#HAVEN'T WE GOT ENOUGH MEDIEVAL GAMES ALREADY

[elbiotipo]

Creating a strategy game that begins in the exact same day as the fall of Constantinople (I want to play in the Early Modern Era) and getting killed by a bunch of rabid Byzaboo Paradox fans

[prima-materia-ttrpg]

Primadelics and Social Combat

Hello, I'm back from a bit of a break as I was fairly busy doing things for the holidays and then got some sort of bronchial illness that I am still recovering from. However, I have not been idle, so now that I'm feeling a bit better I will share some concepts I've been working on.

More specifically, the more I try to write Potioncraft the more I realize that the name doesn't make sense and it should include other craftable magic items. I've also been thinking about the social encounter system in the game and how it would be fun if someone could make an argument good enough to hurt or curse someone, not unlike legends of the Filidh of medieval Ireland. I'll talk about that later.

Alchemical Crafting

So, this of course is not talking about Spellcraft, which I talked about in a previous blog post, but rather the process for making tinctures, among other things. I still haven't landed on a proper name for it unfortunately, but let's walk through why what was originally Potioncraft became what it currently is.

The process of making alchemical tinctures was called potioncraft, because tinctures are like potions in other games. I already didn't like the name because of that disparity alone, but the more I thought about it the more I realized that there had to be something before and alongside crafting tinctures, as all tinctures are are ingredients infused into a distilled alcohol that's been treated alchemically with a spell made for treating tinctures; usually to increase the effects of the ingredients already within the tincture.

Alchemically treating consumable or ingestable items can't have started with tinctures, they're only a few centuries old in the setting, coinciding with the advent of strong spirits. To that end, I decided food had likely long been alchemically treated to impart specific effects, as well as smokeable items. I then went ahead and extended this treatment to candles and incense, as it made sense that those would become natural things to treat. A cleric could use a censer that billows smoke which puts enemies to sleep. A ghost hunter could use a candle that attracts spirits. A doctor can finally recommend a cigarette that's good for your health (don't smoke this is a joke).

[Just a note, as I was reading this post back to my flatmate he suggested the term "Primadelic" to describe these items as a joke while chopping garlic. I looked up the etymology of psychedelic and found the delic part comes from the Greek "δηλείν dēleín" which means "to manifest" so it actually makes sense and is a banger I fear.]

The difference in mediums means there's only two things that unify them, being limited or consumable and being empowered by an alchemical spell. I do plan to have one crafting system that takes care of all of these things, so how do I make a system that encompasses such a diverse group of things?

Crafting

We have to zoom out a bit, because this is a secret that pervades through the entire game. It's all the same system. Crafting spells will mechanically be very similar to crafting tinctures and other items, with some quirks unique to the particular system and different skills used. This applies to everything from mechanical creations to crafting arguments. Spellcrafting requires the Spellcraft skill, primarily. If you want to create a sword that will be a different skill, requiring different things. Spellcrafting requires a focus, a sigil, and spellcrafting tools. Crafting a sword will require materials, a blade, and smithing tools. Tinctures require an alchemical spell, ingredients, and brewing tools. These will all be slightly different, using different skills and having different results and mechanics if you fail or succeed, but you can see the blueprint is largely the same.

Time for a segue into how Social Combat will work, and how to craft arguments with this same blueprint for the system.

Socialites (and intimidating soldiers) Apply Here

Another confession, my background in ttrpgs largely consists of games which have very lite or no narrative rules. Some of those simply consist of beating a number by rolling a dice, and others like LANCER give a little more oomph to social encounters with bond powers. Trying to write a social system has been very challenging, and I wouldn't have been able to figure it out if not for one of my friends essentially handing me an example system on a plate and saying it would be cool to craft arguments.

The concepts for crafting an argument involve using a school of rhetoric, an argument type, and a purpose for the argument. For example, using the school of logic and the intimidation type you could compose a logical intimidating argument to convince a king to do something about bandits. That argument might mention that the bandits are getting powerful and it stands to reason the king will start losing outer villages if he doesn't hire someone soon. Or, using the school of presence and the persuasive type of argument, you could convince someone they will be safe with you by puffing out your chest and standing tall. I will talk more about the schools and argument types in its own blog post when the time comes.

I've been playing around with a few mechanical ideas as to how the school and type play into the power of an argument, particularly with augmentation from the character's skills. If a character wants to make an argument pertaining to cooking for example, a higher cooking skill will benefit them, but the specific benefit that incurs eludes me because I still need to write the base mechanics for using the arguments.

Another concept I thought would be fun is the ability to deal psychic damage or otherwise making someone sick from a crafted argument once a character finds out how to pour themselves into their words well enough. This would be a feat that is fairly hard to achieve, but I enjoy the idea immensely.

Conclusion

Alright that's all folks. I'm going to focus on getting better so work will still be a trickle. If you read this far, thank you very much. Next post will probably be about the social argument system.

[eve-to-adam]

Tagged by @theladyelizabeth to do these fics/stories asks. <3333 Thank you for giving me the chance to express some of my thoughts! :D

How many works do you have?

I have written many stories over the years. As a child, I wrote stories that I illustrated a bit clumsily, but it was fun to create characters and fantasy stories. Now I have two official works - the story I'm writing now, about Cecily Neville. I have one more that needs to be completely rewritten, about Elizabeth Woodville.

2. What fandoms do you write for?

My stories focus specifically on the medieval era, especially the events that take place in the Wars of the Roses.

3. What are your top 5 stories by kudos?

I haven't written enough stories to have a top 5, but if I were to make a list of stories I want to write in the near or distant future, they would be the following: 1. Proud Cis, which I am currently writing. 2. Elizabeth, a story that I should rewrite in the future. 3. A possible story about Anne of Burgundy, because I adore her and Bedford (they already appear in Proud Cis, so something from their perspective would be interesting to me.) 4. A story about Elizabeth of York, because why not? 5. Maybe a story about Edward I and Eleanor of Castile.

4. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I will definitely answer! As in the case of my illustrations, I want to respond to each person because I want to show my gratitude for the interest and the beautiful words that are offered to me. If I didn't reply to someone, it was because I didn't know about the comment's existence for various reasons (I didn't notice it/I didn't receive a notification, etc.) If it happens that I don't reply, I don't do it intentionally.

5. What’s the story you wrote with the angtiest ending?

Unfortunately, I never finished any story I wrote, no matter how long or short it turned out to be, so I have no way of knowing what ending I would choose.

6. What’s the story you wrote with the happiest ending?

See the answer to question number 5.

7. Do you get hate on stories?

I had two works posted on Wattpad at one time, but I never received hateful comments. Criticism, yes, but not offensive messages. It seems I was lucky. The strangest comment I got on the Elizabeth Woodville's story - which I find funny to a certain extent - was something about Constantinople.

8. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Yes and no. I have nothing against explicit content in stories, and although I have some degree of intimacy exposed in my stories, smut is not exactly a detail I want in them. I say this because this aspect does not suit me. I don't know how to write them properly, so I don't do it. But I like to create intimate/romantic scenes that contain more explicit details, without necessarily being integrated into the erotic area.

9. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

Yes, I have only one story that fits into this category. It's the first time I do something like this. The story is still in its early stages, because I, together with my friend @teodoraioana221, are trying to arrange the pieces of the puzzle in order to create an enchanting story. The funniest thing is that this whole project started from a simple Sims game, in which we decided to create a story for our characters. A totally innocent thing. It is amazing that from such a tiny detail we have been able to create connections and contexts for our characters, most of them appearing only after we decided on a part of the action. Of course, it is a story that we want to write in the form of a book - webnovel -, which we want to illustrate together. The story would to some extent fall into historical fiction, because we are documenting details - such as food, customs, activities, mentality, fashion, etc. - starting from the end of the Victorian era, passing through WWI-WWII and up to in our present, which means approximately three generations. Yes, we have a pretty extensive family tree and I don't think it will stop there, which makes me excited, haha.

10. Have you ever had a story stolen?

No, but I had a comic stolen with a story I created - "The Queen of the Sun in Splendour". It counts?

11. Have you ever had a story translated?

Again, I don't know if it counts. But a mini-comic that I made with Edward IV and George of Clarence. Comic that was translated without my permission, apparently by a person from China.

12. Have you ever co-written a story before?

No. But I do it now. You can find the answer on question number 9.

13. What’s your all-time favourite ship?

An interesting question. In the beginning, when I barely knew details about the Wars of the Roses, I was obsessed with the Elizabeth WoodvillexEdward IV. At that moment, for me, nothing else mattered except them. My obsession was so great that anyone else didn't matter. I used to dislike Cecily Neville for her apparent refusal to accept Elizabeth. Can you believe it? And now I'm writing a book about her! Can you believe it??? I think this would be my answer: ElizabethxEdward and CecilyxRichard. I can't choose between them, sorry not sorry.

14. What’s a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

Many of my stories are wips that will never be finished. However, I try not to repeat the mistakes of the past and I strive so that the works of the present never end up like those wips. But I am unpredictable. I am my own enemy.

15.What are your writing strenghts?

I have the impression that I know how to combine facts with reality. I have always tried to make sure that the story I write is 85% accurate. Of course, this percentage can fluctuate, depending on who is reading, I guess. It's possible that I don't know some details because I don't have access to them or maybe simply a context needed to be changed to fit the plot. I think I'm good at describing things. I try not to have boring dialogues - but, again, it depends on who is reading.

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

I think that the entire platform is not enough for me to list them all (I am very critical of myself, yes). So I'll pick a few: One of them would be my inability to always have as rich a vocabulary as I would like. Another weakness would be the way I place the action (sometimes I have the impression that the scene I'm writing shouldn't be the way it is because I'm afraid of giving my characters that omniscient aura. Or I just feel that it doesn't work for the scene to proceed like this because maybe it doesn't seem natural enough.) Also, I'm afraid that some scenes are not in line with the character's personality, but I like them too much to get rid of them. The list can go on and on and on... Lucky for me that I have friends – Teo, Nico & Co. – who share their opinions about my stories and talk to me, listen to me and remove my insecurities, preventing me from killing myself with a pen, lololol.

17. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a story?

Yes, as long as the sentences are not too long. I wrote some in Proud Cis, a short exchange of lines in French, for which I had the help of a friend of mine, Sebastian. I don't trust Google Translate and I'm too afraid that I'll embarrass myself if I write nonsense because I trusted it. Better be safe than sorry.

18. First fandom you wrote for?

Wars of the Roses.

19. Favourite story you’ve ever written?

Definitely Proud Cis. Not only is it the longest official story written so far, but it is also the one in which I put the most effort. Through this project I tried to discover Cecily and at the same time to explore medieval life and mentality. I didn't want a generic story, in which the action takes place at a superficial contextual level. I want to explore more, to understand, to feel. I love to document myself about activities, places, customs, foods, art, traditions, etc. I have read many books in which all these were overlooked or explored in a superficial way because the authors want to focus on the characters or the political situation. But my personal opinion is that all these details are part of the character's component, they are one with them: these details represent the character. I like to imagine scenarios about small things in their lives and expose them with the help of fiction. Sure, for some it might seem boring, but I want to give these details the chance to shine through Cecily and the people around her.

I will tag: @teodoraioana221, @richmond-rex

Participation is up to everyone.

[dazed-poltergeist]

ABOUT ME

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[ Self-explanatory, no? ]

" Hi, hello! As you probably already know, I'm Simon! This segment is dedicated to telling you, a fellow Tumblr user (or perhaps a guest who dove far enough into a rabbit hole to end up here), more about me. "

BASICS

I'm a teenager born in Estonia. At the moment I'm fine with she/he/they pronouns, but I'd prefer he/they. I'm fluent in both Estonian and English, and at the moment I'm studying Spanish, though I'm not really conversational yet.

FANDOMS AND MEDIA I LIKE(D)

For the sake of having mutual interests, I will also bring up media I just like or am/was interested in (rather than only my current fandom memberships) that I am not currently interacting with purely out of plain old disinterest or not being invested enough in them.

Currently my primary fixation is on J.R.R. Tolkien-related media, particularly The Lord of The Rings movies. Besides that, I'm also invested in the Assassin's Creed video game franchise and in other content with medieval themes.

There's a lot of media that I like(d) where I haven't really gotten into the fandom. Or perhaps I used to be in the fandom but I just stopped interacting or looking into it. Nonetheless, here's a bunch of them: Marvel, particularly the X-Men movies; Star Wars; several Viking historical dramas (The Last Kingdom, Vikings, Vikings: Valhalla); Transformers (IDW, RID2015, Prime); The Maze Runner (read all books except Fever Code, haven't seen the movies); The Legend of Zelda (I've only played Twilight Princess and small chunks of BOTW and Wind Waker :')); Hannibal (TV and movies)

Now this last category: I came, I saw, I enjoyed, I never looked at it again. I'm including these with the idea that if you enjoy it or happen to bring it up, I can talk still about it with you. Here's the media I got in mind that I would apply to this: The Witcher (TV); The Umbrella Academy (TV, that ending was shit I ain't gonna lie so if you want we can rant together lol); Top Gun; Stranger Things; Pirates of The Caribbean; Our Flag Means Death

MOST RECENT

My most recent movie: Lawrence of Arabia (1960)

My most recent TV show: ER (1993-2008?)

My most recent video game: Back and forth between Genshin Impact and Reverse: 1999

[ I know the colors look like a hot mess but idc idc you're gonna get that video game type of charm where they put emphasis on certain things w/colors ]

[parksprout]

Sprout Journal 11/28/24

Wow, what an emotionally trying couple of days. This has been a weird couple of days for me, so this post will probably be pretty heavily skewed in the venting direction after I run down what my day was like yesterday! Also oh my gosh I hope I'm more consistent about these soon, I'm STRUGGLING with using my time wisely since I got my computer. I haven't had a chance to just fuck around and do dumb stuff for a while, so I've been basking in the opportunity to play video games and watch stuff :3 yesterday I didn't have work or school for obvious reasons, it was thanksgiving!

I gotta clarify that I feel nothing but moral reprehension towards the typical concept of thanksgiving, but I do believe that even though the actual holiday is kinda wack that we should have an autumn harvest holiday regardless so... I try to think of it less as the pilgrims hell yea holiday and more like a medieval peasant celebrating another good harvest aksjdhfaksjdf chat does that even make sense?

Anyways! Since I already had my "thanksgiving" proper celebration with my family, yesterday I was invited over to my friend Jordan's house for thanksgiving instead! It's nice that I have a couple of friends I'm close enough with that they invite me to family events, it makes me feel a lot less lonely than I might otherwise. Honestly I wish that it was easier for me to spend time with my friends lately! I really need their support during this time, but everyone (including me) is always too busy. ANYWAYS that's not the point!! It was just very very very good to see my friend. Our dinner was simple and our hangout was super casual as well :3 we had turkey, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, sweet potatoes, rolls, and some pumpkin cheese cake afterwards!!! I'm glad that eating shitty is outta the way now ough I gotta get back in the gym tomorrow after work and burn off all this high calorie food I've had lately. I'm proud of the self control I have now though, I used to not really care about portion sizes but I've discovered that I can eat much less and still be plenty full at the end of the night. I didn't even realize I was overeating for a long time. ANYWAYS THATS NOT THE POINT!! The food was all very good. Here we go, another tierlist

The pumpkin pie is in the place of the pumpkin cheesecake!

Anyways besides dinner it was a really chill evening. It was a little boring honestly, but it was nice to get out of the house and talk about random stuff! Our conversations were kinda simple. We talked a lot about family history and I helped my friend better understand what his ancestry means. We talked a lot about history and immigration during that conversation.

Another thing was that The Bnuuy, my former partner and the person I'm actively trying to convince that we should date again, asked me to make sure I said hi to him. It's always a lil heartbreaking saying hi to my friends for them, but I still love doing it. I'm really happy that... even despite the fact that we aren't still dating, they still wanna say hi to my friends and family. Obviously everyone knows that I'm still talking to the Bnuuy - they all know that we're not together and that I'm actively trying to show them that I would be worth a second chance, but regardless of how much they know I'm always afraid that... they'll think I'm being foolhardy for not just giving up and moving on. Anyways, the bnuuy asked me to say hi to Jordan so I did. I was kinda expecting a bad reaction from Jordan asdfasdf he can be a bit like an older brother at times, brutal honesty and all. But... instead he was actually incredibly sweet about this. He said hi back to them and also said some really bitter sweet stuff ugh. He told me that... he knows I might be getting hurt right now in this situation, which I am, but that he also thinks that I'm doing what's right for me. He can tell that I'm very much in love with this person in a genuine way, that I want to give them the best and that I'm allowing the desire to fix things with them to motivate me to become the best version of myself he's seen. He also told me that the idea of me ending up with my partner again makes him somewhat sad because he knows I'd move away, but I reminded him that I was planning to leave eventually no matter what and that it'd just be a new chapter in life not an ending to old ones. I really appreciate my friends lately.. they've all been so supportive of me. A lot of my friends were here for my last breakup too, and all of them have said that... this one is nothing like the last one. This time they can all tell I'm actually in love and wanting to try, whereas last time I wasn't in love I just... didn't want to be alone. I think I'm okay being alone for now partner wise, I just... know what I want in the end.

Not tonight but probably tomorrow I think I'm going to write a big post about what all is on my mind regarding the bnuuy lately. We had a really big talk that... didn't end how I wanted but ended pretty positively? I kinda got rejected but... they also more solidly said that we've got a chance than they have at any other point. We're straight up in the "we'll see" phase which... feels better than the "I have no idea what's going on" phase we were just in for the past month. Now I know what's going on, I know that they think I'd be a good partner they just... have some pretty solid reasons for not wanting to try right now. I hope that they'll wanna try again sooner than later, but I'm okay waiting for them still. I'll tell y'all more about it properly tomorrow I think <33 I love you Tumbie, thanks for listening as always! Have a good night! Bye!!!!! <3<3

[stardomthenightwing]

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am thankful for my family of course like everyone always says, but that's just what you start off with when you are born into this world. I have grown stronger and smarter and have found many other things in this world to be thankful for. Here's a list, and I recommend you read through it:

1. I'm thankful for the person reading this. Even though I'm a total stranger on the internet, you take time out of your day to hear me talk about crap I like.

2. I'm grateful to my followers for supporting me. I didn't have you all last Thanksgiving because you are all something new to me which makes it that much more special. I wouldn't be here without you all, so thanks for giving me a chance. Remember that by following someone, you entrust power to that person; choose wisely the next time you allow someone the power to control others.

3. I'm thankful for Wings of Fire even though it may be very badly written at times. There are things we wish we could see and things we wish never happened in the series, but that doesn't change the fact that someone worked really hard to bring us the series. The graphic novels, no matter how bad they may be to you, were still worked on and took much time to make; the same goes for the tv show in development and the books. I love Wings of Fire, and I appreciate that I was lucky enough to find a goodish dragon book series with no dragon riders and stupid medieval stuff. I'm thankful for you, Tui T. Sutherland!

4. Even though The Owl House was canceled, I'm still thankful for the great memories I made watching it and the joy it brought me. There's still a season 3 planned, so I'm grateful that we even get more Owl House content. I love the themes in that show and the lessons you learn from it. Dana Terrace is an amazing person, and I hope you get a chance to watch The Owl House if you haven't already. It got lesbians, so watch it, please!

5. I'm thankful that Deltarune Chapter 2 came out so unexpectedly this year. I thought I would have to wait 999 years to see more of Toby Fox's intelligent wonders, but I guess I don't. Deltarune is an amazing game, and I love its humor and realistic concepts so much! It is such a smartly made game, and I can't imagine how much work Toby and his crew put into it. I cannot wait for more Deltarune content!

6. I'm thankful for the amazing games Earthbound and Mother 3. Even though you may have never heard of them, they are the best games I have ever played in my life, and they shaped me into the person I am today. Shigesato Itoi is amazing, and I know exactly why he chooses to keep his games so secret. I am so lucky to even be smart enough to emulate these two games, and I am so grateful that games like these can even exist! If you ever get a chance in your life to play either of these games, I ask you with all of my heart that you try to complete them. We don't deserve to have these games in our world because they aren't just ahead of their time, they are a whole generation ahead of our species. Thank you to the Mother team!

7. There are many other things I could say, but I feel like the most important thing these pieces of content have taught me, I find it every single one, is those daunting situations you have. No matter who you are in this world, there is always going to be a much harder life out there that you are fortunate enough not to have. I am thankful to live in America and not financially suffer like Spamton, I am thankful to have a loving family and not have lost them like Lucas, I am thankful to not have a galactic space authority that's out to kill me like Steven and the diamonds in his funky universe, I am thankful to not be aware of the truth of the spacetime continuum like Sans' poor, tortured soul, I am thankful to not be misjudged for my innocent past like Darkstalker in Wings of Fire; I am thankful to have such an easy life compared to others, and I hope you can find a reason to be content with your living conditions too someday if not already.

One more heads-up, even if you don't celebrate Thanksgiving, I'm going to go around and ask the people I follow what they are thankful for because it's always good to recognize the things we might not have in other timelines.

[pamiedrawnic-acid]

Re:Zero Review

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Ola! It's been a while since I made a review and I think this is the 4th time that I'll be reviewing an anime. Oh well, me reviewing something means this show is really amazing cause I got a lot of beautiful things to say about it. Yes, I only want to review things I've found beautiful because it's really not in my nature to rant about something since it's really tiring and I hate negative thoughts! 😆

Well, let's get down to the business, first things first, what's with Re:zero?

Re:zero or starting life in another world is what exactly the title tells us about. It's a story of a typical shut in guy who suddenly got into another world, with this story a game-like world, set in a medieval era, where magics were not a very unusual thing and where humans and humanoids live together. Fortunately, our protagonist, Subaru, was very fond of playing games so he had already an idea on how to start or how to literally "play the game." Such a generic story isn't it? It's supposed to be but it's actually not.

Normally, in such stories, the protagonist is supposed to have an unknown ability that will only be released when the situation calls for it. Most of the time it would later on revealed that the protagonist in an important part of the world, either a part of the royal blood, a saviour, a god etc. Also in some stories, there would even have a character who would appear in front of the protagonist and explain whatever is happening. Likewise with how Subaru expected it, I was also expecting for the same thing. However, what happened was really unexpected.

[SPOILERS ALERT] He died but then he was reset to his last save point; literally like a game. The difference was, he would not know where or when was his save point unless he would die and be reset. Also, this ability of him do not allow him to have any choice. Once he died, he would automatically go back and complete his mission, which he still needed to figure out. The only rule is that, he would die over and over unless he could solve the mystery or found the "happy ending." Thus, "quitting" was not an option.

At first I thought that it was such a very convenient ability. At least you'll have another chance, not just once but as many as you want until you find the happy ending. But as I moved to each episodes and as the story goes deeper I've realized that NO it's not very convenient.

Subaru can reset from death thus, if there was something not good happening with his life, with his friends or even with the kingdom, which would result to their deaths, then he was the only one who could change it. Imagine the pressure and the burden that he was carrying?!

Subaru did not have any choice but to go over and over into an ugly situation not until he could find the solution

Have you tried solving a math problem that needed you to go over from the scratch because you know somehere in between you made a mistake but can't find it so you have to do it again? Or a science experiment that ended in a bad result so you need to go back to procedure 1? A project, a drawing, or anything~ anything that you were doing but did not go well so you have no other choice but to do it again, over and over, not to mention that your only option was to finish it. Frustrating isn't it? Imagine how frustrated, irritated, desperate and tired Subaru was? Not to mention all the time he needed to go back just to witness the death/s of the people around him.

Lastly, [SPOILERS ALERT] Subaru's ability was actually a cursed from some witch, which he couldn't tell to anyone because everytime he tried to, the witch would squeezed his heart to the point that he could almost die. Out of desperation, he actually tried to tell it to someone but that someone died. Imagine how difficult it was for Subaru to face everything alone? No one could understand him not because he didn't want them to but because he COULDN'T. (cursed that witch I definitely wanted to tear her apart! 👹)

I've read a lot of comments from somewhere on how people disliked Subaru because he was a helpless, hopeless, useless boy. Because he did not have any special power or because he was weak. Well, after all he had been through, is he still useless?

Yes, he showed us the time when he almost quit even resorting into running away because he had failed so many times and thought that there was no other choice but to leave. He showed us his frustrations, desperations, helplesness and weaknesses, that he actually admitted and you hated. Well, on the other side of the note, I commend the writer for doing a great job because I believed that, that really what he wanted you to feel. Congratulations! You've been his victim! 🙊 Going back, Subaru really became a hateful character those times but if you are going to watch the anime and try to put your feet into Subaru's you will understand me or perhaps him.

He was disheartened for who knows how many times. He was fighting all by himself. Despite of having his friends and allies who supported him with his actions and especially to those who gave him courage and moral supports, no one really knows what he was going through. He was all ALONE. But still at the end of the day he would always proved to us how strong he was; mentally and emotionally, and that, stories only ends once you've reached the happy ending so life's goes on until you became happy! Quitting was never an option!

The only downside I've seen with him is that [MAJOR SPOILER] when he did not choose Rem despite of all the things she had done for him and even asked her to help her save Emilia, the woman he trully love. He was such a cruel man, a fact that actually Rem accepted and even told him outloud which he actually agreed with. However, despite of that, I still believed that he only showed how faithful he was to the woman he love. For me he was a man of word who knows how to fulfill his promises.

I'm sorry for defending Subaru so much but I really like how his character was made in this story. Everything, including his downsides, just fell rightly into the plot and that was something you wouldn't find mostly in the animes now a days. Another thing is that, I really liked how he could accept his own flaws but would still do something to compensate with it and not to be a burden to all the powerful people around him. He was the weakest but he was also the embodiment of willpower and unending hope which made him the strongest!

Story wise, as I've said, it was a very typical but was also different at the same time. It actually gave me the feeling that it was something that I've seen before but actually I haven't. I think it's because of how the story was narrated by using the main character. The writer was actually succesful in making me experience what the main character is going through, as if I am Subaru himself. Both of us learned things about the realm at the same time. Both of us believed that some things will happen, like on a typical story, but then will hit us the least that we have expected, as if both Subaru and I were played by fate. For example is what I have said from above, when Subaru first arrived on the kingdom and he thought that since he was summoned in a different world he would definitely have a super power, which made me believed also, but he actually never had. He also remained as an outsider, someone who do not hold so much of a power, a weak human with no special fighting ability except for his naturally strong body and an incredible amount of willpower. He was not revealed as a saviour but he made himself as the saviour of the kingdom. In the end, his journey to the other world actually made him a better man; wiser and stronger mentally and emotionally.

Overall, this story was very unique on its own way. Every seconds of each 25 episodes was worth watching as you wouldn't want to missed any sudden heart attack moments and important information that will be necessary for the future. It was actually a dark story that gets a little bit of depressing but would lighten up in the end. It's a complete pack of action, drama, suspense, mystery, romance and comedy with a bonus of life lessons and words of encouragement. YOU DON'T QUIT, YOU ONLY CHANGE YOUR PLAN and STORIES ALWAYS ENDS WITH HAPPY ENDING; It's not yet the end if it's not happy.

I can actually give this series a 10/10 score if not because of the hanging questions they left after the last episode. I hope this would be answered on the next season (if there will be!). I've heard that there will be an OVA but I don't think it will be enough to tackle everything and give the story a solid conclusion. This is the kind of anime that worth having more season! Anyway whether they'll decide to give it a season 2 or not I will still recognize this anime as one of the best I've watch for being unique and unpredictable as well as for having a well constructed story and characters.

Rating: 9/10 - highly recommended