#I completely forgot this was in this game 😭

[nicolulo]

completely forgot to post this 😭😭

but yeah i think azula is a roblox kid at heart (started playing minecraft when zuko did) and is competitive in every single game she plays and sends death threats over minor things lol.

i feel like ty lee doesn’t really play video games not because she doesn’t like them but because she’s not good at them. she enjoys games like movie star planet where there is no real objective. she is the only one out of the four who is actually enjoying the game. she would also have like a million cats and dogs in minecraft

mai doesn’t like video games but is actually surprisingly good at them and when playing games like minecraft she has her base built and a full set of iron armor in like 10 minutes

and zuko was an avid minecraft player and played online with sokka, suki, and toph but never plays anymore because azula always finds him and kills him

[dandp]

Philm club #2 general notes:

The longstanding tradition of them pretending to announce the other person as a surprise guest <3333

Man...this was only 6 years since they met and now it's been over 15? Crazy. It's weird to look back on how comparatively early tabinof/tatinof happened in their relationship

RIP drawing game didn't even know he officially chose to kill it 😔

Was this their first proper joint live show other than the casual 2012 popping in halfway through kinda thing? Very fitting day to do that if so

The neverending saga of Dan vs reading out gay-related comments in the chat

They were so much more spoiler-averse for tatinof than they are now lol

Phil trying to be genuine about enjoying tour and sounding completely disinterested akskskks he's just like me fr

A little part of me gets stressed out watching them adjust their fringes every few minutes like boys why were you putting yourselves through this for so many years it would drive me insane adjusting my hair that much 😭

Dying at this primary school good morning conversation. Phil like "yours was weirder than mine because in mine your enemies aren't included" is killing me

I honestly think I would've made the same mistake as Phil answering where he got bitten, justice for 2015 Phil

Aww the infamous pumpkin spice latte rant

Dan's Evan Peters thing is so funny why are you as a closeted gay man making the least subtle crush on a man part of your branding

"too political for Phil 🙄" alskskd Dan's long suffering years spent as the much more politically interested member of this relationship

Dan just ignoring Phil making fun of his hand movements lmao

Phil saying the speed formula and then immediately turning to get Dan's reaction with a smug little smile he's so funny

WAD foreshadowing at the end here

"You need to accept me for who I am. Six years" boyfriendssss

Dan's little pouty faces when Phil says everyone watching can't do the quiz 😭

Good liveshow overall and I forgot how many iconic/good moments came from this one!

[carbonateds-oda]

oh my fucking God….

[ezlo-x]

Didnt even realize totk artbook is ready to be released, someone better take one for the team and scan that book

[theoneprecioustome]

Aigis' S-Link: Platonic & Romantic Route

P3R (finally!) introduced the option to stay just friends with the girls, and Aigis wasn't the exception. I think there's a lot to be said about the way both routes were handled, especially in regards to the rooftop scene, so I wanted to share my thoughts about it while the game is still fresh in my mind lol

First things first: No matter what route you pick, Aikoto truly are the cutest. Just look at them! Their bond is truly phenomenal regardless of how you choose to interpret it.

From what I've seen, the rooftop scene remains the same whether you romanced Aigis or not. Which is logical, because the rooftop scene has been the same since Vanilla, back when Aigis didn't even have a Social Link. It is not influenced by whether the player chose to romance Aigis or not, because it's mandated by the main story rather than by optional choices.

In other words, whether you choose to interpret it romantically or not, Makoto's bond with Aigis (and the strength of it) has never been optional.

That said, now that we have a "platonic" and a "romantic" route to compare, I feel like P3R makes it even more obvious that the rooftop scene we all know and love features an Aigis who is in love with Makoto rather than one that just sees him as a friend 😂

Beware of spoilers for the entire game and Episode Aigis - The Answer!

Let's begin chronologically. In P3R, you can avoid having to reject the girls by simply not giving them any reason to confess to you in the first place. For Aigis, this happens on Rank 8 of her social link, where we get this choice:

If the player chooses to tell Aigis that what she feels for Makoto is just friendship, Aigis will accept it and focus on becoming Makoto's best friend (more on that later, because there's a lot to be said about that, too). If the player tells Aigis that what she feels for Makoto is love, Rank 9 and 10 of her Social Link happen just like they did in FES and P3P (unless the player rejects her, of course).

What is really interesting here though is the way the Social Link Cards choose to describe Aigis' mindset in each route. During the platonic route, we get a very general description telling us that Aigis has "shared her thoughts on the significance of finite things such as life..."

Meanwhile, if you go for the romantic route, you get the following description:

"She's decided to cast her doubt aside and share her true feelings with me..."

There's no description like that in her platonic route. This is also true of the way Aigis chooses to "confess" her wish to Makoto.

In the platonic route, Aigis says: "I have to tell you my feelings..."

While in the romantic route, she says: "Even if this wish of mine is to never come true... I still want to tell you my true feelings..."

So, the game itself describes Aigis' romantic feelings as her true feelings.

With that important distinction out of the way, let's go back to their platonic route:

As you can see, it keeps the parts of Aigis' Rank 10 speech that (retroactively) tie it to the rooftop scene. The lines are just modified so they work in a platonic context. This is achieved by including the rest of SEES into the mix, and by having Aigis define herself as Makoto's "best friend".

However, aside from Aigis promising that she will always be by his side, there's no mention of Aigis wanting to protect Makoto, or of the fact that being by his side is what's most important to her. The Rank is focused on Aigis remembering Makoto and being able to carry her memories of him & SEES forever, and this is what is highlighted in its description.

Now, let's compare this with the romantic route we've always known:

And what do we see in the rooftop scene?

Aigis echoes the same sentiments she expresses during her romantic S-Link, in which she is confirmed to be in love with him. Coincidentally, it is her Romantic S-Link's description that deliberately gives focus to Aigis' promise to be by his side in his last moments, even though this promise of hers is present in both routes:

So I feel that the addition of this Platonic Route and its contrast to Aigis' usual S-Link has helped prove what most of us have been saying along: Aigis falls in love with Makoto through the course of the game, regardless of whether you do her S-Link or not 😭

It is not a coincidence that Aigis' speech to Makoto is very similar to Chidori's speech to Junpei. As I've mentioned before, the only thing missing is the "I love you", but Arena explains why Aigis refrained from saying it:

Which begs the question, what about Makoto?

Unlike in FES, P3P and especially Vanilla P3, this time the player does have a choice as to whether Makoto reciprocates Aigis' feelings or not. If the player allows Aigis to confess to Makoto during her S-Link, they can even reject her outright.

That's why Makoto's behavior during P3R's rooftop scene stands-out even more than usual. After all, while some of Vanilla/FES Makoto's reactions to Aigis' weren't reproduced in P3R, his behavior towards her in the rooftop scene remained intact.

And the rooftop scene shows him being intimately close to her in a way that he isn't shown being to anyone else in the game.

We see him laying in her lap, reaching out to wipe her tears away, smiling at her as she confesses that she wants to stay by his side. Most importantly, she is the very last thing he sees and yet he still passes away with a smile on his face, looking perfectly at peace.

When P3P gave players a choice as to who Makoto should have by his side during his last moments, this choice was described as being Makoto's "precious person". I'd argue that the way the rooftop scene is executed in P3R implies that Aigis is still meant to be that person for him, even in this new iteration of P3 where he is much closer to everyone in SEES.

Even if you choose the platonic route, the game makes sure to establish that Makoto and Aigis are supposed to be really close, to the point that she is the only one, out of the platonic social routes with the girls, that can be called his "best friend".

If you choose "that's a beautiful wish", the scene ends the same way, with Aigis thanking him and declaring them best friends. So even in the platonic route, Aigis is established as being particularly close to Makoto.

So, technically the rooftop scene could work within that context, right? Aigis is Makoto's best friend, who just so happens to realize she's actually in love with him during the fight with Nyx. It fits and doesn't stop Makoto from being in love with whoever the player chooses for him.

But... whoever the player chose to date instead of Aigis isn't there, yet Makoto doesn't look like he misses them.

Truth be told, he doesn't look like would rather be anywhere else than right there with Aigis lol

Another interesting little detail is that P3R itself tells you that whoever Makoto is dating is supposed to be his strongest bond. A bond that is "far stronger and different from the others."

So even if Aigis is his best friend in the platonic version of her S-Link, whoever Makoto has feelings for is supposed to have an even stronger bond with him than her according to this.

And that doesn't quite add up with The Answer, where Yukari acknowledges that Aigis was the one who felt the strongest about Makoto (or even the one "closest to him", if you consider this official side-story as canon).

You know what does line up with The Answer, though?

"And the bond you share will deepen even more, entwining their fate with yours..."

Aigis' is the one whose fate was inexorably tied to Makoto's, to the point that she gained his Personae (the ones that come from the sea within his soul), his Velvet Room and reached the same Answer to Life that he did.

(Granted, I'm basing all of this on The Answer as we know it. It is entirely possible that the P3R Team will rewrite it and come up with a new reason as to why Aigis gains Makoto's Persona, so that P3R SEES are all equally close to Makoto now 😂)

So personally, I'd say that just like Aigis' feelings for Makoto are the way they are regardless of player input, it's fairly easy to assume that the Makoto we see at the end of the game reciprocates her feelings regardless of player input as well 😭 But of course, this all just my opinion!

[ratatatastic]

"And to follow up on Niko Mikkola...his sense of humour with him, like, maybe—lot of people don't talk—like, last night he was like, you know, he "woke Bobby up," or whatever. "Good thing Bob was awake—"

"He's a great personality and I've said this kinda during the year. And we've, you know, I mean we're always—...I was gonna say, "It'd be great if you guys could spend a lot of time with him," but then we spend a lot of time trying to make sure you guys don't spend too much time with our guys, so, there goes—so, forget that! But, he is an incredibly interesting guy. What's great is when he's coming to the bench... if there's something that's broken down, and I'm not sure if he's screaming in Finnish or it's in English, but it is funny as hell! And it's consistent. So, he plays really high-energy level. A lot of times these kinda big, lanky guys are... you don't really think they're moving that fast, but they are! He looks like he's getting across the ice, and, you know, he competes hard. That's what we like the most of him, but he talks at a high-energy level, too, on the bench. And that's great, right? We have some quiet players on our bench, and that's fine, that's who they are. But, those guys like Mikkola, who's got—nobody knows—Well there's four other Finnish guys knowing what he's saying, but nobody else knows what he's saying.

paul loves all his rascals and it is a joy to hear his takes on them its mikksys turn now!

media availability | 6.11.24 (x)

also if you want to see the moment mikksy is talking about in the interviews linked above because it is genuinely bonkers 10 or so seconds of hockey: here it is

[crossbackpoke-check]

find a blorbo (nhl tag game)

RULES: Go through the roster of each NHL team and find at least one player that you can root for.

tagged by @bondedpairs!! when i say too many teams to count and here for the narrative um. i may not have lied. this is not an extensive list of my blorbos but in order to make it not ten thousand years long i made up the rule that i had to do it straight from memory :)

anaheim ducks: as evidenced by recent events i DO like mason mctavish and trevor zegras but i have to honor laura and mention troy terry and beloved goalie gibbie*

boston bruins: oh for sure brad marchand… can i say patrice? one of the charlies got traded but i think mcavoy is still there because gryz is gone, brandon carlo is there still i think

buffalo sabres: cozens & thompson, owen power, rasmus dahlin, ukko pekka luukkonen

calgary flames: is chris tanev still here? is markstrom still here?? noah hanifin?? as a last resort i’ll say blasty

carolina hurricanes: aho & jarvy & teuvo teravainen & brent burns is still playing maybe? i know sepe got traded

chicago hockey: the bedsy narrative is compelling but ANDREAS ATHANASIOU MY BELOVED reunited with tyler bertuzzi… that’s the real story. also i like foligno

colorado avalanche: gabe landeskog, whatever ross colton & miles wood have going on, natemac + jo, mikko

columbus blue jackets: have long been on the merzlikins train, have been swayed to the darkside of umich boys (brindley, kent johnson, fantilli, blankenburg who is now on nsh)

dallas stars: seggy! mush! roope + miro and otter and robo and wyjo (rip ty dellandrea) and harls! etc.

detroit red wings: MOST players. dilly larks, moritz seider, jv, raymond, rasmussen, kitty, lyon, etc except for k*ne

edmonton oilers: mcdrai, ofc. nugent-hopkins, nursey, rip vinny & skinny

florida panthers: tkachuk, reinhardt, sasha barkov, verhaeghe (is there still?)

los angeles kings: adrian kempe… kevin fiala… danault… quinton byfield & alex turcotte

minnesota wild: kirill, marat, fleury, brodes, fabes, boldy, moose, middsy, spurge… god’s perfect idiots

montreal canadiens: going out on a limb here to say martin st. louis but also xhekaj (both), slafkovský, suzuki, my austrian reinbacher, yes fine cole caufield

nashville predators: MOST BEAUTIFUL D PAIR IN THE WORLD GRADY SKJEI AND ROMAN JOSI!! juuse, evangelista, isn’t stamkos there and also someone else who absolutely should not be

new jersey devils: nico… tuna (tatar), dawson mercer, siegenthaler, dougie hamilton, yes the hugheses whatever

new york islanders: barzy, zeeker & marty, anders lee, noah dobson lol

new york rangers: mika & chris, lafrenière & k’andre, shesterkin

philadelphia flyers: frosty & beezer and tk and sanny and the new baby michkov and coots and scooty loots and foerster etc etc. you know the Guys

pittsburgh penguins: the two headed monster but also compelled by rutger mcgroarty, and kevin hayes was there!!!

ottawa senators: timmy stü & brady! josh norris! the evolution of shane pinto! ullmark now and brännström and claude giroux and chabot

san jose sharks: ekky, thrun, mario, borde, logan couture, shakir, that other vaguely blond rookie

seattle kraken: brandon tanev, andre burakovsky! grubauer & d’accord also

st. louis blues: jordan kyrou, nathan walker (is still there?), rob thomas? is parayako still there?

tampa bay lightning: hedman, point, they dumped so many guys after the cup run… is kucherov still there or is he in nashville?? anthony cirelli (notable for being made out with by pat maroon)

toronto maple leafs: mitch, jt, willy, alex nylander, kniesy, dewar, et

utah hockey: crouse, keller, tuba

vancouver canucks: quinn, brock, petey, jt, garly, höggy, i want to say dakota johnson, elias lindholm?

vegas golden knights: brandon montour is here now… alex pietrangelo, so sorry to one i can’t remember who loves the lions it will come back to me

washington capitals: full of love and stupidity. oshie, nicke/ovi, pierre-luc dubois, dowd, vrána, milano

winnipeg jets: adam lowry!! josh morissey and kc and morgan barron, also vladdy my beloved

tagging @stillfertile + @colap1nto + @songsandswords + @moregraceful if they haven’t done it yet, i know they follow at least a couple teams. if anybody else wants to play i love adopting blorbos!!

[rootbeerfloats]

im debating on whether i should buy p3r or just. keep playing my original p3 save

[idiosyncraticrednebula]

Ngl, I would love to see a Lego video game adaptation of all the Disney Princess movies, although I have zero idea how the devs at Lego could make that work properly. If not that, then at least an adaptation of the Renaissance movies or even some of the Post-Renaissance/Experimental and Revival ones. A combo of the three eras, perhaps? The possibilities are endless!

[thedrotter]

sweet sweet re:kinder community... I would like to ask y'all how you came upon the game and your experiences with it because i wanna know. im genuinely so curious to hear about other people's experiences and little opinions about this game because of how wild the game is (/pos) I'd love to hear it. do ramble to me about it

[basicallyjaywalker]

for the oc pride asks, what is 5 for all of them?

I'M SO SORRY THIS TOOK ME A MONTH TO ANSWER OMG

5. How did you figure out your oc's identity?

For all of them, they didn't have set identities until i became active in fandom again and went back to their character sheets to sort stuff out. then, i sorta based them on previous ships i had/character vibes, so to speak/projection (i was exploring my gender identity when i was reworking them which led to transing and queering some genders)

that's basically the gist! it was a lot of "this feels right" which feels like the queer id journey irl too, funnily enough

[meli-meliai]

SETH WAS NOAH’S ANCESTOR??????????

[soft-serve-soymilk]

on a related note: awwwwwww fuck, I spent 5 months designing Cynthia’s fake magical girl outfit, what about her REAL one 😭😭😭

[jesskasb]

the implicationsssss

[yasmini24]

URL tag

Spell your URL with song titles

Tagged by @guardians-of-exo!!!!

Y- You Belong With Me- Taylor Swift

A- Artistic Groove- Taemin

S- Sweet Child O' Mine- Guns N' Roses

M- Marry the Night- Lady Gaga

I- In nome de padre- Måneskin

N- Not Today- BTS

I- I Wanna Dance with Somebody- Whitney Houston

2- Boy’s a liar pt. 2- Ice Spice and PinkPantheress

4- Krazzy 4- Vishal Dadlani

tagging: @deonideatta @the-marathon-continues-nip @coolbeansbuddyofmine @psychicpinenut @tehkatie and whoever else wants to do it!!!

[naniskys]

2023 BL Wrapped ✨

thanks for the tag @distant-screaming and @cornflowershade !! (original template from @loveable-sea-lemon here x)

you watched 24 bls this year. that's about 276 hours! (assuming they all have 12 hour-long eps)

you primarily watched bls from Thailand (gmmtv). (13 of the 24 were gmmtv productions, but they monopolised an even bigger proportion of my time and brainspace 😩)

you spent way too much time thinking about these characters: Pat (Bad Buddy) - my no 1 best boy forever, GuyNawa and KanghanSailom (Dangerous Romance), and TangFei (History 3: Trapped).

your favorite show was My School President (for the start of the year), History 3: Trapped (for the middle) and Dangerous Romance (for the end). you kept thinking about it all year. (picking one show is just cruel lol)

your overall bl mood was wasting way too much time watching bls when i should be studying <//3

you read the most fanfiction about patpran. like way too much. (enough to make nanon my top spotify artist 2 years in a row from the 2 bbs osts alone bc i listen to it whenever i'm reading bbs fic) (also there's too much bbs here considering i didn't even watch it this year lol)

don't think anyone can beat how special these 2 are to me 🥹🥹

another of your favorites from this year was GuyNawa. they captivated your gay little heart. (shooting star couple owns my entire HEART - so many fics to think about)

not enough guynawa smooching on the dash lately smh, hence the gif

the soundtracks you listened to the most were My School President, Bad Buddy and History 3: MODC/History 3: Trapped. it made you feel really normal. (The fun gay musical show vs the show that's dominated my spotify wrapped for 2 yrs straight vs the shows that dealt me psychic damage)

your favorite acting pair was Geminifourth, Marcpawin and Firstkhao. there was just something so mesmerizing about them...

here's to another year!!

(This is quite belated so I feel like most people have done it by now, but if you see this and want to do it, I'm tagging you!! Pls tag me in ur posts if u decide to do it :))