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[thoughts-become-reality]

[perfectfangirl]

i'll overanalyze anything, like if you were to give me a crumb from the fallout show, like a line someone said or something shown in passing, i'll give you a whole paragraph, it's so much fun glgdkg

[mohgreal]

in honor of my "Mohg dosen't have to be inlove with Miquella" post being agreed with i also want to say that i think both Morgott and Mohg have the child neglect and being hated aspect are also important to their arcs;

Both of them, as you already know get thrown into the sewers, so both of them have a trauma bond since birth. they both learn to survive, and they both learn that both of them are hated for being omens. which is something neither of them can control. they live with the fact that their mother, marika, is also a God. the one God that built the lands between hates them, and their kind.

Morgott from that, learns that marika, the golden order are right, and that hes the issue. he hates himself, he protects the Erdtree until he dies, and kills tarnished, just like how he thinks the greater will would want. marika hates omens, and anyone she deems imperfect is banished or killed. but Morgott still wants to serve her/the golden order and does exactly that, his entire life. the golden order lets him die human, because what he does is human. his self hatred is human.

Morgott's design reflects that too, and i don't just mean that visually. He wears rags, further showing that he may still see himself as a prisoner, and his boss design, his attacks are gold. only golden order loyalists have the transparent yellow attacks.

Mohg, on the other hand, says "fuck the golden order lmao" and then the moment he gets out of the sewers, he creates a whole ass cult, which is also underground, may i mention. its hidden, so no one can disturb him. so no one can kill him, ever again. in the sewers (likely) the formless mother gives him, i assume, blood powers, or at the very least gives much stronger blood powers since blood is broken asf.

He dosen't hate himself like Morgott, but it clearly affects him because it affects his failure. He probably held strict rules in order to mantain the dynasty, hence why there's so many of his dead servant's bodies everywhere.

Mohg give's the Mohgwyn dynasty followers his blood, his power. Would also be a fun headcanon if he somehow got Varre/someone who knows how to sew to make the elegant outfits. Mohg values the past, he even learn latin, however, I imagine why isn't just because he's "ohhh in my days.." but because before marika, there were dragons. Dragons never shunned anybody from what we know. People like the crucible knights were even seen as *holy*.

The way he treats his dynasty with "love & affection" according to Varre makes me think he still has a complex to be loved back like Morgott. I think love is a vague word, and it can cover many things, but Varre says that the two fingers hold "no love for the tarnished" while lord Mohg does. This makes me think that, Mohg holds love for everyone in a way Miquella may have. That he dosen't care who they are as long as they serve him/love him back.

[inkedswordd]

Some women are just born to be daughters. They repay their mother's sacrifices with their whole lives. They are the compromise, they are the patience and they are the caretakers. They are their mother's mother. They drink poison everyday and become immune to it. They are not allowed to be wives, sisters, friends or even a person. They are a daughter. That is their sole role. They do not dream of a future because they are not allowed to, because their future is caregiving. The therapist for everyone, everyone's mother, nobody's daughter. They are a pretty trophy, praised for their resilience and hard work. But has anyone ever asked them if they had wanted this role? Has anyone ever asked them of their dreams? What they could've been had they not been shackled to their responsibilities? Had they been allowed to live as them and not a mother or a daughter?

-inkedSword

[aquanaax]

I am truly glad to meet you in this lifetime and don't regret a moment spent with you, every glance upon your, your pretty amber eyes and striking smile lines,You truly are one special soul. I'm forever entangled in the thoughts of you and you only. You my love is absolute, nothing comes close and never will allow anything to be near.

You never regret a moment, you miss what once was which will never be again and that brings the bittersweet tanginess which we mistake for everything but love itself. Your love for me is justified, my soul is no stranger to your thoughts. They are entangled in my psyche forever translating into words of wisdom so clear, crystals shine when they are uttered into the abyss of divinity. You speak the language of honey and sugar, the sweet nectar of life forming pearls of everlasting joy. My amber coloured eyes match your emerald jewels, my smile lines strike upon your sight. However there is nothing special about my soul rather it is you. You are the sun, nothing can come near you but your light shall shine and when the world settles in dark unending darkness, no shadows will exist only empty souls will roam around, only on your rising the world will glow with hope in their despair. This lifetime is just another one of many others but what about the after? After the end of time, after infinity, after life beyond the understanding of any kind, there lies a destiny for you to find.

[tech-obssessed-shark]

BREAKDOWN TRANSFORMERS PRIME

Rant about Breakdown MY BELOVED

Breakdown didn’t deserve what happened to him. While he appears to just be some guy who likes breaking stuff, HE’S MORE- He’s shown multiple times to care about others, including Vehicons who are mostly forgotten by both Decepticons and Autobots. When Fowler pretends to be a Vehicon reporting in, he adds “I know it’s thankless down there, keep up the good work-” compared to Megatron THROWING A GUY OFF THE SHIP- Not to mention he’s a medical assistant, which proves he is much more than a destroyer. When Breakdown was captured by Mech and escaped with the help of Bulkhead, Starscream then ordered him to DESTROY Bulkhead. Breakdown hesitates, which shows how he CAN change, and go against the orders of the Deceptions. Most of the time after that he’s just trying to do whatever job he’s given. Either Artifact Retrieval or assisting Knockout, he bounces back from being ripped open. When Breakdown FRIGGIN DIES- Knockout was even shown to be sad and grief over him multiple times. Knockout asks to rip Silas apart, and when questioned- He just replies that it’s “What Breakdown would have wanted”- When Starscream and Knockout think they’re going to die, Knockout comments that “You’re no Breakdown, but I’ve always admired your finish” liKE BRO THEY REALLY BURIED THEIR GAY(S) THERE ;-; ANYWAYS- The way Breakdown was specifically killed and then killed again stuck with me. Bro died TWICE- and didn’t even deserve it the first time. To summarize: 1: He tries to kill Arachnid and is in response dismembered and decapitated. If he was a human this would be rated R. THEN HIS BODY IS FOUND BY THE PEOPLE WHO EXPERIMENTED ON HIM AND TOOK HIS EYE. They use his BODY AS A IRON MAN SUIT and PUT THE GUY WHO TORTURED BREAKDOWN IN IT- no this is not the end. 2:His body is resurrected as this zombie-like energon feeder due to Dark Energon. The person who kills him in the end in none other than ARACHNID- SHE KILLS HIM TWICE I-

Yeah so he did nothing to deserve any of that. Not even Megatron got an ending that was gruesome. If Knockout survived and became an Autobot, so could’ve BREAKDOWN- crying sobbing, the end.

[ineverbelongedhere]

I definitely didn't need another vice

🗒️Kiss thief / LJ Shen

[lordedlady]

HOT TAKE!

does anyone main portia? by that i mean : think portia is their favourite *LOVE INTEREST*.

not favourite character, favourite TO DATE/FLIRT WITH/MARRY POTENTIALLY (??)

'cus, dont get me wrong, portia is an absolute gem in other routes... but that' s the thing.

in other routes.

i haven't currently met anyone who likes portia's route as their best, or even top 3. personally, the route isn't ALL bad, its cute, quirky and it's not too out of character.

however, it feels less like a romance and more like a platonic. sure, they get together in the end -- but it doesn't really feel all too established, aka i feel like the route is rushed.

i feel the same for muriels and a little for lucio's as well, though i think that (COUGH COUGH dorian COUGHGHG) did portia the most dirty, which is a shame, cus i definitely would've loved her if they established a bit more of her personality, and less on tasya.

cus while the plot is important, we haven't really seen anything like it in other routes (where the M3 where the same), and this caused alot more building to be on plot than a romance option

... which could've been EASILY fixed if her route was as long as the M3 (asra, for example)

LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK 🤍

i'd love to hear ur opinion, darlings!

xoxo,

lordedlady

[anxiouslyindecisive]

[arabia-taj]

Hear me out~

Somebody puts an effort to stay with you. Somebody puts in an effort to buy a gift for you. Somebody makes a 'hand-made' gift for you. Somebody puts an effort to call you & rant about their life. Somebody puts an effort just to be around you. Somebody puts an effort to make you happy. Somebody puts in an effort to make time for you and do something good for you. Somebody puts an effort to talk to you. Somebody puts an effort to make something for you. Somebody puts an effort to cook for you. Somebody puts an effort to go out with you.

Somebody puts in efforts. And no, I'm never going to joke about it. And you shouldn't either. There's nothing to joke about when somebody puts in efforts for you.

Somebody's doing something good for you? Cherish it. Appreciate it. Be thankful for it. Keep it with you as a memory of them when they aren't around. Keep it with you so that when you get older, you go through your memory and you remember the good times. Life sure is rough and tough but these are the things which make it easier. Got that? <3

You gotta appreciate your mom waking up and cooking every morning so that no one stays hungry and she packs lunch for you. You gotta be kind towards your dad who's been working all day and nobody asks him how his day has been.. (please go ask him).... They put in efforts for you so that you stay happy which makes them happy. Appreciate them and please be kind towards people. Especially your mom and dad <3

[easternmind]

Last year in classic games

For motives I cannot expand on with much glee, I found a little more time than usual this year to reduce my seemingly endless backlog of classics. Despite all the fine new releases 2023 has greeted us with, I was able to finally dive into this eclectic handful of games I gathered over time. It is perhaps no coincidence that I reached out for more direct game experiences than story-driven ones. I find myself increasingly drawn to games designs that are mindful of the player's time as a commodity not to be carelessly squandered.

One note, if I may: I would like to inspire my readers to progressively discard the use of the word retro this year. We are all of advancing years and wisdom, I trust. The introduction of the term retro to the videogame vernacular was a gross mistake furthering the abhorrent notion that games were as ephemeral in their nature as fashion. It is a purely commercial designation by which to profitably repackage old software as a category of its own, originating from the same minds that considered games as mere novelty trinkets of limited marketable lifespan.

It is up to the player to individually decide on an older game's appeal, whether they may be discovering it for the first time or revisiting it for the umpteenth one. This is not only an appeal for those of you who write about games in any capacity, rather to anyone who takes videogames as a serious interest and communicates with others about this the object of their predilection. Thank you.

This loose cart came with a Famicom bundle auction I won in 2009, if memory serves. I turned on the Famicom and tested it merely to verify if it was still in working condition and found myself engrossed in that trademark Pajitnov/Pokhilko elegant approach to game design. As per the cassette's label, Hatris was originally a concept developed in collaboration with ParaGraph, a Russian studio that went on to develop specialized professional software, a year before the Bullet-Proof Software licensing deal. They produced a few games in the turn of the decade that were rather unusual and, some would say, even visionary. I recommend that you look up their story, if you're curious.

The only entry from the group that isn't of Japanese provenance - though it is a Japanese edition - I played it for purely nostalgic motives, perhaps a yearning for a certain pixel, palette and parallax that resoundingly evoke a time I was fortunate enough to experience, first-hand. If I may be honest, I purchased the game for the visual value of its unique cover art, which I deem superior to the US edition's. In saying that, I must highlight that the original Amiga game box art was quite accomplished.

In the Summer of 93 while on holiday at the beach, there was a French Nintendo magazine for sale whose purchase I could not resist. It was very common to find Spanish, English and French publications at the time in Portugal. This edition had a striking four page preview of this Jaleco gem, Ikari no Yōsai, or Operation Logic Bomb as it was named in the West. For years I searched the PAL version in vain, then ultimately decided to import it on account of - you'd never guess! - the superior box art. Playing it this year at long last, I was instantly reminded of an old Game Boy favourite, Fortified Zone, which I now know to be its prequel. Most top-down shooters are best played in co-op. Ikari no Yōsai is strictly and single-player affair and not once did I miss the absence of a friendly companion.

Keio Flying Squadron 2 first came to my attention via an infamous Saturn demo disc, which came into my hands through circumstances I have since forgotten about. I use the word infamous because the entire game code was available in the disc and the level select cheat code enabled me to unscrupulously play the entirety of the game for no additional expense - at only the cost of missing out on the colourful Studio Pierrot anime FMV interludes.

Having played the sequel first, I was somewhat disenchanted to learn the original game did not feature any platforming segments, it being a pure scrolling shooter in the same whimsical vein as Parodius or, say, an AirZonk. Still, a jolly good time with the old three buttons.

For reasons that will not be immediately apparent to younger reading audiences, I pride myself in having completed most Shinobi games, The Revenge Of and GG being my preferred ones. Shin Shinobi Den, or Shinobi X in Europe, was a game not readily available from my usual game dealers. I eventually borrowed the PAL version once, though not nearly long enough to master it. I finally saw it through this year, mere days before SEGA announced a new episode. While the live action clips looked a tad maladroit in the 1990s, they came to acquire that nice patina I now look for in classic games.

Omega Force was known to take the sporadic breather from producing some of KOEI's most cherished and profitable series. I distinctly remember enjoying Destrega quite a bit in its day, a game quite unlike any other. What their 1998 Enigma lacks in consistency and originality, it more than amply makes up for with its own bizarre concepts, extravagant characters and unexpected genre fusions. Of all the titles in this post, this was the one whose pace felt the most sluggish, and needlessly so.

Microsoft Game Studio Japan release schedule plans were not at all kind on this, their first production, Magatama. Earlier this year I praised this era for its highly inspired H&S action adventure titles and even spent a few days delighting myself with the likes of Blood Will Tell, Nightshade, Bujingai, or Chaos Legion. This most unusual creation, developed by the aptly-named Team Breakout - a group composed of many talented ex-Square employees - is one among the finest of the era. Sadly, it did not do enough to persuade players at the time that it was a better purchase than Otogi or its sequel. Playing it with my mind and heart set back in time to 2003, I can say that this misguided consideration may not have withstood a second thought.

I've long wanted to write an extensive article on Japanese firefighting games. In fact, I have the structure laid out for a Japanofiles entry gathering moss in my Tumblr drafts for over a decade now. For a brief period this year I convinced myself I could finally fulfil this aspiration and resumed Sakurazaka Shouboutai as research. Developed by Racdym - later Racjin - for Irem, it is every bit as good as Firefighter F.D.18 or Hard Luck, and in many ways more inventive from a conceptual standpoint. While Konami and Spike found a way to have their games released in the west, Sakurazaka's poor regional sales performance clearly accounts for Irem's reluctance to bear the cost of an overseas ticket.

[object-show-rcs]

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[belorussiandino]

i did fing

[mohgreal]

personally, i dont think Mohg is "into" Miquella. hear me out;

in order to become Elden lord or whatever ruler you need a consort. and Mohg's main goal is to, from what i can see, become a lord of blood of sorts. i mean its in his title. Mohg, lord of blood. Us tarnished, the player, in all ending not including age of stars and frenzied flame, we marry marika. (somehow.) so in order for Mohg to become a real lord of blood he would need a consort, and the only ones who can do that need to be a gods of sorts. Which means, Marika or the Empyreans. However,

Marika is held captive by the golden order, crucifed. And, Mohg probably couldn't get that far. So then we have empyreans. He cant have Malenia because she dosen't want to become a god of rod and represses it, and Ranni commit self delete and not many people in the lands between know that she has a doll body. (Rennala dosent.)

Which leaves Miquella, who is trying to become a god. He's trying to bring in a new age, and in order for that he would need to become a god. So he's the best option.

Now, i think alot of people think Mohg is "into" Miquella because of the things he says, and for one, Mohg grew up in the damn sewers. You really think he knows how romance works? Anyway, first of all, he leans his head against Miquella's dead hand in the cutscene, though this dosen't have to romantic/sexual. Then he calls him dearest, which again, dosen't have to be sexual since Malenia and others call him it.

Then you have his dying line which is- "Miquella is mine and mine alone." Which i see more as Mohg seeing Miquella as a possession way; He needs Miquella in order to have a new age, so he dosen't want anyone to stop him, which is the tarnished. Also, elden ring is set in a past fantasy so "mine" doesn't have to romantic either. Then, you have the "bloody bedchambers." Which, i think is more of a metaphor. I mean, look around Mohgwyn dynasty, theres no place Mohg could have a "bloody bedchamber" in. And yes, bedchamber probably isn't the best word they could've used, but elden ring is known to be poorly translated in terms of lore so i digress. (edit: check my reblog, this is metaphor.)

Final point, This is written by GRM, and he wrote up into the shattering. Miyazaki says he would be suprised to see Rykard as a snake, so I don't think GRM ever even wrote this part, and hes the only guy who would write cest. Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

edited 5/31 for the insane typos i made

[inkedswordd]

"I wish my father had killed me when he had the chance."

What a terrible thing to wish. Father, your blood runs through my veins. Tell me, when you tried to kill me were you actually trying to kill yourself? Does your own blood disgust you so much that you would rather choke it to death? Do not fret, our hate is mutual. My blood disgusts me too, I will abandon your name and forge a new one for myself, a name that will free me from the burden of having your wretched blood.

-inkedSword

[the-hurt-soul]

Looking back at my life I should've achieved way more than I have. I should've been a completely different person. My actions has caused many sad endings and I kinda hate myself for it. Sometimes I wonder if I will ever find the strength and discipline to make changes to my life.