#(at least for Blizzard)

[gigifluidcat]

I'm sorry but I find it insanely hypocritical how yall on Tumblr are like "NONO NO DON'T PLAY BLACK MYTH WUKONG THE DEVS HATE WOMEN NOOOOOOOOOO"

Yet continue to simp/kin for COD/Overwatch characters and play their games. Did yall really forget what happened with their devs years ago?

[did-you-fall-for-a-shooting-star]

Its Christmas weekend. Its December 24th. Its Christmas EVE. But you know what else it is?? Do you?

ITS FUCKING SPRING OUTSIDE IS WHAT IT IS

ITs gonna be nearly 60F outside on Christmas day. No snow. Stores have been selling sweaters since SEPTEMBER but WHY?? We dont need that shit until January anymore. We can survive the couple random cold days with a hoodie until winter actually kicks in. Yeah Im dreaming of a white Christmas just like the ones I used to know CAUSE THEY ARE PRACTICALLY NON EXISTENT NOW. Did you want to go sledding or have a snowball fight or build a snowman over your winter break? WELL TOO BAD FOR YOU. Instead you get rain this week.

And its not like I live in a warm climate either!!!! Im in Pennsylvania!!! In the foothills of the Appalachian MOUNTAINS!!!!!!! ITS SUPPOSED TO BE COLD HERE!!!!!!!

[biasomnia]

Ignore me if I am getting stuff wrong but I’ve recently begun to think of Viktor’s journey throughout Arcane in the context of the classic gothic sci-fi novel Frankenstein (I specify novel due to not watching any of the movies). It’s fascinating how Viktor is both the creature (“Adam”) and, uhm, Victor Frankenstein himself.

~Essay below the cut for your scrolling ease~

Firstly, it’s clear in season 1 how Viktor = Victor. Both are bright eyed students yearning for knowledge and to make change with professors warning them to not get lost within the ideals to the post they lose their morals. Unlike Victor Frankenstein, Viktor sees the horrors of the Hexcore only after it as killed, yet like the tale of yore he has no strength to beat his creature alone. So Viktor asks Jayce for help.

Now, Jayce is our Frankenstein. Another bright eyed inventor, doomed to create. He brings the dead to life with an unexplained science. Yet unlike Victor, Jayce sees his resuscitated creature with awe at first when it awakens. All his theories are true. Yet it, Viktor, languishes. An unnatural life, an unnatural body, fused with his creature into something new. Like the creature, he flees, desperate to find out who he, who it is.

I would consider Viktor in act 2 of season 2 a continuation of him as the creature, if the creature was seen as a messenger of god. As the creature once said, “.. I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel..” (Chapter 10). Viktor is if the creature were truly allowed to be Adam, to be the first of the new mankind. The next step of Evolution. One could argue he still represent Victor within his scientific pursuits, but I’d retort the creature has as much of a smart mind as his creator, willing to push himself.

Sadly for Viktor, Jayce has no awe left. He has fully embraced being Frankenstein, seeing his choice after the bombing as an inhumane mistake. Jayce declares his goal: to right his wrongs. Unlike both Viktor and Victor, Jayce has the strength to do so. He brings himself infront of his creature. Something made with his friend’s body, wearing his friend’s face, his friend’s memories recognizing Jayce and feeling safe. So Jayce must tighten his grip on the hammer kill it.

When act 3 begins, Viktor is now an amalgamation of both the creature and Frankenstein. He is something new and feared, something that wants and begs for its creator’s love and acknowledgement. He is someone exploring a new field, seeking praise as he delves into waters too deep for people to handle, not noticing the air leaving his lungs as he drowns in the knowledge around him. He creates many a creature, each a cherished doll.

I’d say that Jayce is also a similar amalgamation, something touched and formed by something, someone, higher than him. Someone else’s creature, a horrid reminder of everything that world lost nestled within his hands. He is still Frankenstein, as seen with “My partner died in this room.” (S2, Act III). I think there is more to be said on Jayce’s journey in the context of Frankenstein but it’s 1am and I could make a more official essay later. I felt it important to include this short paragraph, however, before we delve into our conclusion.

The two finally stand face to face once more, the lines are blurred on who is the creature and the creator, but that does not matter now. No matter which of the two they are, they want the other dead. So they fight and the lines blur further and further till the two have to look at eachother, at their human faces in the cosmic plane. The line is gone. Both Viktor and Jayce are the creators of Hextech, the new science that was a piece of ever tragedy. Both are creatures made by Hextech, unable to live without it. So like Victor and the creature, Jayce and Viktor realize they have no place left in the world. So they leave it, letting the world distort and contort their story as time passes by.

[mildmayfoxe]

imo i think it’s really unfair that everyone’s like “laois is bad with detail 🙄” when in turn their memories of him are so bad they’re instantly recognized as fakes

[honeywafflez1art]

Perhaps I can share your burden?

...You already do.

[pseudospectre]

Finally started snowing here

[gargelyfloof118]

The horses snapped the top rail of the hay manger by leaning on it too hard. Le sigh. We should have supported it better, but we have learned. No one has been hurt.

I spent some time tearing off the front and salvaging what screws I could so that we can fix it.

I'm waiting on Hubs to get home from getting meds from the vet so we can fix it up.

[kalethion]

i'm very interested in warcraft lore & correct characterization in general but one thing y'all won't make me hate is wranduin bc teen friends to enemies to best friends to lovers is just the best trope to ever exist ever

[redfagdiver]

Upcoming Overwatch content seems sick but the new hero's design is boring af 😭

"Hello it's me, World Of Warcraft NPC n°283"

[noisilyeclecticmilkshake]

Heatstroke

Whumpee had gone to get a popsicle, it was hot, the middle of summer and their A/C had broken. They had wanted to create a blizzard in their room, but Caretaker told them if they did that, they’d have to do dishes for a month. The A/C was getting fixed tomorrow. And in the face of a month of dishes, one day of heat didn’t seem so bad. If only this could have happen during winter. They’d have a blast crafting intricate snowflakes. So many snowflakes… They giggled at the thought, which was odd. Whumpee couldn’t remember the last time they had giggled. 

It was hot, and they were in a hallway… to get… something. They placed a hand on the wall to brace themself, waiting a moment for the lightheadedness to fade. It was kinda funny. 

Popsicle! Yes! They remember now and moved with a renewed vigor to the kitchen. It had a freezer. In that freezer were ice popsicles. Nice and cold and icy and poppy. Unfortunately, the tiled floor was farther down than they remembered, and a little to the left. Their step turned into a lurch and they were on the ground. At least the tile was cool.

Caretaker heard the thump and ran into the kitchen. Whumpee hadn’t been looking too good and now they had to shake them awake from their position on the floor, checking for damage. Nothing too severe, they’d probably have a nasty bruise on their arm though. And their skin was… warm, a normal temperature for anyone else, but for Whumpee it was bad fever, heatstroke was most likely given their current predicament.

“Caretaker!” Whumpee’s words came out slurred but ecstatic. “Oh MY GOODNESS! I was getting something…” Their voice trailed off and Caretaker couldn’t help but laugh, getting a popsicle out of the freezer. 

“Here.” They had never seen Whumpee like this and couldn’t help but smile a little at just how silly they seemed. Whumpee was a fairly serious person, they would crack a couple of jokes, but usually just monotone side quips. Whumpee’s eyes went wide with amazement, like the popsicle was the holy grail. 

“You’re giving this to me?” There were tears in Whumpees eyes, like they couldn’t believe a 2 dollar popsicle from the local grocery store was really in their grasp. Caretaker nodded and Whumpee opened the wrapper with another giggle. A giggle, yet another side of Whumpee Caretaker had never seen. The closest they remember was when Whumpee got a little lightheaded after standing in line for cheesecake that Whumpee swore up and down Caretaker had to try. They ended up getting the cheesecake, but Caretaker drove them home. Thinking back, Whumpee had never gotten so much as a fever, but delirium must have been the effect heat had on them. Caretaker picked Whumpee up with a smile, and carried them back to their shared room. Maybe a little blizzard would be okay, a very, very small one. They shook their head, a little voice was already trying to convince themself that maybe two inches of snow wouldn’t be that bad.

@whumporama Something a lot less hurt a lot more comfort :)

[hypodermicfroggy]

From my experience, enjoyment of the worlds of Blizzard games comes in a spectrum:

Overwatch: Because the developers refused to elaborate further with the lore on account of corporate greed and mismanagement, everything is up to speculation and you can basically do whatever you want with these settings and characters.

World of Warcraft: Please, god, stop elaborating.

[unfortunate-development]

i hate world of warcraft why was i cursed at [very young age] to play it

[dykehayleywilliams]

Arches National Park on 35mm

[quenthel]

Another early morning hater post from me but like tbh arcane the show was such good PR for riot like you guys still remember their CEO farted on ppl on purpose right? At work constantly? And their in office culture is as bad as Blizzards?

[khadgarbignaturals]

if the half elf model in tww is just the human model with longer ears im gonna eat my shirt

[enderwolf91]

I'm sick and emotional today (fuck having a uterus I want to gut myself) and I'm bitter about the upcoming twitch drops cuz what the fuck blizzard

I mean yay it's cool they're redoing the Venture Monarch skin for the people who didn't get it the first time. But at the same time like, seriously? They're releasing a new character in two weeks and their most recent new character still has next to nothing in cosmetics. It's cool if it wouldn't have been a skin, instead like an emote or highlight intro or just something new, but it's the exact same drop as before and if you already got the drops the first time, you get nothing this time.

I personally watch a lot of twitch streamers as background noise when I'm out and about, so I'm always getting the drops and I like that twitch drops are a thing cuz I'm able to get stuff I don't have like old ow skins or DBD cosmetics.

Give Venture new stuff, I better see so much new content for them next season either in the battle pass or shop I don't care just give them something. Fuck it, split the battle pass cosmetics between both new characters and no one else, kiriko doesn't need a new skin, cassidy doesn't need another highlight intro, give it all to the new heroes.

Blizzard give Venture new content and my life is yours