#HOLY FRIGGIN HECK

[skyloftian-nutcase]

*sneaks in,

Gives you this*

*runs away*

WKQIWGEOFFHDKAOQHDLFISHALAHQFKCU

I—YOU—

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

Dude you went SO HARD on this like I—THIS IS AMAZING????? I WILL BE THINKING ABOUT THIS ALL WEEK

[cokoweee]

COKO. Dude. This latest update- Holy MONKEY FEATHERS.

Let’s begin cause there’s a LOT TO COVER HEHEHEH~

Firstly

LOOK AT THIS MAN’S EXPRESSION. Just- FRIGGIN LOOK AT IT. He’s blushing, he’s tense, he’s confused and flattered and weirded out, and happy- This man don’t know what emotions are and he just got hit by a truck full of them.

And AGAIN- KENDRA IS COMPLETELY INEBRIATED- She will most likely not even REMEMBER THIS MOMENT- Will Donnie tell her? Will this be a hilarious story that causes an argument later down the lines in their marriage?

WHO KNOWS. 🤷‍♀️ And it DOESN’T END THERE-

Not ONLY is Donnie flying through the five stages of grief like a boss level mini game- but Kendra, even in her drunken state, noticed that Donnie had that dumb makeup on him to cover up his markings for the party. And she just- gently- caresses his cheek to wipe it off.

Yeah, Donnie’s gonna die from either too much happiness or being way too flustered. Either way-

Awwwwwwwwww 💜

NEXT.

Despite being completely paralyzed in fear love, Donnie’s gaze quickly makes its way to where Big Mama and Frida are. And what does he see that gives him this horrified of an expression?

OH- SHEEEELLLLLL NO.

So, like the reasonable turtle mutant Donnie is, he gingerly picks up Kendra and leaves the party.

Also can we just study this anatomy for a second cause GUYS- as an artist myself this kind of posing and proportions is NOT EASY TO DO. So-

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

WELL DONE, COKO!!!!!

Ok, so after they make their way back to their room, Donnie plops Kendra into bed. We’ve seen this before- he’s never gentle, literally throwing her and it’s absolutely hilariou-

… Expectation SUBVERSION- the SWEETEST I’ve ever seen. 🥹 Donnie’s being so gentle with her what the HECK DJFUJWVXMISUDHWBSUW I adore these two- they love each other so much- caring for each other despite their qualms and history- AAAAAA ITS SO GOOOOOOD!!!

And now that Kendra is safe and away from Big Mamas prying eyes, Donnie has time to ABSOLUTELY FREAK OUT.

THIS DUDE went from feeling nothing to feeling EVERYTHING. And we get to watch and die laughing at his expense~ *WHEEEEEEZE*

This dude is totally broken HAAAA

Alright- with emotions and feelings and imagination WAY TOO HIGH, Donnie tries to distract himself.

The comedy in this chapter is just top tier~ I was at work when I read it the first time, and I broke out laughing and wheezing. (So grateful I work alone HA)

And just when Donnie thinks he’s in the clear-

*Chaos Gremlin chortling sounds* Coko, you absolute GENIUS- HAHAHAHA- I love that you simply allow the audience to imagine what Donnie saw- No one needs to outright say it, we all just know. And it’s utterly hilarious.

Donnie’s never gonna recover from that brain poof- You can just see all of his brain cells and bad boy image DISSOLVE in an instant at such a sight. 🤣 HIS HAIR EVEN CURLED UP- HIS EYES ARE BUGGING OUT- HAHAHA THIS DUDE’S brain went from dead to running a marathon in a MILLISECOND.

Alright, I think this has gotten long enough, so I’ll stop there. 😅 Amazing work, Coko!!! I am VERY excited to see what happens next!

~ Melissa

AUUUGGHHH ill never tire of these asks pointing out the little things cause yall almost always get like 80% of the lil things i slap in updates

THANKS FOR SEEING MY EFFORT IN THAT PANEL! THAT ANATOMY WAS A BITCH.

While sketching the update I may have been watching some goofy shows and movies so influence from those was high. Figuring out ways to show without showing what was going on took longer than expected but HEY! YALL GOT THE IDEA SO SWAG.

If my shoulder stops hurting I might have the next update by morning. Im gettin a lil too excited for what’s next. Already picked an emoji for the next chapter thing

[rosecarnivale]

Holy hecking CANNOLI, paisanos! It’s me! a person you’ve never friggin’ heard about!

I plan to start using this hollow landscape of a blog soon, it’ll mostly be dedicated to posting my art >:)

I have a bunch of doodles and stuff to share, but i’ll try to start making newer stuff to post! this space will be mostly dedicated to size difference and wholesome giant/tiny content, such as the example i will show below, though I will not shy away from posting other things I enjoy, maybe even snippets of plans or ideas! could be fun… without further ado, the piece i’ve decided to kick this blog off with! 💜

This is a drawing of me and my ultimate bestest ever bestie, an artner like no other, one of the most important people in my life! our ideas tend to come almost symbiotically, she’s the big thinker/writer, I am illustrator/idea-giver

Together! we are the ultimate brainstormers!!! and talented tinies like this can be hard to find… satyrites like @biscuit-rambling must recieve proper care and pamperings! it’s the best way to recharge their battery and keep them happy, but listening to their giant’s heartbeat speeds up the process ten-fold! ^v^ <3

[jeany545]

Shaded Colored Sketch for Sykes

This came out so friggin rad, I loved mashing up this design but holy heck that outfit was complicated too. I love how the shading made the metallic textures pop

I'm so happy they were so patient, this took way longer than it should have xAx

[pitayas-plushies]

Day 295 !!!!!

hello friends !!!! holy heck guys im a friggin billionare can you believe it ??!!

38 days left !!

[flowerandthesongstress]

Recently someone told me that it must be ‘so hard [writing stories in a secondary language]’ and I burst into tears. Of gratitude. 

Not that I don’t value compliments and assurances, but sometimes all I want is for someone to understand and acknowledge how hard it is. 

I write with several dictionaries open. More often than not, I ponder over short phrases for hours not because I don’t know how to express a thing, but because I don’t know how to translate a thing. It’s there, in my head, expressed and formed, and yet I struggle to write it down. I know thousands of idioms and proverbs, they’re always at the ready, but there’s a stretch of time between remembering one and actually using it; time spent on forums, reading up, asking, in order to make sure that there’s a corresponding one in English that does not have any other nuances or hidden meanings. I hear that something is a dead metaphor in English — yet it’s a combination of new and exciting words to me. Oops. I like a word and start using it extensively — then accidentally learn that it’s a no-no or, for instance, a filler word. Oops! I had been writing for years before switching languages, I had a style already formed and cemented. I had the cultural context and an audience. Favorite expressions, jokes, mannerisms, etc. And then ... Then I had to start all over. Items gone, levels gone; look at this dork in the starting zone, with a wooden sword and a flimsy chain shirt pulled off a dead paladin, and being pummeled by a kobold. 

Paired with my brokey brain (who the heck promoted dysfunction to executive?!) it’s hard. Aside from a few initial lessons, I had no teachers but the internet. 

I often see praises directed at people who do this, praises in the vein of ‘whenever I see a fanfic preceded by words ‘sorry not my native language’ I know that it’s gonna be superb’. Again, it’s not that there’s anything wrong with compliments, it’s just— I always feel an urge to inquire of the native speaker who offers this compliment: you do understand why, though, right? And why they’re apologizing, why that faux-warning is there? Because of perpetual doubt; it’s nearly impossible to assess yourself in a secondary language. Because of fear and shame; ‘they will notice each bump, and I notice none’ and ‘they all probably speak it so much better than I do’. And because of perfectionism; brought on, in part and sometimes subconsciously, by what could be called the immigrant effect — ‘my otherness means that I have to work twice as hard’. Compliments are awesome. Assuring a person that they have nothing to be worried about? Awesome. 

Saying ‘holy forking shirtballs, that must be hard as heck’, though? God tier validation. Makes a person feel so heard and seen.

Of course I’m not complaining; it was my own choice. Moreover, choosing English over a ‘native’ 🤮 language that was forcibly imposed on me and has nothing to do with my ethnicity, culture, and upbringing, was an act of defiance on my part. Whatever anyone would say, however anyone would mock me for ‘trading an imperialist for an imperialist’ (not my words), I’m proud of myself for doing this. It’s like healing from an abusive relationship, step by tiny step (but healing is hard). I will always choose to see the positive side of English, to only perceive it as a unifying factor that brings people together. What Esperanto should have been. Kaj jes, jes, kompreneble I would have wanted Esperanto to win instead 😁but the world doesn’t work like that, alas. 

Either way, no, please don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining. Just saying that it’s really really friggin’ hard, and it’s very very very nice to have the hard acknowledged. 

And hey, you. Yes, you, the person writing in a secondary language. I understand how you feel. I know how hard it is. I understand your fear and pain and doubt. You’re awesome and you’re a fighter. 

[ursaribbon]

actually, i DID do something productive for my own versatility as a human being

since i was so sleep deprived today i just kinda huddled in a corner and put my head down for a bit and then i still couldn't fall asleep

so i decided while i had some extra time i would finally watch ratatouille, which i've somehow never seen despite hearing about it on the internet every now and then and being a disny kid at heart

i was talking with my brother about it a while later and he said he's already seen it at least twice even though he's younger than me which is like?? then how the heck did i avoid it all this time

and then i was talking about it at dinner and my dad was like "i think we all saw it as a family once" and my mom was like "and i think we saw it when they were doing those free kids movie screenings at the theater that one summer" and i was like "no bc i literally didn't know ratatouille was the name of a dish they serve in the movie until a few days ago and i had no idea what the plot was at all before i saw it today"

and then also my dad mentioned that he heard they were making a sequel to turning red (i looked it up and apparently it was just a rumor) and my brother said he didn't like turning red and i was like why and he was like "bc they never told her about the panda curse and blah blah blah something about the pacing of the movie that wasn't even how it happened and didn't make sense as an argument" and i was sitting there like "BRUH IT'S A METAPHOR FOR HOW PEOPLE WITH UTERUSES ARE MADE TO FEEL ASHAMED ABOUT THEIR PERIODS AND ALSO WTF ARE U TALKING ABOUT" and then my dad was like "i actually really liked it" which kinda surprised me but like go off king

so anyway back to ratatouille so uh it's one of my favorite disney movies now. i saw john lasseter and brad bird in the credits and i was like ofc it was them lol

bc like. it's so disney but it's also so unique and poetic and my mom texted me during like the last 5 minutes during ego's final review and i was just. frozen. could barely peel my eyes away for more than 2 seconds to respond. i already liked the movie, the suspense was perfect and it wasn't too suspensey in an annoying way because it was like they were always solving suspense while new suspense was being introduced. like it was more of an underlying thing that you can still enjoy the movie while it happens but you still kinda wonder what's gonna happen with some stuff

like. ego's review was really the moment where it all came together. it was like time stopped and all the themes of the movie came together in a cohesive whole like the cheese and the strawberry or whatever and it was just friggin pristine

come oN MAN I JUST WANNA MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE TIME STOPS AND I WANNA SEE IT COME TOGETHER I WOULD LITERALLY GIVE UP BEING ABLE TO WATCH ANYTHING SPOILER-FREE EVER AGAIN IF IT MEANT I COULD HEAR EVERY STROKE OF THE PEN ON THE STORYBOARD AND ok i'll be normal for now bc like the feelings are accurate but i cannot build comprehensible sentences anymore i need sleep holy sh

[pippipdiddlydoodles]

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[lionillustrated]

Tagging Game

Rules: answer 21 Qs and tag 21 people

Tagged by: @sadskeletonscientist

Nicknames: Lion

Height: 5 something

Following: 374

Do I get asks: sometimes not a lot, but I love getting them!

Last movie I saw: Spiderman into the Spiderverse

Last thing I googled: the other day (don't ask the context isn’t very interesting)

Favorite musician: AJR and Fall out Boy

Song stuck in my head: Genghis Khan by Miike Snow

Other blogs: @prin-konfanblog​ (a fan blog for an artist but its p inactive)

Amount of 💤: Shoot uhh, 10 hours I think

Lucky #: 69

Whatchya wearing: rick and morty t-shirt, basketball shorts and socks

Dream job: Animator

Dream trip: Japan probably

Play an instrument: I have a guitar next to my bed but I'm too lazy to learn to play it lmao

Favorite food: SUSHI!!

Languages: English but I also know some sign language

Favorite songs: Wilson (Expensive mistakes) by Fall out Boy and Sunflower by Post Malone

Random fact: I almost never wear matching socks (I'm lazy)

Describe self with aesthetics: google ‘gay aesthetic’ and that should sum it up

@macithemahsee @hadesaedes @your-local-cryptic @marble-soda-floof @cyrusiceut @xmilkydreamx @xarrior @i-dont-sell-urls @fuckin-cryptid-binch @xrad1cal @thesinbintrashbin @lazyartistdalek @carlosnoodledraws @computerglitch8 @aurazzy @suchamazingness @megalomaniac242 @878-sparksofmagic @kaz3313 @kitty-cat-kate @undertale-rulez

[pedrito-friskito]

uh

holy friggin heck

I'm??? so????? y'all I don't have words

I always say the same shit about remembering my old tumblr days and how all we care about were notes and followers and how things have changed and things HAVE changed but still, seeing big numbers like this, I'm like me???? little old me??? you want to read the things I write??? ME????? shook. forever shook.

forever shook, forever grateful, forever happy as a friggin clam that I got pulled back onto this hellsite

I'd tag mutuals but there's so many of you??? I cannot fathom the friendships I have made here

I'll shut up now, I love you all, hope you're having wonderful weekends xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxxo all my love forever and ever xoxoxoxo

[asillyloner]

when I first acknowledged about dinluke some months ago on Pinterest I never thought I would love it as much as I do now. And I never thought I would return to Star Wars because of this ship after the (personally) great disappointment of TLJ.

like, it was one normal day scrolling through my messy Pinterest page looking for some cool shit, and I met baby Yoda. I knew about him, he's pretty famous on the Internet; saw him on some memes, he was on Twitter trending some time ago, that one artist I like drew him once,...And I scrolled down 2 more centimeters and saw a dinluke fanart with baby Yoda in it. At first, I was oh so confused. Like , is that Luke? When did Luke and baby Yoda met? And who's that person with him? Wait a sec is this..."romantic" vibe I'm seeing right here? Who in the world would ship Luke Skywalker with this weird...um, "silver helmet armored person"? Didn't he have a wife named Mara Jade in Legends? What about the Sequels? Because I left Star Wars since TLJ, I didn't know a shit about The Mandalorian, just baby Yoda being kinda famous.

But man, I just got a little curious ya know, wanted to figure out where the heck did this ship emerged from (and if it's gay or not lol ). So I clicked the image and the next thing I saw was a bunch of dinluke fanarts - totally quality contents spreading through my PC screen. So I got MORE curious and clicked several more images until I reached that one short comic by ngrogu. (you know, the one that is still residing at the top of the dinluke tag? about war trauma angst? yea that one. I still friggin love it.) I thought it was interesting, so I went strait to the Tumblr link to read it in full context. In which the link leaded me directly to the top section of dinluke tag. AND HOLY MILKING SITH I WAS MOTHERFUCKIN SURPRISED WITH SOOOOOO MANY DINLUKE CONTENTS HITTING MY EYES. And it was also here that I learned-- " wait is that Luke? Is it him in that huge black hood? oh it is... wait a sec I don't remember any scene like this in the originals ...does that mean Luke Skywalker returns on screen?-wait, no that's impossible , is this some kind of high quality fan made thingy then?-*sees tags*- HOLY SHIT LUKE SKYWALKER RETURNS ON SCREEN IN SS2 OF THE MANDALORIAN??????? HOW DO I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS!!!!!?????? "-- and then I went to Youtube, watched the hallway massacre, took in some deep breaths("HOLY FUCK, HOLY FORCE, HOLY FUCKIN SON OF THE FORCE"), return to Tumblr to scroll down from the top of dinluke tag to read and see almost every content of dinluke I can until my PC got too slow. After that I decided to watch every episode of The Mandalorian there are to exist.

---And here I am , after months of falling deeper and deeper and DEEPER into dinluke. After months of checking Tumblr everyday just to see new dinluke stuff. After months of reading dinluke fics into the midnight hours. I have realized that I have never loved and adored an OTP this much. Or maybe it was the first OTP I have ever had. I can't count how many times I have imagined my "Sequel trilogy rewrite ~feat dinluke " fic in my head . I can't stop praying for the ship to be cannon although I definitely know and UNDERSTAND that dinluke can possibly never be cannon. I got so mc'fuckin frightened when there was a rumor on Youtube that says Mara Jade will be making an appearance on the Luke Skywalker show that Dave Filoni is planning to make- if this was before knowing dinluke, I would joy, joy that Star Wars is finally back . But this crack ship, dinluke, has changed me.

It had changed me with the template Star Wars found family trope, but this time with "an absolutely powerful and pretty space magic wizard sunshine twink" on one side and "a space Viking single dad who is also a fierce bounty hunter but actually introverted himbo" on the other side with "a green cute gremlin baby alien son with magic powers who has became an Internet celeb" in the middle; with it's absurdly immense potential (ancient enemies, the last of their kind/tribe, Luke "daddy issuse" Skywalker and Din"single dad"Djarin,..etc,etc...) ; along with it's incredibly talented writers and artists all over Tumblr and ao3.

I had fallen in love with this one hell of a ship and I'm in agony everyday just thinking about this ship.

AND I REGRET NOTHING.

[officialelliottprescott]

ELLIE HOLY FUCK FRISK BASICALLY EXPLICITLY TOLD YOU THEY ARE NOT A GIRL STOP BEING SO FRIGGIN D E N S E YOU ARE SO FAR IN THE CLOSET YOU CANT EVEN SEE THE HECKING D O O R

I-I AM NOT!!!

[YEs good tease the child]

[anonymoosen]

HOLY FRIGGIN DANG HOLY HECK OH MY URL OH MY TALLITS WHOA

THIS WHOLE SCENE HERE- THE COLORING AND LIGHTING AND ART STYLE IS AS CUTE AND COOL AS ALWAYS AND ALSO THE EXPRESSIONS AND ACTIONS?!?! LIKE I COULD PRACTICALLY FEEEL THE WAY DIB PUNCHED ZIMS FACE

LIKE THE WAY U DREW THEIR EXPRESSIONS IS SO GOOD AHHHHHDHSJDJ U MUST BE AN OFFICIAL IZ COMIC ARTIST IF THEY EVER CONTINUE THE COMICS

(PLUS THE NOSTALGIA I FELT CUZ STEVEN UNIVERSE WAS MY CHILDHOOD AHHH)

.｡° ✧ i'm rewatching Steven Universe series with my brother, and this scenery came to my head when we got to this episode ("Back to the Barn" S2). I think this part fits them pretty well

Or maybe i just wanted to draw angry expressions and Zim being punched in the face--

Dejo versión en español también juju<3

[batwritings]

Okay, okay but... imagine this

Being a camboy/girl and you have a regular that goes by the name awesamdude. Eventually you learn that he isn’t like other clients; he only watches your streams, pays you a fuck ton more then what you ask and respects all your boundaries - tells someone off who doesn’t.

One day you have the pleasure of meeting up with after talking in Twitter dms with him - for about 4 months. You guys sit at a restaurant for hours before he asks if you wanna go back to the hotel he’s staying at, saying he respects your wishes if not. All you could think about is “who in their right mind would say no to you?”

So you go back, have amazing sex and instead of leaving after he cleans you up, you stay. Once again you guys talk for hours before going to sleep, waking up to a bunch of different food on the coffee table “didn’t know what you had the fancies for, though as you can tell it’s all your favorite foods.” Well after that you had to suck his dick.. man bought you all that food, was a gentleman and fucked you so good the night before.

-🐰

"Now it’s a month later, you and Sam have been seeing each other ever since the afternoon after you two fucked. You guys talked it all out after he got done fucking you in the shower. But because he lives a few hours away you guys haven’t fucked since then. He had to leave only two days after that,

Your setting up your stuff for your scheduled live when you hear a knock at the door. Surprised you wrap a robe around your body and take off your mask that you wear to hide your identity. Opening the door to see Sam on the other side, gasping as you jump into his arms, he laughs before shuffling you two into your apartment.

You still have your legs wrapped around his waist and arms around his shoulders but move your head from in between his neck and shoulder to look at him in the eyes. “What are you doing here?” he smirks now and sets you down slowly, you let out a whine but he shuts you up when he points a finger at you. He leans down to a duffel bag you didn’t see him carrying with him and pulls out a mask similar to your own but it’s green and black. “Thought you wouldn’t mind if I joined you tonight. Show all those idiots out there you belong to me.” BUNNY OH MY FRIGGIN' GOSH!!!!! THAT-- I-- HOLY HECK I'M NOT ONLY IMPRESSED BUT ALSO THE IMAGE? AND SAM DOING THAT?? YES PLEASE JFC. YA'LL PLEASE GIVE THIS LOVELY PERSON ALL THE LOVE FOR THEIR WORK THEY ABSOLUTELY DESERVE IT!

[ratsoh-writes]

So I’m screwing around and I suddenly remember that the hunger games simulator exists! Well guess who put all the boys in it ;). My money is on either sugar or honey. It’s always the shy ones.

Day 1

Alright so far the cornucopia is full of cowards. Not a single death and everyone is just running for thier lives. Although sans, papyrus and star did team up which was pretty cool.

FKN PEACHES KILLED OAK IN HIS SLEEP?!!? peaches how could you 😭😭

Also I love how willow, edge, mutt and papyrus band together to steal all of ranchers stuff

Looks like oak is the only casualty. Poor baby. Looks like his narcolepsy did him in

Day 2

WILLOW CRIES HIMSELF TO SLEEP. Looks like someone found his brother

Also mutt decided to go for the baddest mafia man and kills butch but leaves heavily injured. I’m not suprised mutt went for him tbh

Friggin peaches is on a massacre. He teamed up with mal to kill off papyrus this time.

Also sans and Jupiter are holding hands and sugar convinced snipe to cuddle with him lol. Sugar must’ve had his charm turned up to 100

Hold up, cash made a bomb and killed willow sansn and coffee. Holy heck. Dammit cash.

And rancher is playing mind games here. He’s trying to force slim to kill either noir or gaster. Of course slim doesn’t want to kill anyone, SO RANCHER KILLS HIM IN COLD BLOOD what is with these farm boys?!??

So that’s 7 deaths: G, butch, papyrus, willow, sans, coffee and slim :(

Day 3

Oh shoot guys, somebody gave peaches a bomb. Better run

Also snipe killed mal with a hatchet. Tbh I’m not suprised.

And wine set LORD on fire?!?? WINE NO THATS YOUR BEST FRIEND why wine whyyyy

Basil repeatedly stabbed pop to death and probably puked right after

And cash you dumb*ss. He fell in a hole. The ultimate prankster dies from a hole. This is not the swapfell bros day

Now basil is questioning his sanity gee I wonder why

Honey accidentally set off a bomb. If anyone was wondering, he failed chemistry

And uh, so bruiser and wine are patching each other up. I guess in the hunger games your enemy is your friend lol

Total deaths 7: mal, lord, pop, edge, mutt, cash and honey

Day 4

Oh look at that, Star stabbed red this time like the little psycho he is

Green over here just humming out some tunes as the world burns around him

Basil and peaches are calling a truce. It’s because they can see the murder in each other’s eyes

And then basil dies from the cold like a pussy.

Oop, looks like peaches carnage is over. Wine pushed him off a cliff. Now wine is the baddest boy

Total deaths 3: red, basil, peaches

Day 5

Noooooo. So sugar was picking a fight with Jupiter, and friggin ace swoops in and is all “THATS MY ENEMY B*TCH” and beheads sugar.

Boss singing himself to sleep 🥺

Wine is climbing trees while he plans everyone’s murders

Wine is going even higher. He’s heading for the sky baby. He’s going to steamroll his way into heaven.

Oh shoot, three way fight between star snipe and rust. Rust won.

And rythm took out bad dad gaster in the most bad*ss way. Death by gladiator sword

Total deaths 4: sugar, star, snipe, gaster

Day 6

Noir over worked himself and passed out again. This is like the third time noir calm down

Fkn wine takes out rancher and Jupiter at the same time. He literally got both farmtale brothers. Gotta catch them all

Shoot, we just lost another mafia boy. Lilac strangled boss.

And now the feast: bruiser lilac and ace vs green Pluto and wine. Unfortunately wines geek squad was unable to stand up the the mafia brothers and a feral lilac so they had to go.

Also charm must’ve pissed rythm off because he couldn’t convince him to not kill him lol

Ace be picking flowers after his massacre

And rythm drowns. Oops

That’s 8 deaths this time: rancher, Jupiter, boss, green, Pluto, wine, charm and rhythm

Day 7

Yup, ace nailed noir right in the stomach. I knew noir wouldn’t make it. His chronic pain is too much of a hindrance

Just noir dying this time

Day 8

BRUISER KILLED ACE??!? And friggin rust climbed up a tree and watched like a little creep

And lilac decided to be a genius and jump in a frozen lake. Play stupid games win stupid prizes

2 deaths: ace and lilac

Day 9

alright this is it the final showdown. Who will win?? We’ve got:

Rust: with incredible physical strength, size and wilderness survival on his side

Or

Bruiser: a trained mafia fighter, extensive experience and knowledge in weapons, and his only strategy is to fight dirty

............... and despite all that bruiser takes the same path as his moron best friend and falls into a hole

Rust wins by default lol

[retphienix]

Forgive me while I audibly wrack my head to decide on my party for a second ;-;

So first to consider would be Ryuji who I just, deep in my gut, always want on my party.

The thing is he's falling behind, at least on paper. In practice he's kicking ass, but looking at his stats and moves it's hard to not admit he mostly normal attacks (for decent damage) or tosses out an extremely weak lightning move just to hit a weakness.

He stacks endurance, which is nice, but also I haven't "really" been taking big damage anyway so it's kinda overkill.

His attack is great, but not 'the best'. So it's worth considering.

And his trait actually procs all the damn time- an extra 40% damage on physical attacks is REALLY nice even with my Joker currently playing caster (with a melee focused persona... I ain't bright).

Honestly, his best addition to the team is that trait. It's a HEFTY amount and between Yusuke and himself it's getting a lot of use. It's just a shame his strength isn't a 'bit' higher and he still hasn't learned Assault Dive which will be his first heavy hitting physical move. Most of his skills are kinda duds tbh, some lightning coverage, a lot of phys moves I never use, Rampage for AOE, that's it.

The resolve isn't helping currently since I ambush all the time, and I don't really use his turn to buff so-

Maybe.

Morgana has been benched since the option presented itself (not because I dislike them any) because I don't see much need for so much support on one character I guess.

Their trait couldn't be less interesting to me- more healing is nice but if I need it I'll use a bigger heal, why dedicate a partner trait to it?

Moves are just way too much cleanse. Heals are great, I need em. Wind is good coverage obviously since you can pretty much only count on one coverage type per party member when it comes to direct casting, I don't like crits- fuck Lucky punch, I admittedly under-utilize ailments so that's on ME BUT~! Confuse isn't an ailment I'm interested in anyway so that's a dead move.

Really just dislike that he has both a weak cleanse- and an AOE weak cleanse. The aoe one is nice but it's ONLY Sleep/Dizzy/Forget/Hunger, I can count on one hand how often any one of those has negatively impacted one party member let alone the squad.

Just seems too situational- I know some enemy will come and make it a problem, but far too situational for me to go "I need Morgana on my team all the time!"

Stats aren't even interesting. He's magic oriented but not overly so, so he's fast and can heal half decent, it's not a bad niche but no thank you.

Next.

Ann kinda keeps getting the short straw in combat, but only slightly.

She is arguably a linchpin for my stategies and yet also that usually means she doesn't get to shine lol

She can heal, that's fantastic, I really only need one party member who is able to and she can fill that well.

Fire coverage, nice, no use mentioning the one spell coverage for everyone so just consider that said from here on out.

SLEEP is a godsend. It's a tool I very rarely need, but it's ONE skill slot in her movepool and it can be such an incredible get out of jail free card- ailment spells like that are just so ridiculously accurate in this game- it literally hasn't missed, so it's reliable as heck!

And the other killer move for her is Tarunda- I use that one a LOT. Not for every encounter, but pretty much any encounter that I can't one turn usually has a big fuck who swings melee at me, and she just entirely wipes that threat in one move. I love Tarunda.

And I haven't had a use for it yet, but she knows friggin' DEKAJA? A full team buff removal for the enemy? HOLY HECK that could save my life.

Can't forget her really high magic stat- really nice to spend her off turns just tossing some fire and it actually hurting.

And to top it all off her passive is NUTS.

SP conservation is such a gift when diving into palaces or mementos with the intent of doing everything in one run, and just like Ryuji her SP cost down procs like mad.

I'd argue on a case by case that Ann does the least for my team, but she is just so ridiculously necessary for every fight that falls outside of that range AND she passively lowers my SP expenses on ALL fights, so man.

I think she has her slot, at least as much as Ryuji as I type this.

Unlike the previous characters I have a lot less to say about Yusuke, but not in a bad way.

He hits hard with his sword.

That's it.

Maybe I should pull my head out of my ass and admit that he's become extremely one note on my team, and his passive is forgettable (increase dodge on phys moves, I don't like relying on that), and his magic does no damage beyond coverage, but he really somehow has been keeping his slot through the most unga bunga caveman logic possible.

He Hits Really Hard, like every turn, with basic attacks, with skills, lord if you baton pass him the target is dead.

He has like zero flexibility so any enemy that resists or nullifies physical entirely walls him out, but MAN.

Also Goemon is cool. But mostly it's him just casually farting out 400+ damage when everyone else can do like 150.

Damn it, it's feeling like Yusuke's slot is loosening up as I admit all that though.

And finally, the newcomer Makoto.

Outside of her kit I just want to take her along for the same reason I wanted to take Yusuke- she's new, I want to bring her along for her dungeon at the very least.

Now her kit is...

I ain't supremely impressed, yet it's so balanced that I'm not mad about it.

Coverage, yep got that.

An AOE medium phys move out the gate, that's convenient.

Stats leave a LOT to be desired because they are so balanced- there's no strength or weakness to consider.

Med heal out the gate, nice, evens out to making her an adequate healer despite her stats.

Defense buff, not my thing, wasting a turn for a solo def buff just really isn't my thing especially since I'm not taunting or whatever so I can't direct the enemy to attack my buffed party member unlike using Tarunda on the offending ENEMY member.

Solo target Forget is... fine? I under-utilize ailments like I said, but Forget IS a nice one that forces auto attacks instead of spells. There's some synergy in the idea of forgetting the enemy and buffing defense, but like, nah. Best I can say is it'd be a nice combo tool with Tarunda if she works alongside Ann.

And to cap it off her trait is... well it might actually be pretty interesting.

Unlike strictly 'ailments' ELEMENTAL ailments IE Burn/Freeze/Shock are pretty nice and can lead to technical attacks!

I've been getting a ton of use out of the free High Shock gun Joker gets because of that for instance.

So her passive raising the chance to inflict those 3 elemental blights by 25% isn't bad at all and could actually end up being the most impactful thing she brings to the table.

I think... she might end up taking Yusuke's place as a less impactful damage dealer but a great element channeler for the squad.

Okay yeah this helped figure things out.

Joker/Ryuji/Ann/Makoto it is.