when i decided to read it... (because there are multi chap fics that are taking forever to have a next chapter, to the point that sometimes i even cant remember what the flow of the story was! XDDD)

thank YOU for sharing this... ^_____^ *huggles*

PS. can minho still be on your next fic? hehehe... ^-^

Jul. 3rd, 2012 03:12 pm (UTC)
me too!!! i only want joon for onew, same case with minho... that's why i always crave for stories where there is a love triangle between the three and onew is always left to choose between them. but those stories are very rare and luckily i have only found one (idk if fanfics like these are just eluding me or they just appear once in a blue moon XD).. and joon was the bad guy there, and there was a character death... so its sad.. :'(

speaking of ondrew, i miss jinki on stageplays.. i wish there was a dvd of BWB and RoA, not just fancams.. XD oh but if they're schedule had those never-ending travel from other countries, shows here and there, plus concerts (be it major or not), he better keep his free time sleeping and eating chicken... dont want him being hospitalized like what happened at the beginning of the year..

and your next fic is about joonew?! oh my, i cant wait! ^-^/ and im already curious what would the plot be... hmm... (--,) and i like these kind of updates too, though not too long, you're indeed fast..! i was kinda hesitating to read your fics at first though i am seeing it at shinee replay.. but when i noticed the time/days of your updates... ooohh... not bad... and yeah, that's when i decided to read it... (because there are multi chap fics that are taking forever to have a next chapter, to the point that sometimes i even cant remember what the flow of the story was! XDDD)

thank YOU for sharing this... ^_____^ *huggles*

PS. can minho still be on your next fic? hehehe... ^-^
Jul. 3rd, 2012 07:53 pm (UTC)
I would buy those dvds in a heartbeat! And no, no hospitals anymore for our babies! And yeah multi chaptered fics that are super slow updates scare me, because I always find myself craving more and sometimes it can take weeks or month to get one update ugh. I'm glad you enjoyed the fic! And yes, though it's Joonew, Minho will be in it! <3
Jul. 2nd, 2012 01:26 pm (UTC)
asdfghjkl congrats on finishing this awesome fic bb! /tackles and glomps you/ ouo ♥ i absolutely, without a doubt, enjoyed it! thank you so much for writing and sharing it :)
Jul. 2nd, 2012 03:06 pm (UTC)
Get back up to your spot where you belong! hahaha
Jul. 14th, 2012 06:53 am (UTC)
I should be in bed but found your Onho chaptered fic after reading the Onho one shot and the first chapter of Joonew fic, and I couldn't stop! I love, love, love this fic and your writing! I love how you characterized Minho and Jinki and how tumultuous but loving their bond is. My only complaint is that I wish it was much longer because I didn't want it to end! At least I can look fporwatrd to Joonew fic! Keep up the awesome work, please! Tracking you now and thanks for the great reads!!
Jul. 14th, 2012 01:22 pm (UTC)
^.^ I'm glad you enjoyed it! The Moon Ain't Got Nothing on You was super fun to write! After so many chapters, however, I kinda got to a stopping point and everything was resolved so I had to end it! I'm sorry! lol Thank you for the super nice comment TAT I am not WORTHY! <3
Jul. 25th, 2012 02:22 am (UTC)
Wow. Just... wow.
That was really good. Thank you for sharing your work with us.
Jul. 25th, 2012 03:15 pm (UTC)
^.^ I'm glad you enjoyed it! I had a ton of fun writing it! Look forward to the next onho chaptered fic! If you like more supernatural fanfiction still dealing with SHINee, though I may get into other groups as well, then stay tuned cause that's all I plan on writing! <3
Sep. 17th, 2012 06:32 pm (UTC)
PERFECT! i always wanted to read Onew preggo and here you granted my wish <3

and i can't believe it's your first fic and smut wow! IT'S SO EFFIN PURRFECT!

i wuv you <3

Sep. 18th, 2012 02:41 am (UTC)
Thank you so much! I debated on taking this down and rewriting it, but everyone seems happy with it so I'll leave it be!

Luv you too! Wif all my Onew loving heart!
Feb. 18th, 2013 07:17 pm (UTC)
holy father mother. i just found this fic. and read it in one go. i like it sfm, omg this is perfect;w;
the way how you described their feelings
hnnggg my fave otp and onho feels ♥
thanks for writing this
the smut parts were so good (≧▽≦)/~┴┴
Feb. 19th, 2013 04:11 am (UTC)
O///O Thanks! I'm glad you loved it! I can't believe that when I first wrote this I thought I'd never write smut again. HAH! lol

If you liked this, you might wanna check out my new omegaverse onho called An Act of Dominance! They're wildcats instead of wolves, but it's similar! And my oneshot Mine to Possess is a werewolf onho as well. Pretty much, I only write onho (with a few joonew thrown in there sometimes and 2woo) haha so if you like that, you should check out my other stories! :D

Thanks for reading and giving me your feedback! It makes me super happy! <3
Mar. 15th, 2013 04:07 pm (UTC)
Omg this story is so good. It's beautiful. I love it. The way you write makes my heart tug ;-; your writing skills is daebak. You got me into these kind of stories with alphas and omegas. In fact this story is so cute. I love every single part of it. Ok I'm repeating but I don't care haha. It's a wonderful story. I love the bonding part the most. The description was O.O (Y) I'm now reading all your other fanfics. ^^ writer fighting \^^/
Mar. 26th, 2013 04:58 pm (UTC)
I am honored! Thank you so much! I try my best to get everyone into more of the paranormal stuff, especially onho ^.^ I'm sorry you came at a time when I was out of commission, but I'm back! Normally I'm not gone for so long! Thank you for reading all of my other works and supporting me! It means a lot! <3
May. 23rd, 2013 09:27 am (UTC)
before i comment about the fic.. im really sorry because im being rude not comment from chapter 1..
this is so fucking beautiful story. i can't stop my self for reading until the final chapter... ;__;.. you are really great author...

how you even make this plot??????
fantasy and onho is the most thing i like in this world... you now you are being my fav author.... >____<

i love mpreg tough... and i love you more for making this fanfic...

please making another mpreg onho... kekekekekeke

i will read another one.. and i will comment from chapter 1.... XD....

May. 23rd, 2013 04:25 pm (UTC)
Aww, you don't have to comment from the first chapter! Especially if it's a finished fic! I'm glad you liked it! I think this and my Joonew chaptered fic will always be my favorites, though Hunger For Your Blood that I'm writing now I absolutely LOVE as well :)

No idea how I make plots to be honest, usually I have dreams similar to them, but I always try to make my stuff original, I don't want there to be any others out there! I just really like out of this world kind of stories! Awww I'm your favorite author??? Thank you so much! I don't hear that too often but it makes me very happy!

The only other mpreg fic I've written was How To Train Your Dragon, but I like the theme of mpreg so I might write another one some day! Especially since I love omegaverse so much, mpreg is much more accessible!

I hope you enjoy my other works!
Jul. 26th, 2013 01:13 am (UTC)
such a beautiful ending... and I loved Jonghyun. he's so funny XD
I'm saving this fic!
Thanks for wrting such an amazing story. :)
keep writing onho fics
Jul. 26th, 2013 01:20 am (UTC)
Seriously, thanks so much! I loved Jonghyun in this, he was such a little shit xD

I will always write onho, there just isn't enough of it in this world for how perfect they are <3

Thank you again! *bows and hugs*
Jan. 6th, 2014 05:11 pm (UTC)
Ahh...that last line is so cheesily adorable. :)
Jan. 6th, 2014 06:44 pm (UTC)
>.< I'm a total cheeseball at heart, what can I say! I feel really bad that you have to read all these non proofread things though! xD if you ever want to read my stories that are at least somewhat proofread and have added bonus scenes and what not, I have updated each and every one of my stories, if only a little on a few, on my AFF account of the same username ^^

This is my first story and I love it to death, but good lord I write so different now it makes me embarrassed, but it'll always be my very first baby!<3 I'm really happy you liked it!
Jan. 6th, 2014 07:28 pm (UTC)
Ok cool for the heads up on AFF. I will look for you over there, I have the same name too. :) lol the writing is still good and any mistakes made are so minimal I'm not noticing and I usually notice. Happy writing!
Jan. 6th, 2014 08:03 pm (UTC)
No problem~ I sent ya a friend request on there (stalker tendencies? Don't be absurd xD) Thanks again! <3
Jan. 6th, 2014 08:46 pm (UTC)
Thanks I'll see you in future comments! Bahaha!
Jan. 6th, 2014 08:50 pm (UTC)
Sounds like a plan! :P
Jan. 11th, 2014 01:41 am (UTC)
What can I say, iloveditsomuchireaditallinonego You really had me at the stubborn Jinki and the ever persistent Minho! They were so adorable and like yin and yang that balanced everything out! I was kinda hurt when Jinki heard Jongho's convo, but felt so fluffy when Minho was even willing to give up pretty much his life just for Jinki. :"> And picturing Jjong as the gentle douche he always is, just fits in your story! :> I loved how Jinki finally admitted his love for Minho and how Minho was so touched he even wanted to cry. ^_^ And the Onho babies are just the cherry on top! Good good good work on this for a first time smut, btw. :] Oh, and reading this in 2014. ;) I'm gonna scoot over now to your list and read all your Onho fics and maybe some Joonew but not that much coz it sometimes hurts my Onho feels. -_- Haha. Thanks for this darling! ^3^

The last line from Minho just cracked me up! WAYYY BEYOND PERFECT! <3

Edited at 2014-01-11 01:42 am (UTC)
Jan. 11th, 2014 04:40 pm (UTC)
>.< Thank you so much, gypsy! I still cringe when I go back and read this sometimes, but it was my first baby and we have to start somewhere (but good lord my writing has improved exponentially xD) I'm really happy you found this story, but ugh, I reposted it on AFF and fixed the errors and stuff so I almost wished you would have read it on there lol! All of my stories (I'm even posting the joonew up atm) are on there and are revamped! I'm under the same username if you're interested at all, friend me and what not, I love new friends!

But if you are interested in reading How To Train Your Half Dragon, you should really read it on AFF because I added two extra smut scenes, a bonus taoris, and an extra long onho at the end ^^

Thank you! >////< it's kinda my thing to put the title in the story, it's just what I do! Thank you so much for finding me (I don't care the year!) and bothering to comment! Seriously, it makes me so unbelievably happy! *hugs* ~<3
Jan. 12th, 2014 10:04 pm (UTC)
I just found you on AFF! *shaking violently* I can't wait to read all your works! ^_^ And I've noticed most are rated "M". *winks* I see your former works on there too! Okay I'm spazzing right now coz I really loved your aus and omegaverses! TBH I've gotten quite fond of supernatural fics because of you. :3 I'm sooo going to read them all over again. :3 THANK YOU again and thanks for replying, yeobo! *hugs back tightly* <333
Jan. 14th, 2014 01:14 am (UTC)
xD Yeahhhhh I write what I like to call 'fluffnstuff' it's a little bit of everything, but there's always smut! My brain is just a dirty birdy apparently lmao

Because of ME?! >.< UGH. MY FEELS.

No, no, no thank YOU! *jumps around with you* Mwuah!
Sep. 3rd, 2014 10:08 am (UTC)
Dear me, two years to talk? *shakes head*
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This morning’s adventure. Snake in the backyard. Somewhere between 2 and 10 feet long. I’m pretty sure it was a Black Mamba. Or maybe a Black Racer. I don’t know. It happened so fast.

I let the dog out this morning to do that thing she does. She’s in the middle of doing that thing she does when she sees the snake and suddenly bark/yelps and runs away. (That’s my dog.) I look up and see the slithering creature for a split second and then it takes off… into the shed! Great. Of all places. It’s full of stuff and more importantly, that’s where the weapons are.

When I was a kid, these situations were taken care of with a hoe. Big ugly snake comes around and someone shows up with a hoe to remove the business end of the snake from the rest of its body. End of threat. I need to get in there and get my hoe.

I poke my head in and look around. No visual on the serpent. So I ease into the shed and step over the lawnmower and beach gear and bikes, watching every foot placement as I creep to the back of the shed where hoe type things are kept. I make it safely. And then, it dawns on me… I don’t own a hoe. Don’t judge me.

But I’m already deep in the snake den so I pick up a plastic tube thingy that’s leaning in the corner and I start poking around. Julie is out in the yard at a safe distance but can see what I’m doing.

“What are you doing?” she asks. Less than lovingly than you would expect from a wife whose husband is taking charge of a dangerous situation.

“Trying to find it.” I say.

“Then what?” she says. Then (and I’m not making this up) she adds… “What’s the plan Phil?”

My wife is a funny lady. And she’s right. I need a plan. So I put down the plastic tube thingy and come inside to formulate a plan. Here’s what I’ve come up with.

Step 1: Eat breakfast. I can’t think on an empty stomach.

Step 2: Rationalize. The snake is more than likely harmless. The little guy is probably taking care of bugs and mice for me, so just let him be. Do nothing. Not because I’m scared to death of snakes mind you. But because I believe all creatures are here for a reason and should be treated with dignity and respect. No seriously, that’s the reason.

Step 3: Drive to Home Depot and buy a hoe. Just in case I’m wrong about Step 2.

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Night Has Come And So Have I

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HIGH Slicing through an entire room of monsters with a single swipe of Vergil's blade.

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WTF How did anyone ever sign off on Lady and Trish's costumes?

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This Course Is Heavy

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HIGH Drawing blueprints on real paper to solve a puzzle.

LOW The voice acting is disappointing for a narrative-focused game.

WTF Puzzles that hinge on a single object, but no clues given as to where they are.

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HIGH That soundtrack!

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WTF The writing in an online MMO is significantly more accomplished than in the entire FFXIII series.

Trials Fusion: Awesome Level MAX Review

It's not MAX without more rainbows!

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LOW That unicorn really wants to do backflips.

WTF What's the deal with the penguins? Did they kill the squirrels?

Schrodinger's Cat And The Raiders Of The Lost Quark Review

Complicating simplicity

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HIGH The cat has smooth, cartoony animation.

LOW Feels like doing extra steps for no real reason.

WTF That title. Seriously?

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Hittin' those napes

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WTF Very limited options and no way to play the game in full-screen.

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I've been implementing the SAT based on: http://www.geometrictools.com/Documentation/DynamicCollisionDetection.pdf for 3D collisions

On page 7, in the table, it refers the 15 axis to test so we can find a collision, but with just Ax, Ay and Az, I'm already getting collisions.

Why do i need to test all the other cases? Is there any situation where just Ax, Ay and Az are not enough?

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You may be geting false positives. Collisions detected but not really colliding.

The number 15 comes from

  • 3 axes from object A (face normals)
  • 3 axes from object B (face normals)
  • 9 axes from all the pairs of edges of A and edges of B (3x3)
  • =15 in total

The 9 axes are made up of cross products of edges of A and edges of B

  1. Ae1 x Be1 (Edge 1 of A cross edge 1 of B)
  2. Ae1 x Be2
  3. Ae1 x Be3
  4. Ae2 x Be1
  5. ... and so on

The first 6 axes (from the face normals) are used to check if there a corner of one object is intersecting a face of the other object. (or more correctly to eliminate these kinds of collisions)

The set of 9 axes formed by the cross products of edges are used to consider edge on edge collision detection, where there is not a vertex penetrating the other object. Like the 'almost' collision in the photo below. Lets assume for the rest of this answer that the two boxes in the picture are not actually colliding, but are separated by a tiny distance.

enter image description here

Lets look at what happens if we just use the 6 face normals for SAT. The first image below shows one axis from the blue box and 2 axes from the yellow box. If we project both objects on to these axes, we will get an overlap on all three. The second image below shows the remaining two axes of the blue box and the remaining axis of the yellow box. Again projecting on these axes will show overlaps on all 3.

So just only checking the 6 face normals will show overlaps on all 6 axes, which, according to the SAT, means that the objects are colliding, because we have not been able to find a separation. But of course, these object are not colliding. The reason we have not found a separation is because we have not looked hard enough!

enter image description here enter image description here

So how are we to find this gap? The image below show an axis on which projection of both objects will reveal a separation.

enter image description here

Where do we get this axis from?

If you imagine sliding a piece of stiff card into the gap, that card will be part of the separating plane. If we project on to the normal of that plane (black arrow in picture above), we will see the separation. We know what that plane is because we have two vectors which lie on that plane) One vector is aligned with the edge of blue and the other vector is aligned with the edge of yellow and as we all know the normal to a plane is simply the cross product of two vectors lying on the plane.

So for OOBBs we need to check every combination(9 of them) of cross products of the edges of the two objects to make sure we are not missing any edge-edge separations.

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+1 just for the pictures :P –  GriffinHeart Nov 26 '12 at 19:32

Ken's answer notes:

The 9 axes are made up of cross products of edges of A and edges of B

It's somewhat confusing to refer to the edges, as there are 12 edges compared to 6 normals, when you might as well use the three main normals for the very same output - the edges are all aligned with the normals, so I recommend using them instead!

Also note that normals pointing along the same axis, but in a different direction, are ignored, and thus we're left with three unique axes.

Another thing I'd like to add, is that you can optimize this calculation by exiting early if you find a separating axis, before you calculate all the axes you want to test. So, no, you don't need to test all axes in every case, but you do need to be ready to test them all :)

Here's a complete list of axes to test, given two OBBs, A and B, where x, y and z refer to the basis vectors / three unique normals. 0 = x axis, 1 = y axis, 2 = z axis

  1. a0
  2. a1
  3. a2
  4. b0
  5. b1
  6. b2
  7. cross( a0, b0 )
  8. cross( a0, b1 )
  9. cross( a0, b2 )
  10. cross( a1, b0 )
  11. cross( a1, b1 )
  12. cross( a1, b2 )
  13. cross( a2, b0 )
  14. cross( a2, b1 )
  15. cross( a2, b2 )

There's also a little caveat, that you should be aware of.

The cross product will give you a zero vector {0,0,0} when any two axes between the objects point in the same direction.

Also, since this part was left out, here's my implementation to check whether or not the projection is overlapping. There's probably a better way, but this worked for me! (Using Unity and its C# API)

// aCorn and bCorn are arrays containing all corners (vertices) of the two OBBs
private static bool IntersectsWhenProjected( Vector3[] aCorn, Vector3[] bCorn, Vector3 axis ) {

    // Handles the cross product = {0,0,0} case
    if( axis == Vector3.zero )
        return true;

    float aMin = float.MaxValue;
    float aMax = float.MinValue;
    float bMin = float.MaxValue;
    float bMax = float.MinValue;

    // Define two intervals, a and b. Calculate their min and max values
    for( int i = 0; i < 8; i++ ) {
        float aDist = Vector3.Dot( aCorn[i], axis );
        aMin = ( aDist < aMin ) ? aDist : aMin;
        aMax = ( aDist > aMax ) ? aDist : aMax;
        float bDist = Vector3.Dot( bCorn[i], axis );
        bMin = ( bDist < bMin ) ? bDist : bMin;
        bMax = ( bDist > bMax ) ? bDist : bMax;

    // One-dimensional intersection test between a and b
    float longSpan = Mathf.Max( aMax, bMax ) - Mathf.Min( aMin, bMin );
    float sumSpan = aMax - aMin + bMax - bMin;
    return longSpan < sumSpan; // Change this to <= if you want the case were they are touching but not overlapping, to count as an intersection
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A fake Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game for iOS has managed to piss off a lot of consumers and many are wondering how Apple allowed a game that has been in the App Store system for nearly six weeks to get past its approval process. The bogus game app claims to be an official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game and is the work of a Vietnamese developer known as Dang Van Phuong. The license for the popular franchise is currently held by Nickelodeon, who are working on a brand new animated property to be released in 2013. While it is not know whether this particular developer has a license, judging by the work and the fraud contained within, it’s highly doubtful. The game’s logo is an exact replica of the official Turtles emblem and displayed next to its App Store description.

The $5 app misleads consumers into thinking it is official, but that's not the worst part of it; the game doesn't seem to actually work and borrows art assets from several other classic games such as Contra and Metal Slug.

According to one review of the game, there's no clear way to interact with it. Another review from a distraught grandmother laments purchasing the game for her grandson:

“I bought this game for my grandson, he loves the TMNT!! This game has no directions we can't figure out how to play, or even how to restart the game. There aren't any turtles in the game. A total waste of $5”

Another review offers more details on the horrors of trying to play:

"The character immediately slides off the side of the screen. There seems to be no way to actually interact with the game. And there doesn't seem to be any way to start a new game. The use of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters on the splash screen are almost certainly infringement; the blob that slides off the screen during the actual game isn't identifiable as a turtle. Or much of anything.

Visiting the developer website and the support site both go to the same spammy, Vietnamese-language website selling iPhone and iPod accessories. There doesn't appear to be any actual support. Deleted and requested refund."

Apple has not commented publicly on the game or how it made it on to the app store in the first place. Chances are the game will be pulled sometime today if it hasn't been already.

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I wonder how much effort Apple actually goes through to check these apps out before they are available. I would say very little considering the content of this article, but maybe this is a fluke or something.

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It's not showing on the UK App store anymore.

Re: Teenage Mutant Ninja Fraudsters

One of the primary advantages of having a walled garden, at least from a consumer standpoint, is having minimum levels of software quality and validation.

If stuff like this is making it past, then someone is either completely asleep at the wheel or easily bribed/tricked and the system is not working....

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I bought Uncharted 2: GOTY last month and found that the DLC can only be redeemed on a US account. On the same PS3 I created another user with a US account and downloaded the contents, and it works fine.

But the problem is that the contents are not reflecting in my first profile, which is not a US account.

Can anyone help?

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Could you try to add another account (that doesn't have any Uncharted data saved to it) and see if the DLC works then? –  Mel Boyce Oct 5 '11 at 5:05
Send back your game and buy one from the region in which you live. While games themselves are region-free, the DLC usually isn't. –  YellowMegaMan Oct 5 '11 at 5:50
Oh man, I was thinking about importing the GotY for the DLC myself. This is disappointing to hear. –  FAE Oct 6 '11 at 14:22

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The problem with US DLC not working with a non US game is due to the game TitleID being different. US games have a TitleID starting with BLUS{5 numbers} and EU has BLES{5 numbers}. If you have for instance an EU game it stores gamedata and savegames in a folder starting with BLES00000 for instance. And the DLC will try to install under BLUS00000 so your game cannot see the DLC due to being installed in a different location. There is no way to fix this without getting a copy from the appropriate region. On the spine of the game boxes on the bottom is the TitleID for that copy.

List of most used titleID prefixes: BCUS - sony REGION 1 game BLUS- 3rd party REGION 1 game

BCES - sony REGION 2 or 4 game BLES- 3rd party REGION 2 or 4 game

BCAS - sony REGION 3 game BLAS - sony REGION 3 game

Make sure you get a copy from region 1 if you have US DLC.

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Send back your game and buy one from the region in which you live. While games themselves are region-free, the DLC usually isn't.

However, if you buy a "Game of the Year" edition which contains the DLC on-disc, you should be fine even if the game is imported. The problem arises when you have to purchase/download the DLC from a Playstation Network store that is not your local one.

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The DLC would be linked to the region account it was brought from. From my understanding, if you buy games off the US account and try to play them on your Europe one, it won't let you as it knows that account shouldn't have it, whereas if you buy a game on your Europe/US account, and use that content on the same region account, it works just fine.

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Welcome to Gaming! The best answers here are ones with supporting evidence, ideally with a link to a page that explains in more detail (in this case, maybe something on Sony's site that talks about DLC and region restrictions). If you have such a link, or can find one, that could make this a solid answer. –  Dave DuPlantis Feb 13 '12 at 12:51
That's incorrect. Most DLC on the PS3 can be used by any user on the console it was installed on. The only game I know that restricts DLC to the owning user only is Dungeon Siege III. –  JohnoBoy Feb 13 '12 at 12:54
Yeah, that's true, apart from regional stuff. But like I said, from my understanding of it. –  Kathryn Melluish Feb 16 '12 at 16:51

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I know that there were no other test subjects alive in Portal 2 (excluding the ones in the co-op), but were there other test subjects alive in Portal? You never see them or anything that would suggest their (living) presence in the facility. I would imagine that GLaDOS had other test subjects since GLaDOS had planned to kill you. But is there any proof of other test subjects?

I am not referring to the ones found in co-op in the 1950s cryogenic freezing. I am asking if there are any alive in the more recent Aperture Science testing course excluding the ones from co-op. (directly after GLaDOS had been activated)

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huh? I thought there were other living test subjects in Portal 2, but they're just frozen. –  BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft Nov 7 '11 at 8:25
@BlueRaja LAB RAT suggests that life support in every other stasis chamber was shut down - which explains Wheatley ranting about it when you first meet him. –  doppelgreener Nov 8 '11 at 0:16

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There is no proof that GLaDOS had other living test subjects during Portal's timeframe. In fact, the comic that bridges the two games (Lab Rat) seems to specifically indicate that there weren't any humans alive in the facility except Chell and Doug Rattmann (Rattmann is not/never was a test subject).

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I believe this is the link to the comics, thinkwithportals.com/comic for those who are interested –  Rapida Nov 7 '11 at 5:02
I don't think this is true because Rattmann sets Chell to the top of the testing list so that GLaDOS would test her first and would defeat GLaDOS before too many of the other test subjects died. –  m.n.wiser Nov 11 '11 at 1:47
Chell is in suspended animation in the relaxation vault between that moment and the start of Portal; she was no longer with the other test subjects that were still in storage. I suppose it's possible the other subjects were alive, but my answer still stands in regards to your original question; "...is there any PROOF of other [living] test subjects?": no. –  Nacimota Nov 14 '11 at 16:56

In the original Portal there was a clipboard with a humanoid figure on it (probably representing Chell) and another clipboard with a chicken-like figure on it. It is not clear if this represents a normal chicken or some sort of mutant chicken. However the clipboard implies that this chicken is yet another test subject, albeit not a human test subject.

The Portal Game Wiki mentions this clipboard: http://portalgame.wikia.com/wiki/Chicken

Here is a screenshot of the Chicken subject's clipboard: The clipboard of the failed Chicken test subject in Portal

Here is a screenshot of the Human subject's clipboard: The clipboard of the successful Human test subject in Portal

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can you add a screenshot of this? –  Zommuter Jan 28 '12 at 21:43
Sure I'll fire up Portal tonight and see if I can find it. I seem to remember it being towards the end of the game, after Chell goes behind the facade of the Test Chambers. –  voidstar69 Jan 30 '12 at 14:29
I've posted the screenshots above. This proves that there was at least one other test subject alive in Portal, albeit not human. –  voidstar69 Jan 31 '12 at 12:27
thanks, I wonder: could this also be a Vortigaunt? –  Zommuter Jan 31 '12 at 12:59

There must be hundreds of test subjects during Portal's timeframe because they are present in Portal 2 co-op. I don't think they could have gotten in the AS Vault after the events of Portal.

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I think that Wheatley says that they all died during the initial events of Portal 2 –  Joe the Person Nov 8 '11 at 0:58
Wheatley didn't know about test subjects in the Vault I guess. Anyway, we unlock them in coop which happens after the events of singleplayer campaign. –  Air Nov 9 '11 at 16:01

In Portal Stories, A test subject named Mel and another core defeat a security system (not GLaDOS) that was

trying to kill GLaDOS.

When they defeat it the computer says there were three intelligents in the lab - one of them was GLaDOS. Mel and the Core gave Her a spotting chance to recover. And that was what woke up Chell.

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So I now have a nice collection of monsters, even managed to tame a Behemoth last night g, but I'm curious how the system works.

I know you can use Feral Link to kill monsters and this gives you a better chance of capturing them. "Gotta catch em all!" so once you've got them you can level them up.

The main thing is the Infusion system. I've no idea which monsters are better than others? So far I've stuck with the same ones the whole time and levelled them up, my RAV monster is lv30 something. I notice at these higher levels they get more inherant abilities which you can infuse to other monsters.

Am I right in guessing that you have to level up a low monster, then switch to a higher level one, infuse the lower one into the better on and then go recapture it? So far I've been sorting my monsters using [triangle] and sorting by strength and magic, and just going on which has the best stats.

Any clues would be ace.

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There are many ways to Infuse; one good example would be Chichu. You can make this monster into a really powerful COM monster. You can also power up Chocobos so you win more racing matches.

Here are 2 videos for the two examples above:

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Galactic Readiness earned during multiplayer apparently decays at 3% per day. Does the readiness earned using the Mass Effect 3 Datapad app also decay? I haven't noticed any decay in the 3 days I've been using it, but the decay might be very small or take longer to kick in.

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Galactic Readiness decays proportionally to the speed at which it was earned.

Readiness earned while in the ME3 Datapad iOS app is accrued slowly - fractions of a percentage per hour (depending on upgrades) and will expire at even smaller fractions of a percentage per hour.

Contrast this with readiness earned during multiplayer missions which can be accrued at several percentage points in a matter of minutes and will therefore expire at a much higher rate.

I believe this accounts for the different experiences of Galactic Readiness decay: hardcore multiplayer gamers will report a loss of 6% daily whereas those who play multiplayer little to none and rely on iOS apps to boost readiness will lose 3% or even 1% daily.

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After setting my readiness to 100% and then checking the App again 2 hours later, readiness had fallen to 99.96%.

Extrapolating from that, decay would be roughly 1% every 6 hours.

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Wait, how did you go from 0.02% decay per hour in a 2 hour period to 0,1(6)% decay per hour in a 6 hour period? –  kotekzot Apr 5 '12 at 10:30

Actually, it decreases about 1% every 24 hours normally, but if you use datapad it is about 1% every 2 hours. I suppose this is the game makers way of keeping you using the app. And while I love it, it is a tad ridiculous...

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As murgatroid99 said, it does decay. However, the lower your readiness, the slower your decay. So you're likely just not noticing it yet. But once you break even 75% it will become noticeable.

Also, not checking fleet progress as often seems to slow the decay down.

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I definitely noticed Galactic Readiness decay on the days that I only used the datapad, so yes, it does decay. I am pretty sure there is no difference between Datapad readiness and readiness from other sources. You should be able to see the decay better within the datapad app because it shows readiness to .01%.

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Which benefits may apply for people for being members of guilds?

I Know that there is a "Guild Influence" system but I'm not sure how it works.

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Guild Rewards:

Members earn influence for the guild that they represent by being present and participating in activities. The more members that participate together, the faster the guild gains influence, which can be used to purchase upgrades for the guild in four categories:

  1. Architecture : Purchase shared storage and increase the number of upgrades the guild can work on at once.
  2. Art of War : Buffs used in WvW
  3. Economy:Buffs to increase members ability to earn karma, find magic items, or gather materials.
  4. Politics : Emblems, influence buffs, guild armor, and party items

You are able to join multiple guilds in the game, without having to leave your current guild. This is done through representation; representing is required in order to see your guilds chat, perks and bank. When you represent a guild, all of your activities that grant Influence will be awarded to the represented guild. When you start a new character, represent a guild because if you do not, you will not gain the benefits of representation (chat, bank, perks, etc.)

World Vs World:

Guilds participating in World versus World can claim objectives, display their banner over these locations, and benefit from bonuses purchased using influence.

Influence System:

Influence is the currency that guilds spend to purchase boons and other guild-wide upgrades. Influence is earned by participating in events, pvp, or solo content while representing a guild. Coin may also be exchanged for influence at the Guild Promoter.

However, Influence is accrued and spent separately by the guild members on each world. For example, a guild with players in Maguuma, Blacktide, and Riverside will have three different pools of Influence and three different build queues, one for each world.

Influence Gain in Numbers:

Attendance: The game checks once every 24 hours for members who have logged on and represented the guild during the previous 24 hours.

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enter image description here5 per each additional member.

Participation: These amounts increase depending on the number of guild members in the same party.

Events: enter image description here2 /person for solo.

PvP Victories : enter image description here 5/person

Dungeon Completion : enter image description here 10/Person for Individuals and enter image description here for completion by a guild party

Buying Influence: You can buy influence with coin at a Guild Promoter at a rate of 20 per point in the following increments.

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Influence Usage:

Influence can be spent in the guild panel in four categories: Architecture, The Art of War, Economy, and Politics. If a guild member cancels an upgrade currently in the queue, the influence is refunded to the guild. However, if influence has been spent in order to reduce the build time of an upgrade, this influence is NOT refunded.

For More on influence, check : Wiki Influence Page

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Legend of the Dragon

Written by Sean Colleli on 6/20/2007 for Wii

The Wii isn’t exactly overflowing with fighting games right now, but it’s seen a couple promising titles with Dragon Ball Z and Mortal Kombat Armageddon. Game Factory has added another entry to the genre, with a licensed game based off of the animated show Legend of the Dragon. The one-on-one fighter replicates the animated look of the show and has all the basic fighter mechanics, but isn’t really remarkable in any other way.
Legend of the Dragon works a lot like most other fighters you’ve probably played. You choose from a number of characters from the show, and face off against an opponent using various attacks and combos. A and B are the only attack buttons, which is rather limiting for a fighter; Z and C on the Nunchuk are used to strafe back and forth, which are functions better suited to the control stick. The number of combos is sufficient, but could have been richer with a better control layout.
Z and C are also used to activate the game’s main special feature, the transformation powers of each character. When their Zen bar is high enough each character can morph into a spirit-powered alter ego. The Zen bar has enough power after only a few successful attacks, which is good because that means both fighters are usually evenly matched. In other words, a non-transformed fighter stands little chance against the super attacks of a morphed fighter, which sometimes unbalances the combat.
Once morphed, both fighters have access to super moves, which are activated with D-pad combos. These feel less like true techniques and more like minigames, because they switch the controls over to Wii remote gestures. These minigames involve following onscreen movements to repel or execute an attack, or swinging the remote and Nunchuk in a cliché power-blast face-off seen in so many animes. The only other move that uses the motion control is the grab, which is slow and difficult to execute.
The attacks, super or otherwise, are mostly the same for all characters, which makes the fighters seem even more uniform. The individual characters, based off of the TV show, have different fighting styles but their combos and attack power have very little variety. Thus, there really isn’t a whole lot of thought in choosing a fighter and playing them against the abilities of the others. This is ultimately what robs Legend of the Dragon of a fighting game’s most crucial element—strategy between the different character types. These stale and monotone gameplay mechanics hinder almost every aspect of the game.
There are several modes to choose from, both single and multiplayer. Quest mode is a simple story based succession of fights that play out across a map, and is playable as one of two main characters. The battles get progressively harder as you move further into the quest, but because there is little opportunity for strategy, sometimes sheer luck wins them. I quickly grew frustrated after losing fights that were stacked against my character, unless I did precisely what the game wanted, which wasn’t very clear most of the time. If I found the battles annoying, I think the TV show’s younger fans will have even less patience.
There are also the standard quick play, practice and vs. modes, all which suffer from the same mediocre mechanics. I played a few rounds of multiplayer with a friend, and while it was entertaining for a while, there really wasn’t much to keep us interested. Throwing the special attacks back and forth got old when we realized there wasn’t much to it—there wasn’t the satisfaction of pulling off a really awesome combo or getting a surprise ring-out.
The production values didn’t do much to enhance the experience. The graphics are cel-shaded to emulate the look of the show, but the polygon counts are pretty low for a Wii title and most of the textures are very muddy. The arenas have the same cardboard-cutout appearance as the characters, and while there is some destructible scenery to liven up the fights, there isn’t much more to give the arenas personality. The problem again is a serious lack of variety, and in the end it doesn’t matter much where you choose to do battle.
The music is all pretty generic and Asian/anime themed and I never felt that it added a whole lot to the mood. There were times that I wanted an amped-up soundtrack to accompany a lively multiplayer fight, but the same few bland tunes kept looping in the background. The voice work was also very disappointing. Most of the voiceovers were typical grunts and shouts, but there was so much repetition that it just got annoying. The voices themselves sounded weak and uncomfortable; the barely audible taunts and creepy snickers uttered by the characters were unprofessional to say the least. I seriously doubt any of the TV show talent signed for the game.
At the start of the GameCube’s life, Legend of the Dragon might have been a passable fighting game, but one generation later it just doesn’t hold up to the other titles on the market. The game isn’t terrible or non-functional, but most everything about it has been done much better. Although it runs at a budget price, I can’t recommend a purchase, even for fans of the show. A quick rent might suffice, but this game won’t keep you entertained very long.
Game Factory could’ve gotten more use out of the Legend of the Dragon License. This game isn’t buggy or glitchy, but it’s about as mediocre as a fighting game can get. The use of the Wii remote feels canned, the production values are pretty low and there isn’t much variety to keep things interesting. Give it a rent, maybe.

Rating: 4.5 Heavily Flawed

* The product in this article was sent to us by the developer/company for review.

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Sean Colleli has been gaming off and on since he was about two, although there have been considerable gaps in the time since. He cut his gaming teeth on the “one stick, one button” pad of the Atari 800, taking it to the pirates in Star Raiders before space shooter games were cool. Sean’s Doom addiction came around the same time as fourth grade, but scared him too much to become a serious player until at least sixth grade. It was then that GoldenEye 007 and the N64 swept him off his feet, and he’s been hardcore ever since.

Currently Sean enjoys a good shooter, but is far more interested in solid adventure titles like The Legend of Zelda or the beautiful Prince of Persia trilogy, and he holds the Metroid series as a personal favorite. Sean prefers deep, profound characters like Deus Ex’s JC Denton, or ones that break clichés like Samus Aran, over one dimensional heroes such as the vacuous Master Chief. Sean will game on any platform but he has a fondness for Nintendo, Sega and their franchises. He has also become a portable buff in recent years. Sean’s other hobbies include classic science fiction such as Asimov and P.K. Dick, and Sean regularly writes down his own fiction and aimless ramblings. He practices Aikido and has a BA in English from the Ohio State University. He is in his mid twenties. View Profile

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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Happy Birthday Joe! We love you.

We love you today. We are glad that we have had you for 34 years. (Well, actually I've only had you for 30 years. I haven't actually known anything else except having you.) We hope that you have had a great day. Blessings on you this year.
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A Happy Birthday from all of us

Monday, December 25, 2006

Merry Christmas

I am sitting at Mom's new iMac, looking out over the lake and enjoying the quiet of a fairly slow Christmas. Whenever I am in the north woods, things seem to slow down. It is a good feeling.

We got here on Saturday afternoon. It always takes me a few days to decompress. We went to church yesterday morning, which is always a struggle with the boys. We spent most of the service in the narthex with Matty. This morning we opened our stockings with Mom and the boys. We will wait to open the rest of our gifts until Tricia, Alex and Davy arriver later this afternoon.

We all took a walk along the beach. It is so pretty here, mild temperatures and beautiful views. Then we came back and built a fire on the beach. Caleb and I sat out by it for quite a long time. We hope that God is slowing each of you down today. We hope that you are spending time with family and friends. We hope that all of you encounter Jesus today. Merry Christmas.

Friday, December 22, 2006

Pray for us, Saint Christopher

Whether you are Catholic or not, sometimes you need a little help from your friends. Saint Christopher is the patron saint of travelers and hopefully he is praying for us (and Tricia and Alex and everyone else who is traveling) this weekend. Tonight we begin the 11 hour trek to Alpena. We are super excited to be with Mom and eventually Tricia, Alex and Davy. The boys have been counting down the days for this trip since Thanksgiving. We'll drive about three hours tonight to Wausau, Wisconsin. We have a room at a hotel with a pool. Remember all of the fun memories of your family sleeping all together in the hotel room on trips. I always got to sleep with Joe. He said that I farted in my sleep, a fact that I still dispute (and one that Amanda could varify.) We are looking forward to making some memories. We have Joni's laptop and are going to fire up some movies along the way. Can't wait. Safe travels to all

The Prayer to Saint Christopher
Dear Saint, you have inherited a beautiful name - Christbearer - as a result of a wonderful legend that while carrying people across a raging stream you also carried the Child Jesus. Teach us to be true Christbearers to those who do not know him. Protect all drivers who often transports those who bear Christ within them. Amen.

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Gammons Family Reunion

Since we won't all be together this Christmas, I have taken some artistic liberties with this picture. It is not my best Gimp (an open soure photo shop program) work. You'll have to imagine that Ben is Matty in this picture. Its not a big stretch. I hope you all like it though. We will definitely miss the FL Gammons in Alpena. I am looking very forward to seeing the PA Falders and mom. It is snowing in MN right now. I hope that the roads will be somewhat clear for our trip. I hope everyone has a great weekend.

Ryan Adams--Heartbreaker

What a great Christmas so far! We have been celebrating all week: Sunday at Shirley's, Monday at Dave and Joni's and last night with a box from Gregg and Allison. We draw names with Amanda's family and this year Allison got me. She got me some of my favorite candy and an iTunes card--both HUGE scores. Thanks again Allison. Strangely enough, these will be some of my first purchases from iTunes. I have almost my whole 30G iPod full and I have only purchased a few tracks on-line. All of my music and video is either from CDs or for free from the Internet (legally.)

The first thing I bought when I got to work this morning was Ryan Adams' Heartbreaker. It is Adam's debut album, produced with Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. Many of his other albums are more alt country, maybe even alternative. This one is a great bluesy, twangy, album. He even duets with Emmylou Harris on a beautiful "Oh, My Sweet Carolina." Another one of my favorite tracks is "To be young (Is to be sad, Is to be high)." If that isn't the lament of a 20-something, I don't know. If you're looking for a great album to pick up with your Amazon gift certificate, your new iTunes card, or the extra cash you have from Christmas (yeah, right), this should definitely be on your list.

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Away in a Manger

Every night before the boys go to bed we do some sort of devotions. Lately we have been reading this book about Christmas carols. (This would be a great book to buy for kids or grandkids.) It tells the story of the Christmas carol, has a verse of scripture, and then we sing the song. Of course the boys don't know the songs yet, so it is usually a solo. We finished the book the other night though. So last night we just went through and sang some that they knew. They have learned a lot of them from listening to Christmas music on the radio.

This morning I had the boys sing one of their favorites. Caleb is kind of leading on this one, but you can hear Ben here and there. Enjoy and thanks for reading and listening.

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Ben and Caleb sing

Monday, December 18, 2006

Who do you want to be? Who is it that when you look at him or her you think, I would like to be more like that? These are telling questions. As I watch our little boys begin to answer them, it affects who I am, how I seek to love them and how I work to shape them.

As with most little boys, their answer to these questions is often "my dad." This is a lot of fun for me. It is also at times very scary. If my little boys want to be like me, I better make sure that I am being the type of person that I would want them to be like. More often than not I fall way short of this.

Back to the boys, for Christmas Shube (Amanda's mom) got them each a robe. They had asked her for these, in part because every morning they see me in by bath robe and in part because all of the Star Wars jedis wear "bath robes" too. Ben was very excited about this. He kept talking about wanting to put it on first thing in the morning. When we went downstairs to check on him before we bedded down ourselves, he had taken off his pj's and was sleeping in just his robe and undies. Every day is an adventure with these three crazies. We thank God for them often.

Friday, December 15, 2006

Happy Birthday Joe

So, I tried to get the boys to sing a song last night so that I could put it up here. I started recording and they started singing Happy Birthday. I don't think they had decided to whom they were singing. You'll here that when they get to that spot. Knowing somehow though that Joey was the next person in our family to have a birthday, they went with him. Happy Birthday, Joe. Even if it is 12 days early. Maybe we'll celebrate the 12 days of Joe! We love you. Enjoy!

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A great rendition of a classic, especially for Uncle Joe

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Audio Blog Test

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This is only a test.

Spiderman, Darth Vader and Captain Poop-in-his-pants

Last night we were playing in the basement. Caleb had donned his Darth Vader suit and light saber (red plastic spatula), Ben was climbing the stairs playing Spiderman. Then I smelled a terrible smell. Sure enough, it was the infamous Captain Poop-in-his-pants. When Matty does it, he really does it.

Monday, December 11, 2006

Things that should be on your Christmas list this year

I thought I would give out some unsolicited opinions on things that I think should be on everyone's Christmas list this year.

1) iPod
I received my iPod in February as a very welcome Valentine's gift from Amanda. It has been a HUGE addition to my life. The question you might have is, "Which iPod do I get?" A good question, but the answer is pretty obvious. Unless you are looking to use it only for running or working out, the 30G iPod with video is your choice. At $250 its a lot, but I think it is worth it. Another option might be the new iPod shuffle. For only $79 you can get an iPod that holds around 240 songs. Its so small though and no screen. It sure looks cool though.

2) Paste magazine
Paste has been coming to my door now for a few years. I first found out about it at Calvin College. It is a great periodical about music, film and culture. They look into areas that many other publications don't. My favorite part about it is that every issue comes with a sampler CD with about 20 new tracks of music. They even did a sampler DVD for a while. Its a great way to stay up on what's happening in the world of the arts.

3) The Lives of Rocks by Rick Bass
Check out Tricia's post about one of our favorite authors.

4) Andy Catlett: Early Travels by Wendell Berry
This is the newest book in a series about the fictitious town of Port William and its "membership". These are the books that make me want to move back to Alpena, buy a farm, live near family and love people. Berry will challenge your thinking about God, America, technology, and "making something of yourself."

5) Stormy Kromer cap
Straight from the UP, this is the cap that keeps my evermore balding head warm in the north woods of Minnesota. I first saw it on "Made in America" on the Travel Channel. It is a great choice to stay warm, while still being cool. There's also an Ida Kromer cap for women. Don't tell Amanda, but she will be joining the crowd this Christmas.

6) Time with people you love
The most important gift that you can give yourself this Christmas is to spend time with people that you love. That is what I am planning on doing. We start our Christmas off next week. I'm looking forward to giving a little love--and possibly receiving some too.

Thursday, December 7, 2006

What are some of your best Christmas memories? What are the times that when you think of them they warm your heart?

For me, most of these center around two things: family and church. Christmas at the Gammons' house always meant being at our house for Christmas day. I remember the time that the Christmas light got to close to the couch and burned a large hole (Tricia reference this a few days ago.) I remember going over to Dad's terminal to start up all of the trucks and use the blowtorch to deice something or other. I remember going to Grandma and Grandpa's. I remember their porcelain Christmas tree with mini presents on it. I remember this always being a happy time at our house.

I remember going over to Shorty (that was really a dude's name) and Doris Turnbull's house for their annual Christmas party. Joe and I would be banished to the den while the adults talked. I remember singing Christmas carols at Church. I remember the candle light services at Ripley Blvd. Baptist Church, holding hands in a circle around the church. I remember singing in cantatas with Dad in his white shirt and tie.

I hope that our boys will grow up with memories like these. Christmas is hard though. It feels so busy and less than holy. I long for days of quiet and times of contemplation. Thanks for reading.

I think that this will be one of the pictures that Ben and Caleb look back on in the photo album when their my age. They both look so funny. Caleb looks like he's 16 with his long hair.

Wednesday, December 6, 2006

The Domestic Goddess

I brought Bill, my friend from work, a bunch of cookies this morning that Amanda had made yesterday. They are my favorite: oatmeal, peanut butter and chocolate chip. When he saw them he exclaimed, "Your wife is a goddess." He's right on that one.

Every night when I get home from work, after Amanda has spent all day "crazy wrangling", she has dinner on the stove ready to roll. And after her four month apprenticeship at Chateau Shube (her mom's house), she turns out some real winners. Last night she had one of my favorites-kielbasa and potatoes, mmmmm! Amanda is a very smart, employable woman. She could definitely double my money making potential. Instead, she chooses to stay home with the three most important people in our lives. Most days she loves it and wouldn't want to be doing anything else. I love her for choosing that over a new sweater from the Gap every month and a Carribou every other day. Thank you, Amanda. We love you.

Monday, December 4, 2006

Drewski Magrewski

Today we celebrate with the FL Gammonses our favorite nephew, Andrew Donald. I still smile when I think of the fun that we had at Tante Tricia's house. We love you and hope that you have an awesome birthday. We wish we could see you today and wrestle you to the ground and kiss your sweet face. For Joe and Carrie, what would the last two years have been like without him? Thanks for bringing this sweet little boy into our lives. We love all three of you.
Love, aabcm

Lately, I have done a lot of thinking about my dad. He died more than eleven years ago. I don't think about how much I miss him or even about memories that I have of him. Lately, my thoughts are about how much I am becoming him. As I look down at myself this morning and see a pair of brown shoes, khaki pants, a button down shirt, and a stomach that is beginning to protrude, I see him. Often, when I am getting dressed in the morning or when I think about my clothes, I think of him. I think of how we would go to Hudson's to shop for school clothes. Mom would take Joe to the Genera section and Dad and I would head off to the Boundary Waters department. We would buy khakis, jeans, sweaters and button-down shirts. I think I probably just wanted to be like my dad.

I think about dad too when I love my boys and and sometimes when I don't love them very well. I think about how difficult it must have been to be away from us as much as he was. I think about what he felt when he made the decisions he made. I think about the decisions that I am making. I think about what it means to provide for my family. I think about what it means to discipline my boys and how to love them best. Sometimes I think about what he must have felt as he held me or my brother and sister in his arms; what it must have been like to watch us grow up.

Mom always said very cliché things about how I wouldn't understand my parents until I was a parent myself. I don't think this is completely true but there is some perspective that having four people in my life that I am accountable for and that need me brings.

As I grow and work at being a better father and husband, I keep the success and failures of my father at the forefront of my mind. I also try and believe that life is not graded on a curve. The goal of my life is not to simply not make the mistakes my father did or to achieve the successes my father did. There is a higher standard: one of which I always fall short.

Friday, December 1, 2006

I Love MWS

It was my junior year at Taylor. We were sleeping in the entry way to the student union. Just for fun, we decided we would be first in line for tickets to Michael W. Smith's concert at TU. Its not that we listened to him (all of us had grown up listening to him) it was more a mockery. At 4:30 am we were joined by a serious fan with similar thoughts. The night of the show, we lined the front row in the chapel to watch MWS croon through such hits as Rockettown, Love Crusade, and of course we all cried through A Friend's a Friend Forever.

All this as an intro to our plans for tomorrow night. Amanda and I were very generously given some free tickets to MWS's Christmas show. Amanda is really looking forward to it. I think it will also be fun too. We don't get too many nights out alone and I really do love Christmas music. I think he is going to have a choir and the whole works. This is what happens when you can no longer sing songs about teenage themes. You hit the road for the Christmas tour.


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