#8 beat story

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[kiramekishinkoukei]

8/pLanet!! - 2018-2019 birthday illustrations

[udonconsumer69]

did u know its was 8th anniversary like 3 days ago and theyre eos'ing the game

[sweaters-and-silly]

In a pre-season 8 interview, Oliver mentioned Save the Cat as a storytelling tool. We also know that Oliver has known since the beginning of the season that the BuckTommy break up was happening. But what-if it’s truly a romcom and these are the save the cat story beats?

(I’m eliminating the b-story and midpoint beats because this is the b-story to a show and marking the midpoint isn’t super necessary here.)

Opening Image: Buck grabbing Tommy’s arm.

Set Up: Ankle-Breaking Buck

Catalyst: The Kiss.

Debate: The first date failure and coffee do-over

Break into 2: “that fire was a beast,” “so are you” hospital kiss

Fun and games: Dinner with Daddy Issues, Tommy at Chris’s birthday, at the hospital for Denny, for the Billy Boils adventure.

All is lost: the break up.

Dark night of soul: Buck baking. Buck getting bubbled. Buck seeming like he’s not going back and returning to his old status quo.

And this is where we are now. Which for a Save the Cat romcom would leave us with three story beats left:

Break into 3 - in a romcom it’s the break into the third act that leads to the reconciliation.

Finale - this is 10-20% of the romcom, it’s where the character realizes what they have to lose and chases them through an airport, gets that kiss, fixes those problems and says you had me at hello.

Final Image - the last moment of the love story, our happily ever after.

[randomuzerthelozer]

Exitor fans when the new tpot voting dropped:

[arctic-hands]

I always say the shingles saga as an immunocompromised sixteen-year-old was my near-death experience but then my mom will occasionally make musings of the time my heart stopped when I was 8 and I'm like oh yeah that happened

[ladyinthebluebox]

oh god i'm so sick of people's ideas of what Taash should or shouldn't have been. please. just. let them be as they are.

[good-beans]

Please tell me about Lukas.

Sincerely, a poor soul who is obsessed with Milgram but knows very little about Fire Emblem.

Lukas is my beloved character of all time :) Comfort character to rival all comfort characters :) He’s just like me fr :) He’s so healing to watch heal :)

He’s from Fire Emblem Echoes, and for a good portion of the game he’s that mentor/tutorial character who helps you/the protagonist through the new world you’re thrown into. The thing was, they put together an incredibly complex asexual, neurodivergent guy who’s not really in it for the fighting (but is damned good at it anyway). They gave him the sweetest and saddest smile possible. They gave him the most relaxing voice you could imagine. They gave him two of the wackiest and complimentary friends. How could I not fall in love?

Basically, he reveals that he’s not involved in this whole war because he wanted to be – his father and brother conspired to send him away to fight for their own gain, not really caring if he lived or died. He took on the new life with just as much motivation as if he chose it himself, though. He’s not here for any dreams of glory or violence, he just wants to help the new friends he’s made ;-; He has a really big heart, but he’s not afraid to make the tough call and commit war crimes. He’s gentle to the child soldier protagonists, but is the first person to trust them and allow them into the army. 

Fire Emblem is notorious for its fanservice, which is why I will forever be Insane over his support conversation with one of those friends I mentioned. He describes his struggles with romance and desire, perfectly describing an asexual experience. His friend, Python, responds with so much kindness. It’s done with a lot of tact and respect, and was one of the final pieces to my own acceptance of my asexuality. 

Less intended, but he talks about his struggles with emotions that comes off as low-empathy neurodivergence, or a form of Alexithymia. He doesn’t feel strong emotions most of the time, then occasionally gets swept up in them and lashes out. (Sorry for all the tmi but) this is also something I struggle with. Though I come off overly excited online, I’ve dealt with the same coldness/heartless accusations he has. His writing and voice acting really drive it home, and it’s wonderful to see. Once again, he’s treated with immense respect for this trait. He feels self-conscious about it, but the cast sees that as a strength of his.

His relationship with the other two knights is super fun! I could go on separate rants about Python and Forsyth, but just know they are equally perfect. They all compliment one another so well, and hype each other up in such lovely ways. They've even got a fun RGB color scheme going on :3

OKAY I AM CUTTING MYSELF OFF because I could go on forever about him 😂 He holds such a special place in my heart -- it's silly, but thank you sm for asking :’) And, since you mentioned Milgram, this reminded me of a super goofy comparison to Yuno I made as one of my first Milgram posts, as well as my wips of the Fuuta-Lukas outfit swap I need to finish...

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season 9 has been amazing but i’m kinda excited to be around for the beginning of a hermitcraft season, they were well into the empires crossover arc when i started watching double life (which was pretty much my introduction to mcyt in general) so this is gonna be my first time actually being around for the early game

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[yuzuna123]

Azula 🤝 Reina Mishima

being favorited by their father and having a complicated relationship with brother(s)

[louisjude]

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