#I love everyone’s takes on the player character

[oathkeeper-of-tarth]

During a casual "Isobel is horribly underappreciated" chat, I was doing some fawning over just how impressive everything that Isobel does and quietly endures is (immediately after being pulled from the grave in a nightmare version of her own home! while everyone she ever knew and loved is either dead or an undead abomination, including, she fears, she herself!). I was reminded of the exchange with Jaheira if you find out the truth about Isobel's backstory, which ranks among my favourite little bits of writing and character moments in the game.

Player: I've been looking into Ketheric. I suspect Isobel might be his daughter. Jaheira: Do you. Well, let us not leave you in suspense, then. You are right. She is. Player: It's more than that. She was dead, and something brought her back. Jaheira: Something malign? Or some blessing of Selûne, perhaps? I do not know what restored Isobel's life to her. But I can see what she is doing with it. If she wished to see us drowned in darkness, Isobel needn't have lifted a finger. Instead, she holds out her hand. I choose to take it. I choose to trust. And not just because I have no other choice. When I find myself needing a reminder of just who Isobel Thorm is, I simply step outside and look up.

The dialogue flow features some more options:

Player: And you trust her? She's all that stands between us and the shadow curse. Jaheira: Exactly the point, wouldn't you say?

Player: You already knew. Why didn't you tell me? Jaheira: Because it isn't my tale to tell. And because, in truth, I do not know the half of it. Only this:

Which then converge into the part I adore that I quoted up top.

After this, there's a couple more responses with some gems:

Player: I'll need to speak to her myself. Jaheira: If it will help. Only remember: I bear more blame for the shadow curse than Isobel does. And she can no more control her parentage than you can that thing in your head. Player: I tried to talk to her about it. She won't tell me anything. Jaheira: Perhaps she chooses to do, rather than say.

And the closing options, with some nice on-brand Jaheira:

Player: All right, then. Trust it is. Jaheira: Then you're a stronger soul than I. I at least have had time to prepare that high-minded little speech.

Player: 'Trust'? You tried to kill me the first time we met. Jaheira: And now we are the best of friends. You see? The power of trust.

Player: Not good enough. Jaheira: Look around you. You shall have to learn to live with 'not good enough', I'm afraid.

Combining all of this with Isobel's sad little "Who would trust the next-of-kin of Ketheric Thorm?" a bit later on sure hurts!

But in conclusion, if anyone, including Isobel herself, starts piping up with some "sins of the father" type nonsense, Jaheira is putting a stop to that, and I love her for it.

[unluckiestmember]

Bro. I got you.

Cho Hyun-ju/Player 120 X Trans MTF! Reader

Characters: Cho Hyun-ju/Player 120, Kim Young-mi/Player 095, Park Yong-sik/Player 007, Jang Geum-ja/Player 149 and Park Gyeong-seok/Player 246

Warning: None. SFW.

A/N: Shoutout to @highoffoflove for the idea above! My brother (or sister) needed their request fulfilled and damn it I'm gonna fulfill it! I hope you like this one, buddy!

During the final rounds of Mingle, Cho Hyun-ju was horrifyingly positive that Young-mi wouldn't make it.

She expected to find the pushed female approach her room's door to watch as she was gunned down.

So imagine her surprise when upon opening the door, her sister figure, alive, comes running up to her in happy tears! She was really alive! But how?

She explains that as she was on the ground, Park Gyeong-seok recognized her and in the middle of his recognition of the woman, she was carried without hesitation into a room that lacked one more teammate.

And who carried her into that room? Well. It was you.

Hyun-ju and Jang Geum-ja were more than appreciative of your spring into action to save someone they considered family. You won't ever forget seeing how the beautiful woman dropped to her knees to thank you with a series of bows.

After the game, Hyun-ju's team welcomed you with open arms and you did the same, seeing everyone on the team as family.

You had no choice since Geum-ja basically adopted you, Yong-sik became very enamored by your beauty and Young-mi was joined to your hip.

The appreciation from Hyun-ju started off healthy enough and enormous in size, but as time passed, she found herself becoming a bit envious of you.

You were so sweet, with a voice as smooth as honey and a body that she'd kill for.

Young-mi loved you, everyone loved you and you walked with so much confidence that it made Hyun-ju wonder if she was lacking in that department.

And as a cherry on top, you were transgender?! Ugh, she wished she could just take your skin- You were so perfect! You were everything she ever wanted in her transitioning as a woman!

You were everything she wanted in a woman!

... Wait. Was that what's going on? Was this envy of becoming just as gorgeous as you? Or was this deep rooted admiration for you as a person?

Pondering such a question, Hyun-ju started to act kind of. Weird around you.

She would follow you awfully close, closer than Young-mi and Yong-sik!

She would start asking you questions about Thailand and what kind of make-up you used if not your dabble in jewelry or cooking and manicures.

It was kind of bothersome. But that uneasiness was slowly overpowered by endearment for her. Especially when she went out of her way to protect you during the raid after the voting.

It wasn't until after that daunting experience did you finally connect the dots on her affection for you. Hyun-ju didn't just admire you and look up to you. She loved you.

And you loved her.

As soon as you told her of your mutual feelings, Hyun-ju was as red as a tomato and everyone was sure she was going to pop in that second. But instead, she hastily asked you to be her girlfriend.

And as soon as you agreed to it, that's when Hyun-ju passed out.

It was cute. Hyun-ju was cute and the both of you made a cute couple.

As soon as you two left the games, you both made a journey to Thailand after Hyun-ju was finished transitioning, starting your new life together in paradise.

Though Hyun-ju would rather call it heaven. She was in heaven with the most divine angel she's ever seen. And she never wanted to leave it or your side. So she never did.

Should I open Squid Game requests? Knowing me, I'll definitely do some requests for my ladies of Season Two, but I don't know, you let me know!

Likes and retweets are always appreciated! I love you all, stay hydrated and have a good day! <3

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[lilyisatiger]

Everyone has amazing and complex Popsonas meanwhile mine is straight-up an asshole 💀

[milquetoad]

of the many injustices put forth toward the show by fans i think the most overall damaging and telling of a complete lack of critical viewership is the idea that sam riegel builds his characters with nothing more than the bit in mind. like you are only telling on yourself if you think characters like scanlan shorthalt and veth brennato are one-dimensional and depthless

[fairyfortalliance]

the imagery of no health regen…… wounded skin that doesn’t heal…. torn clothes….. burns…. scorch marks….. bite marks….. blood everywhere…… unraveling bandages…… oh…….

[shiverhohojiro]

every so often I see people who believe that The Entire Octarian Army is Female Only. sometimes simultaneously inventing very weird new forms of gendered oppression to go along with it. when DJ Octavio (male octoling) is right there. He's at the head of it. He's a guy? His squad of elite attack lesbians (the takozones) does not represent the army as a whole even if they're the only octolings we see not in swim form. People's eyes simply glaze over him. It would be like if people insisted there are only female squids because all the idols are female [Craig Cuttlefish continues to exist right there]

[froschli96]

you know, i always find it really funny when dudebros complain about syndicate and odyssey being too "jokey" or not "taking its characters seriously" or whatever…

like, did y'all collectively sleep through "it's-a me, mario!", "i meant besides vaginas", ezio inventing the latte, bartolomeo's... just... *gestures vaguely* entire character, etc?

like, it's fine to have preferences of course, i myself prefer a more serious and grounded tone, but these are usually the same people who tout the ezio trilogy as "peak assassin's creed", call ac1 a glorified tech demo and hate on connor for being "too serious and boring", like? make it make sense!

[anantplayingdnd]

"i'm immune to the Viktor Vallakovich love, i'm immune, oooh, it won't happen to me, no, no, no i'm different." - me, not realizing that as soon as they dispel the messed up magic that's been making this poor kid teleport randomly around barovia for the past week and a half that the party member who has a thing for adopting fucked up little kids is going to adopt this fucked up little kid and he's going to have to become one of my blorbos now.

[bacchuschucklefuck]

the nsbu table is five DM pets and rekha shankar

[emdotcom]

My brain is so full of Bees about Post-Shift 2.

It's a fan game that was delayed for 4 years -- by the time it released, fnaf fangames as a whole were not as popular as they had been, & most people in the scene had forgotten about Post-Shift 1, so not a lot of people heard about it/played it.

Worse still is the people who did talk about the game. Pretty unanimously, the consensus was this: this game is the craziest, most insane fnaf fangame. It's overly difficult with mechanics that have no rhyme or reason to them & tutorials that are wordy, unhelpful, & sometimes actively mislead the player, meaning you need to comb through a lot of text only to be misinformed. It's not as infamous as some other fangames, but it definitely was talked about very poorly.

In general, I think most of these criticisms were blown up out of proportion, but I can't really disagree with most people's problems -- it is difficult & wordy, & rather hard to understand. I think, however, that the game is still 1. Really fun, 2. Not a bad game at all, &, most importantly, 3. Is a free fucking game that was clearly a passion project. Most damn fangames never get off the fucking ground when made in groups because the creators will never make a red cent off the thing -- this game was made by one dude for 4 years & delivered to people for free. It didn't ask anything of you except to accept it as a difficult game & to not go in with wild expectations. The dev just wanted to make a game that was rough, but he also wanted to make a game that felt unique & was fun. & It is fun, too, is the damn thing.

[limielle]

nothing makes me more mad than when david gaider tweets lmfaoooo

[du-hjarta-skulblaka]

Stuck on the first few eps of Farscape after finishing up Fantasy High s2 and maybe its the whole most recently consumed bias but I'm really struck by how much it feels like a dnd game??? Bunch of weird lil renegades slapped together and put in weird situations, honestly it would make a really interesting starting point for a game

Anyway John Crichton is a bard/wizard; he does a lot of persuasion as performance and that scene of him collapsing to the floor to write slingshot equations is THE most wizard shit- perhaps Artificer would be more accurate to him but it's not a class I'm familiar with.

[fallenoftheromaempire]

Some people really have no idea of the world existing outside of them uh?

There is this dnd player i'm forced to share party with who is the most obnoxious person ever and is a whole lot of "i i i me me me " she talks over other people constantly, and keeps throwing tantrums when we try to make the game biweekly because it would be easier for everyone else but she is like "well *i* don't want that."

literally every time we try to suggest something to make scheduling easier or game play more direct and less loose to not waste too much time she is always there like some annoying af parrot like "Well i don't want that." like bitch shut the fuck up.

[sayheykid]

i genuinely don't think a story's worldbuilding and lore has ever drawn me in the way that check please did. it's been years and i still think about it every day. the characters and plot were always superb but i think what has stuck with me the most is the depth of the settings and how everything feels so lived in and tangible. everyone wants to make a fake world and town and university but no one else has EVER done it that well

[paintalyx]

it's not that deep but the ground is soft and all that jazz, so i desperately wish to do a loose rewrite of wyll's arc because there are so many little details that could be added to make it hit harder. just. agh. so many gaps. so much potential. angst and headcanon bait practically.

how were the first days of exile for him? who were his childhood friends and where are they now? how much does he truly believe some of the stuff he says, and how much is just for the show? how does he truly feel about his father in arc three and after the game ends (depending on your choices, of course)? what is his relationship with his body like after it's been changed? you can literally go so deep.

my man barely is barely given the opportunity to acknowledge any conflicting emotions that he might have about things from his past without player input, and i get that it's so that your special little tav guy can feel even more special by helping him, but i'd personally prefer to see him struggle without that kind of guidance

[the-somwthing]

canon scott: typically chill, thinks things through, has lots of allies and people tend to like him, he tends to survive till the end, in watcher lore the watchers kind of hate him because he didn’t go through with the boogeyman curse but yknow.

cringefail au scott: has lost all semblance of chill, everyone hates him, dies stupidly, watchers hate his guts simply because they think he’s annoying

I love this roleplay 😭