#And ramble

[raccoonium]

gwill i ever finish this

[dotssu3]

How would you rewrite Honest Hearts?

ive actually thought about this more after my last post on this!! even though i did say it's not worth rewriting or fixing or whatever.

feel free to critique. i used this as a brainstorming exercise for a rough outline so not everything is fleshed out. i tried to focus on the story rather than the characters.

caesar has just found out that joshua graham is still alive and the legion is in the process of destroying/taking over new canaan.

the new canaanites and white legs have a history of conflict before the start of honest hearts. the two tribes are constantly at each other’s throats. the new canaanites are known instigators of violence but maintain an ‘innocent’ image and good relations with other traders and settlements, allowing them get away with a lot. they’ve also painted a very negative image of the white legs, labeling them as murderers and criminals.

though, the new canaanites have bit of a reputation - they are an armed militia. no one wants to mess with them. new canaan received a g.e.c.k. and they're more advanced than the settlements around them. (inb4 but how does legion takes over - vulpes and other legion spies found their weak spots or something idk, also they didnt find it viable to go after graham right away since they were still recovering from their loss at hoover dam).

honest hearts takes place four years after the first battle of hoover dam. joshua is in his redemption era. he preaches about his change but you can still see that he craves violence and revegeance. the new canaanites are pushing him towards the violent option, while daniel, the contrarian, wants to protect their ‘innocence’. choosing daniel's path means the new canaanites permanently leave new canaan.

meanwhile, the white legs’ leader sees flaws in caesar’s plans and is wary of their allegiance. but, they want the new canaanites gone, and view the legion as their only hope. the new canaanites have caused trouble for the white legs for almost 100 years, and they will continue to do so.

this gives agency to both the white legs and the new canaanites, preventing joshua graham and daniel from playing the white savior. the white legs are no longer ‘lol violent!!!’, unless you buy into the new canaanites stories. the legion are just kinda chillin.

the story would end in one of three ways: hunt down and kill joshua graham, kill the leader of the new canaanites, or take the pacifist option. killing the leaders would destroy morale. this avoids having to kill all faction members, preventing your computer or xbox 360 from stuttering at 10fps. also, less faction members to kill = you can give the characters their accurate races and givd them voice lines since that was an issue during development.

obviously, you would have to change joshua graham and ulysses’ stories a bit for this to work. i like that joshua graham’s faith strengthens through his suffering. i want to keep that aspect since it's very important to his character. but there should be a point in the story where you can convince him of how his flawed his logic is and how purposely cherrypicking and twisting God's words for his own benefit. or maybe he realizes it on his own. either way, he still sides with the new canaanites because that's his family. he will not betray them.

then, there is also the issue that by doing whatever I just typed out, you remove joshua graham's status as a mythological being, which is another important aspect of his character. i wouldn't want to get rid of that but i havent thought that out yet. so. anyways.

pairing up with the new canaanites would be the least favorable option. it doesn’t lead to the best outcome. maybe you cement joshua graham's status as a mythological figure if you chose this route. same with the pacifist route. next time, the new canaanites will not run away.

i imagine if you help the new canaanites, it would have a huge, negative impact on your reputation with the legion. likewise, if you side with the white legs, it would have a huge, negative impact on your reputation with the ncr.

i would remove the sorrows and dead horses to focus on one group, the white legs. legion has extra content. everyone is happy....? wait. no. i forgot about randall clark!!! never mind.

[lifblogs]

I'm doing research for a story, and I came across this:

"In Chinese martial arts, 'Dragon style' is used to describe styles of fighting based more on understanding movement, while 'Tiger style' is based on brute strength and memorization of techniques."

So I'm thinking about Kung Fu Panda now! And this just makes a lot of sense for the characters because Tigress is aggressive, and we know she's "hard core" enough to punch a mast and feel absolutely nothing. Her fighting style is very offensive as well and involves a lot of clawing, jabs, ripping... And, well, she's a tiger, and her using the Tiger Claw Kung Fu system really solidifies all of this. And then we have Po, the Dragon Warrior and he struggles at first, but he does gain an understanding of movement. He worked really hard with Master Shifu, and instead of strength, they focused heavily on movement when it comes to martial arts. Po uses Lung Ying, Southern Dragon Style Kung Fu. This style also works for Po's character as well because he is about trying to understand things, and trying to understand people, but more importantly, understanding himself.

What I find so interesting is that in ancient Chinese mythology, dragons are good and have many spiritual abilities, while the innate enemy of the dragon is depicted as being the tiger. In the first movie, Tigress really was one of the minor antagonists because she wanted Po to leave, and she saw this as Po taking her place when she should've been the Dragon Warrior. Of course, as we know, things smooth over and they become incredibly close friends. I love that they chose a tiger character as a minor antagonist for a bit though. Really great writing.

[sweetersuns]

wow another blog but this time with more selfies and gay shit but not necessarily porn but not not porn and also maybe i'll draw more gay shit here who knows wow

[goldensunset]

[sp1resong]

being self aware suuuucks like yeah this thought pattern/behavior is stupid and pointless and a symptom. i know this. [does it anyways

[missabnormal]

imagine being a Korean person awake at like one in the morning trying to accept that the president of South Korea actually just tried to go full dictatorship by way of an emergency martial law because he was basically having a political temper tantrum and every agency and corporation in the country is all hands on deck, code red mode on everything and the military is being deployed and then the assembly revokes the martial law and then the president is like lol nevermind and now you have to get ready to work at your shitty job on a Wednesday

[milo-hypno]

I'm certain this is on Tumblr somewhere, but I haven't seen it around, so I'm sharing it myself

[tundrakatiebean]

I have come up with a better metaphor than “you can’t pour from an empty cup” for burnout. You can’t boil an empty kettle. Pouring from an empty cup just gets you nowhere. Trying to boil an empty kettle can ruin the kettle, the stove, and burn down your house if you keep trying it.

[izzy-mccalla]

rip mythbusters you would've loved destroying cybertrucks

[daringdoombringer]

hi here’s a cool bird I betcha didn’t know existed, ✨the wallcreeper✨

it literally looks like a monarch butterfly it’s so cute

[tigeristired]

i think 'I trust you with my life but not your own' as a trope is one of the ones that can always fuck me up no matter what

[dragonbleps]

survived checking my bank account. i deserve a little treat

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

Love it when Rolling Stone puts out an article about the 25 most influential internet creators and I've only heard of 7 of them