#I did some ridiculous things in/for this game

[jasper-dracona]

Sky: Children of The Light. The pitch I got was that it’s by the same people who made Journey, it’s really cute, the online social elements are notably limited to encourage positivity, and it’s entirely anonymous. When you make a friend you pick a name to give them, and they pick a name to give you, and neither of you see what the other named you.

To me that sounded like a pretty promising pitch! But then I learned all of the problems

1) It is just so aggressively monetized, and starting playing relatively late means you miss out on basically all of the fun cosmetics, or at the very least, all of the fun cosmetics that you can see everyone else wearing. This is strangely alienating and frustrating.

Also, if you want to get any cosmetics without spending real money you better be prepared to run through the same areas as efficiently as possible every single day and then jump to and surpass the last level in order to get the fancy special candles that you need in order to buy 90% of the actual fun or interesting items.

After 1 month of fairly consistent play for over 2hrs per day I played, I had unlocked like 4 new cloak colours and a dozen or so haircuts, most of which I didn’t even like.

2) The game’s story LOOKS like it is going to say something meaningful about cooperation or helping people or how we hold onto our failures and need to learn to forgive ourselves or just… SOMETHING, and having tried to untangle some sort of meaning from the story I have come to the conclusion that there is basically nothing there. Only a few times do you actually tangibly help an NPC, a spirit, with something by actually interacting with the world. Most of the time you are simply walking from spot to spot to watching them act out moments from their life like a 3D slideshow. So if there is a meaningful theme or message, you the player don’t really interact with it in any meaningful way, you just run around and look at a vague suggestion of it.

3) Speaking of running around, the movement in the game is very floaty. This is generally pretty appropriate for the game and it’s atmosphere, and the levels are mostly built with this floaty movement in mind as well. Buuuut the ones that aren’t adequately built to accommodate the controls are truly horrendous and absurdly frustrating. There’s a particular side level called like… the Trial of Wind or something, where there is one jump that is functionally impossible. Even in places that are generally designed around your floaty movement, stepping off the edges of relatively small objects can cause you to take a gigantic leap forward for seemingly no reason, and your normal jump can also end up being inconveniently long depending on the scenario. Basically, if you want to move a short distance from a standstill, there’s like a 25% chance your character will go 3x further than you wanted to. It gets frustrating after a while.

4) The limited social interaction options thing I mentioned right at the beginning, while broadly very effective, is absolutely not bullet proof.

As you find spirits and complete their follow-me-around-for-a-while “quests”, the majority of them give you emote animations. There are a LOT of emotes and you can upgrade them which gives you variations on the original that you can pick between.

So one time, I was really stuck in a place, and these 2 other players came by, absolutely decked out in matching fancy cosmetics that I knew were from several seasons ago. So, thinking that these experienced players could maybe help me out, I offered them a candle (an offering of friendship, which btw unlocks certain things like the ability to auto-follow another player). Well, the person I didn’t offer the candle to does the shocked emote, basically like this 😱. The person I offered the candle to did a keel-over laugh like the thing I had just done was ridiculously silly and unbelievable, and then made a waving and crossing hands “no” gesture. Then they both flew away and left me stranded. It was such a weird cliquey mean girl sort of moment that I was just stunned. No words were exchanged at all.

So yeah, it’s just not worth it. The gameplay gets repetitive fast and yet demands vast amounts of repetition, something on the order of 1-2hrs every single day for multiple weeks, to give the player any substantial rewards. The story is broadly hollow, the controls can be clunky and annoying, and if you want to express yourself beyond changing your haircut without grinding for days on end then you have to buy cosmetics with real money. Also the cosmetics that can be purchased with real money are often time-limited by season and aren’t particularly cheap.

I know it’s a free game, but my goodness it absolutely was not worth the amount of time I spent learning all of its flaws.

yall reblog this with the most disappointing game u have ever played

like the one that was either a sequel or overhyped and then turned out to be trash?? mine was bioshock infinite

[pukefactory]

✦ ─ ˗ˋ FLIRT WITH THE AIR ˊ˗ ─ ✦

⬨ Summary: A Compilation of Headcannons Featuring Black Sapphire Cookie Flirting With An Oblivious Reader

⬨ Character(s): Black Sapphire Cookie (Cookie Run Kingdom)

⬨ Genre: Headcannons, SFW

⬨ Warning(s): None - Completely Safe!

⬨ Image Credits: @/royalmargarines30thfan_ on Pinterest

★ Black Sapphire Cookie is nothing if not patient. He spins compliments like golden threads, weaving them into his usual smooth-talking banter. “Oh, sweet listener of mine, your presence makes the world dazzle in ways even I couldn’t fabricate~” And yet… nothing. Not a blush, not a stammer, just a polite nod and a “That’s nice! Anyway, did you hear about—” He swears, he’s going to need a whole new broadcast just to document your sheer obliviousness.

★ He’s draping himself over your shoulders, whispering in your ear with that velvety voice, his breath just brushing your skin. “If you’d only lean just a little closer, darling… I’d let you in on a very exclusive rumour~” You lean in. He smirks. “Mm, it’s about you and me, actually.” And yet, instead of catching the meaning, you just ask, “Oh? Is it good press or bad?”

★ He loves the game, the chase, the push-and-pull… but this is ridiculous. How can one Cookie be so blind? He finds himself watching you more than he intends to, microphone twirling in his hand, muttering under his breath. “At this point, I’d need to shout it live on air to get through to them…” Candy Apple Cookie overhears and laughs so hard she nearly drops her lollipop.

★ When Shadow Milk Cookie asks why Black Sapphire Cookie seems more exasperated than usual, he just sighs, leaning back in his chair like a tragic performer at the end of an act. “Master, I have spun lies so grand they shape history itself, but convincing them that I am flirting? That, that is the one tale they refuse to believe.” Shadow Milk Cookie just stares. “…I see.”

★ He’s a master of getting the spotlight, but you? You’re maddening. You’ll listen, sure, but you’ll also get distracted by some trivial thing—like another Cookie passing by or an interesting rock on the ground. “Darling, I could weave a tale so thrilling it makes kingdoms crumble—” “Oh wow, look at this! The pattern on this stone is so cool!” Black Sapphire Cookie clutches his microphone like it’s his last shred of sanity.

★ At this point, he’s not above using a little… sarcasm. “Ahh, my dear, your ability to completely ignore my every advance is truly inspiring. Have you considered taking up a career in resisting temptation? You’d be phenomenal.” Of course, you just laugh and say, “Oh wow, really? I never thought about that before.” He stares into the void.

★ Candy Apple Cookie, ever the chaos gremlin, is having way too much fun watching Black Sapphire Cookie struggle. “He’s so into you, y’know,” she whispers one day. “He even calls you ‘darling’ and everything!” You just shrug. “He calls everyone darling.” Black Sapphire Cookie, standing nearby, physically reels.

★ He’s not jealous. Nope. Not at all. He totally doesn’t get irritated when another Cookie gets a little too close, even if they’re just talking to you. And he absolutely does not go on air later to spread a mildly exaggerated rumor about that Cookie, just to keep them away. Nope. Purely professional.

★ One day, he does make it official. No games, no riddles, no sultry suggestions. He just looks at you, dead serious, and says, “Darling. You. Me. Dating. Do you understand?” You blink. “…Ohhh, that’s what you’ve been hinting at?” He nearly drops his microphone. “YES?! What else—” He groans, but he’s also grinning. Maybe it was worth the wait after all.

★ When it finally clicks, you try to flirt back. The problem? You’re terrible at it. “So uh… you’ve got nice… um… microphone-handling skills?” Black Sapphire Cookie just laughs, deep and rich, the sound curling like smoke around you. “Oh, darling~” he purrs, looping an arm around your own. “You are so lucky you’re cute.”

[landhoe-norris]

i know i haven’t ranted in a while and ya’ll probably haven’t missed me but surprise bitch here i am

watching the discourse around lando and piastri unfold is like watching people move the goalposts at record-breaking speeds.

for years lando was mocked for staying with mclaren. we had both fan and journalist discourse about how he was ‘too comfortable,’ ‘scared of competition,’ and ‘not ambitious enough’. most of this was aimed at him for refusing red bull time and time and time again, so often in fact that horner had major blue balls for years and is now acting like someone who spent the whole night buying him drinks, got rejected, and is now loudly telling everyone he totally wasn’t into him anyway while still trying to slide into his dms at 2 am.

now that mclaren has built a race-winning car the narrative has shifted to what has he done to deserve it, as if years of loyalty, help with car development, and performances that dragged mclaren out of the midfield don’t count for anything. he took a pay cut to help save mclaren jobs in 2020. he gave up wins for the team when they asked him to. he got blamed for mclaren’s strategic fails and never once assigned the blame to the pit wall who were the ones who deserved it. he stuck with them when everyone told him to run.

but no, apparently, he just lucked into a good car. because when max gets a dominant car, he’s a generational talent. when charles gets a fast car, it’s justice for his suffering. but when lando gets a good car, he’s a fraud who doesn’t deserve it.

meanwhile, we have the oscar piastri narrative, which is somehow that he’s both the most underrated driver on the grid and that any criticism of him is an unfair attack. mclaren get on the radio and begs pleads gaslights lando to play the team game? ‘that’s just how it works, it’s a team sport after all.’ oscar is asked to play the team game? ‘they ruined his rhythm, they’re demotivating him, they’re sabotaging him.’ lando loses a position? classic bottle job. piastri loses a position? unlucky, nothing he could do.

and let’s be real, mclaren has gone out of its way to hype up piastri. every post-race briefing with lando, piastri, and stella feels like watching a group project where one guy did 80% of the work, but the teacher only asks the other guy how he felt about it. lando could have just dragged the mclaren kicking and screaming onto the podium, with piastri finishing p20 and the first thing stella will say is, ‘great job to oscar, fantastic learning experience for him.” meanwhile, when piastri does well, it’s ‘a truly special talent, what a drive, the future of mclaren!’ even if lando finished ahead of him. the team bends over backwards to make sure piastri gets his flowers, but if they praise lando at all, it’s favoritism.

lando is not some fraud who lucked into a good car. piastri is not an oppressed underdog being held back by mclaren. and yet, every single race weekend, we’re stuck in this ridiculous loop of bad takes and double standards.

lando deserves his success, piastri chose to go to a team that has a driver who is the equivalent to charles in ferrari, and contrary to popular belief, he’s not being held hostage at the mtc, not with the reported $26 million a year (a travesty) and i will still be here every weekend to tell people to stfu when they keep going on about how he’s just a third year rookie.

[squidsquidsquidsquidsquidgame]

Headcanons! - Sang-Woo

Character: Sang-woo X fem!reader

Summary: Headcanons!

Warnings: noneeee

1. Sang-Woo is the kind of guy who secretly takes mental notes of all the little things you like—your favorite coffee, the books you enjoy, the songs that make you smile—and surprises you with them when you least expect it.

2. He’s a bit of a perfectionist, but when it comes to you, he can’t help but let little things slide—like when you leave your clothes on the floor, he just picks them up with a sigh and a fond smile.

3. Sang-Woo will never admit it, but when he’s stressed, he’ll find a quiet moment to play with your hair, running his fingers through it while you relax. It’s his secret way of unwinding.

4. He has a hidden stash of handwritten letters he’s never shown you, little notes he’s written over time, mostly about his feelings for you. He keeps them tucked away because he’s too shy to share them, but sometimes he’ll leave one in a place where you’ll find it when he’s not around.

5. Sang-Woo loves playing mind games with you, but in a playful way—like challenging you to games of chess, Scrabble, or even simple logic puzzles just to see who can outsmart the other, with the winner always getting a reward (like a kiss or a small treat).

6. He has a surprisingly romantic side that he doesn’t let many see—on anniversaries, he’ll surprise you with a private dinner, carefully planned out with all your favorite foods, and he’ll open up in a way that leaves you speechless.

7. If you’re ever feeling insecure, he’ll turn it into a challenge, telling you that no one else in the world could handle him, and that’s why you’re the perfect match. It’s his way of reassuring you without being overly emotional.

8. Sang-Woo’s the type to show affection in little, subtle ways—like brushing a stray lock of hair behind your ear when you’re focused on something or making sure you’ve got your jacket zipped up just right before heading outside.

9. He loves taking you out on unexpected adventures, whether it’s a spontaneous road trip to a nearby town or getting lost together in the middle of a park, all to make memories where the two of you are just together and enjoying each other’s company.

10. When it’s quiet and you’re both relaxing, he might pull you closer without saying anything, just to be near you, but he’ll make it sound casual like, “You’re in my space, but I don’t mind.”

11. Sang-Woo secretly loves surprising you with his cooking skills, even if it’s something simple. He'll cook a meal from scratch, but he won’t tell you until it’s on the table—watching your face light up when you realize he did all the work is his favorite part.

12. He'll come up with weird, off-the-wall nicknames for you, only to later pretend it was a joke—things like “champion of my heart” or “my genius,” and then act all embarrassed when you call him out on it.

13. When he’s frustrated, he won’t vent about it, but instead will give you a smirk and say, “Can you make me laugh? It’s the only thing that’ll make this day better.” He just wants to hear you laugh to make everything feel lighter.

14. He likes quiet mornings, when it’s just the two of you, a cup of coffee, and soft music in the background. He’ll listen to you talk about your dreams or random thoughts, making mental notes of things he never wants to forget.

15. Sang-Woo gets ridiculously protective of you without realizing it—he’ll act casual, but when someone talks to you for too long or gets too close, he’ll subtly stand in your line of sight, always ensuring you feel safe and prioritized.

16. When you’re feeling sad or unsure, he has a way of pulling you into his world with words. He’ll tell you stories about the past, making light of his struggles, all to remind you that you’re strong together—and that he’s got your back.

17. On days when he knows you need some personal space, he’ll retreat to his office or corner of the room with a book or something to do, but he’ll always leave the door open, just in case you need him.

18. Sang-Woo has a small habit of testing out new things with you—like suggesting a new activity or a new type of food—just so he can gauge your reaction and see if you enjoy it. It’s his way of learning even more about you and sharing something new together.

19. He likes the feeling of taking care of you, but he won’t say it aloud. Instead, he’ll make sure your car is gassed up, or your favorite snacks are stocked, or that the house is warm when you come home. It’s his way of saying he’s thinking of you.

20. Despite being reserved, Sang-Woo loves the idea of having a shared playlist. He’ll slip songs into it that remind him of special moments you’ve shared, and you’ll eventually realize the playlist has its own little narrative of your relationship.

🫐🍏🍅

[sk1ndx0]

˖ ࣪ ⊹ ࣪You. ⊹ ࣪ ˖

Niragi x fem!reader

TW: Niragi in general, mentions of smut, cursing

A/N: I honestly can’t tell what kind of relationship dynamic I put these two into but…. It’s there.. I guess 😔💔 IS IT ANGST, IS IT FLUFF????? IDKKKKKKKKKKKK

Summary: You. You took too long to come back to the beach, and Niragi wasn’t very fond of it.

Fucking YOU. You who always got in the way.. you who always had some dumb shit in your head. You couldn’t have died. No.. not yet, at least. You were the only thing keeping Niragi from burning this whole-

Wait. What…??

The fuck was he thinking?? He didn’t care for you. He didn’t give a shit about anyone. He didn’t care if you went on a game by yourself. He wouldn’t allow himself to. He could deal with a couple hours by himself. All those thoughts rushed out at the sound of the hotel door clicking open. Niragi almost tripped getting up from the couch. He met your eyes, some type of emotion ranging between anger and anxiety lacing them. It was silent.. but not for long. Niragi had a habit of ruining such things..

“Where the fuck were you??” He spat out, looking you over once.. twice.. “Took too damn long.. it was just a fucking diamond game for fucks sake.” You had a few cuts and scrapes. Nothing huge. You heard him let out a soft exhale of relief..

“Went out a little longer than expected.” You answered calmly, almost used to this behavior, “It’s almost like you care.” You retorted, as you usually do.

“No I fucking don’t. Don't you know me, Y/N?”

“I do.. maybe not as well as I thought.”

“Well, you still seem whiny as always.” Niragi smirked, softly punching your arm.

Was he usually this tolerable??

“Oh, yeah, no I’m fine, the game was great thanks for asking.” You cross your arms. Your words never held any real bite. Oh no, you saved that hate for better times. “If I knew any better I’d say you were worried about me.”

Niragi shifted, slightly, just enough to show a reaction to the words before slouching in his normally horrid posture. He scoffed slightly and flashed his signature smirk. “You fucking wish.” You just ignored him and watched as he finally became less tense, plopping back down onto the couch. You looked at his rifle, sitting beside him like it was his girlfriend or some shit you couldn’t really explain by yourself. “Are you married to that thing?” You mumbled, jabbing a finger at the rifle like it wasn’t a weapon he could shoot you with at any moment. “Okay Ms. Bitchy-Mood-Switch.” Niragi held up his hands in mock surrender. “You know you’re just jealous.”

You let out a frustrated sigh, “Ridiculous. You’re insufferable.”

“You can’t live without me, we both know it. Who’s gonna keep you on your toes all the time?” Niragi smirked, his arms loosely on the back of the couch. Faint partying could be heard from below. The people of the beach getting drunk, high, fucked, etc.. it’s almost like this is all they can do to forget about the bloodshed out in the real Borderlands. Oh wait.. it is.

Niragi stared at you, his eyes narrowed.

“Thinking about them again? Seriously I don’t know why you fucking bother. They’re not gonna quiet down soon anyways. Besides, you should join ‘em.” Niragi finally spoke, once again, breaking the really needed silence.

“I don’t want to. I won’t. Thanks for the offer though.” You turned to look at him, kicking off your shoes and walking to the couch, sitting down right next to him.

“You know I’m not a party animal. That’s you. You should be down there.”

“Don’t get me started. I fucked almost every girl down there. They’d be all over me.” Niragi snaps back, running a hand through your hair. It wasn’t playful, it wasn’t hurtful.. it was just there. Just enough for you to know that he was real. That you were real.

Honestly, after that game you really needed it. A diamonds game, yes. But a lot of people died in front of you there.

You didn’t lean into his touch, though. Nor did you move away. You just sat there. Like you enjoyed Niragi’s terrifying company..

After more silence, you spoke.

“We should find something to eat. Or maybe drink.” You stretch, standing up. “Or maybe you should go to your own hotel room. This one is mine.”

Niragi slowly got up, as if suddenly all the weight of the world on his entire shoulders. He had a smirk plastered on his face. You rolled your eyes.

“You’ve got to be kidding me right now.”

“What? I’m getting up.” Niragi contested, nearly busting out into a state of laughter.

You groaned, grabbing his arm and pulling him up from the couch, making him stumble a bit before catching himself. He grabbed his rifle and slung it over his shoulder before walking to the doorway, turning around and staring at you with something unfamiliar in his eyes.

“If you need me-”

“I won’t.”

You interrupted before shutting the door in his face, letting out a huge breath. God, it felt lighter in here.

What the fuck was that about??

Niragi stood there, a bit dumbfounded before he poked the inside of his cheek with his tongue, exhaling shortly before walking up to his room.

This wasn’t the end of it. This playful but hateful banter. Honestly, Niragi thought it would never end. You hoped it would end.

Because it wouldn’t.

Not yet.

A/N: OKAY.. this was my first little fanfic thing, and I hoped you liked it. Honestly, I know it was a bit out of context, but I might add parts to this, I just wanted to know if you guys liked it in any way so TYSM FOR READING PLEASE GIVE SOME ADVICE AND IF I SHOULD MAKE THIS A SERIES!!

𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟𓆝 𓆟 𓆞

-Love Sk1n

[sprite-and-the-bunnydragons]

is it Legend and Time’s birthdays? Yes. Am I posting something late for Sky instead? Also yes😅

anyway, please enjoy my favorite screenshot of all time

[shikai-the-storyteller]

A few notes about Realm SMP:

Tubbo hopes to have an event every week and ideally thinks this would be a 6 month server

There's a "level up" system but it will be tailored so people won't be left behind if they can't log in much

Armor and Combat is DND inspired, but it's not 100% accurate to DND

Tubbo looked at the 5 main MCYT communities he's been in / watched and that's the "pool" he chose people from

There's no plans for an in-game translator because it's expensive and also Tubbo "doesn't want to step on Quackity's toes" :(

Tubbo says he doesn't have a lot of Spanish-speaking streamers on his Discord friend list so there was a limit to how many people he could message, but he wants to add more people (he has 5 planned already)

Lore is dependent on what the people on the server do, he likes more freestyle flowing RP

There's no big team behind the server, it's just Tubbo and Tango helping him with some things he might not understand (however, he has a team he wants to use for the New Year Event he has in mind). He may look into getting some admins to help enforce rules

He made it so players can play Realm SMP with default Minecraft, he doesn't want to overwhelm people with too many mod downloads.

There is NO mod pack! Realm SMP is vanilla, it's just custom texture packs and plugins.

Tubbo says he's been overwhelmed by the amount of support it's received so far, but he's a bit nervous too

He says he doesn't have Missa added on Discord but he tried to contact him (?)

No set classes, but people can specify their skill points to unlock certain things on skill trees and build their own classes

There IS a life system (😰) but it's a bit different. There's 3 lives — if you die 3 times you're out, but it's only semi-hardcore because when you die, your stats are set to 0 and you're in spectator-mode, but players can craft an item to bring you back at 1 life and you get all your stats back.

There's no "downing" system, if you die you did, you can't be picked back up like on QSMP

No "keep inventory" on death

There's no limit to the amount of times you can be resurrected (thank god) Tubbo says it would kinda suck otherwise because then people would just get banned off the server at some point after dying x amount of times

The Nether IS enabled, the End isn't enabled yet because Tubbo wants to make a cool custom boss fight.

There will be proximity chat

Etoiles (in chat) asked about armor and Tubbo tells him he'a really glad Etoiles agreed to join, even though he wasn't planning on doing much Minecraft stuff anymore

Streamers can play off-stream

Tubbo says he has a "Badboyhalo Contingency Force" (it's Tubbo and Tango)

Tubbo says the Realm SMP concept came to him in a dream

Mob strength will scale as players "level up"

Deaths to a bug or glitch don't count, but all othet deaths will

Events won't be all PVP-based because he wants people to enjoy the events even if they aren't a huge Minecraft player

Two banned items: mending books and elytra, which will be tied to future events

Tubbo says he's happy to do anything himself, but if anyone really wants to be an admin, it'd be voluntary like a Twitch mod kind of deal since it's just him and Tango. (He already has a team of people he goes to for admin stuff, it wouldn't be random people being admins)

In the hour before the server launches, he'll be showing off server features

He reminded people in the player Discord it's just for fun, the life system isn't meant to be competitive and he doesn't want sweats to be dicks about it since not every player is a big Minecraft player

He has a 6 month timeframe in mind but it'll last as long as people want to play, if it fizzles out in a month then it fizzles out in a month, it lasts as long as people play it.

There will be NPCs "When he gets them sorted" but he's a one-man army doing everything

He reminds people to "manage their expectations" because he's only one guy – he can't do events like Purgatory like Quackity because he doesn't have a massive team like he did.

He says if his merch stuff goes well then maybe he can get 1 or 2 people to help with the Realm project

Tubbo is still answering Q&A stuff on stream right now, but these are the biggest things he's said so far!

[antivan-beau]

"I just hope they patch in [something that requires all new writing work, new animations, and for multiple voice actors to come into a studio and record new lines]"

respectfully I think some people out there don't have a clear sense of what a "patch" means, or what kinds of changes are likely or unlikely in veilguard. we're gonna get like, bug fixes. we are not going to get whole new romance scenes.

[icewindandboringhorror]

Recent-ish things ~

[artistictea]

I finally got all 100% trophies in BG3! It took me 541 hours of gameplay and 4 different playthroughs to do it. It's crazy to think I've been playing this game routinely since its release and I still kept finding new things on every playthrough, truly one of the most games of all time 😭

[ff2-soda-pop]

went into tag of an anime that is Special To Me and literally one of the first posts that isnt just a random photo with "#animecore" "#2000score" "#aesthetic" tags is just someone shit talking the show for "being too sad" and "based on a dating sim" and "its from the 2000s"

[todayisafridaynight]

At which point did you realise that the plot of IW is ass? I've seen people complain only about the ending or the halfway point where the teams separate, while I was already actively rolling my eyes like four-five chapters in

i think the moment i fully accepted that IW's story was. Definitely A Story was the moment ebina announced 'bleach japan'. like i think leading up to that point i was thinking to myself 'oh i hope i see X happen' or being like 'i wonder where this is going' and that sort but the proverbial bucket of ice was definitely that moment

[orcelito]

Guys I think the writing for fire emblem engage is somehow worse than fire emblem fates. Im a longtime fire emblem fan, I've played every recent game, and this... this is just Awful lmfao

Im still having plenty of fun & I have my handful of characters I love soooo much. But God fucking damn this writing is just some of the worst I've ever seen in a game

(Major spoilers in tags. Ran out of tags so I can't spoiler tag hfkshfj.

Final conclusion (since I ran out of tags): What Even Is This Fucking Game. Definitely my least favorite fire emblem game in many respects, but By God I'm going to finish this bitch and I'm gonna have plenty of fun as I do so. And I'm also going to make fun of every narrative choice it makes along the way bc the writing in this game is just SO fucking bad holy shit. I just need to finish this game and get on with my life already. God fuckin damn.)

[foldingfittedsheets]

I always forget this wasn’t a thing everywhere but my high school had a fun and innovative way to torment us in PE. They got heart rate monitors. It was this awful strap that went under the bra line and paired to a watch. The first day was great cause we got to set our resting heart rate. We did this by laying in a dark room and napping.

But then once a week we’d have to strap on these monitors and go running. The monitors were old tech and didn’t always pick up your heartbeat, so you’d have to use cold water between it and your skin to get a better connection, gods know why. Warm water never worked. After the day our watches would be collected and our efforts recorded.

The idea was that if your heart beat too fast you were supposed to stop, and if it was too slow you’d speed up. In practice this was ridiculous, staying in the green zone all class was ridiculously difficult.

Even people like me who were stubbornly resistant to running the mile couldn’t stand the horrific constant beeping and made attempts to placate the reviled machine. It was always fairly miserable. I had PE first thing in the chilly morning, dashing cold water on my skin before running around half awake was the low point of my week.

But for some unknown reason, the teacher insisted that no play could happen on these days. We were given the freedom to run all over campus but woe betide us if we tried to make a game that actually made this enjoyable.

We’d initiate games of tag only to get yelled at for not just… running. Any kind of play was forbidden. On one memorable occasion someone got a kickball and we started an impromptu soccer game with it.

If someone’s heart rate got too high they’d drop to their knees to wait out the shrieking of their watch so an extra element was added to the game of trying to win without going too hard. I remember being absolutely delighted, the thrill of that game still lives in my heart, hoping I could score a goal before my heartbeat betrayed me to the hated watch.

When the PE teacher found us we were soundly scolded and the ball was confiscated. Our happiness burst like a soap bubble and we turned our back to the enchantment of the green field and resumed slogging along in a grey haze as expected.

[alphalesbian]

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[skyburger]

Do not hit me up bro this azran legacy shit gets serious