#I recently defeated hades in the game

[triptuckers]

heyy i just read your headcanons for percy x child of zeus and it was so good!! i was wondering if you can write headcanons percy x child of hades??

omg I was literally on a rant today about how hades is one of the most decent gods out of all of them I love him YES I can do that !!

I feel like people would be even more hesitant and afraid of a child of hades than a child of zeus

because, you know, he's god of the dead and all that

you have to constantly remind people that he's god of the dead and not death

"no that's thanatos you don't want to cross paths with him he's not very fond of demi-gods, but hades is a pretty reasonable guy actually"

but there have been so many stories about hades people don't really believe he's not that bad

so at some point you stop talking to people about him

or at all

you pretty much keep to yourself

it's nice given that you have the cabin mostly to yourself

(nico isn't at camp that often)

but it can also be lonely

percy noticed it one day when you were having breakfast by yourself at the hades table, not talking to anyone

so he got up from his own table and joined you for breakfast

(dionysus did not approve but percy doesn't care lol)

and after that you always have breakfast together

and lunch

and dinner

percy is very sweet to you and makes sure everyone always includes you

during capture the flag one day you pulled some pretty cool moves which earned you the other team's flag

that's when people really started to see you as just another camper

they talked more with you and helped you with developing new skills

the apollo kids taught you archery (even though you aren't that good at it)

you played strategic games with the athena kids to develop "critical thinking skills" as annabeth called it

whenever you were doing something with one of the cabins percy was always around

he was secretly a bit proud to finally see you interact with the other campers

and he would still eat most of the meals with you at your table

sometimes nico joined you as well if he was at camp

if nico was there he was most likely to be joined by will

which then attracted some of the other apollo kids

it usually ended with a bunch of different campers sitting at your table

you always sat next to percy

you liked spending time with percy outside of the meals as well

the two of you often stayed at your cabin or percy's

or you'd watch percy in the lake

you team up during capture the flag (and always win when you do)

during campfire nights you always sit next to each other

percy loves it when you lean against him if you're tired

even though you're tired you'd stay there after most of the others had gone to bed already

it reminds you of the time no one really talked to you and percy was the first person to share a meal with you :')

[badass-queer-couples-battle]

Sword gays showdown, round 2, bracket two

Propaganda:

For Zagreus:

- He uses different weapons, but his first one is Stygius, blade of the underworld

- His weapons can take different forms based on past & future wielders, one of these forms is Excalibur

- Uses said sword to escape the underworld

- Defeats the furies, Theseus, the bull of Minos, and Hades himself with it

- Relentless determination, every time he dies he just starts again without hesitation

- CANONICALLY bisexual and polyamorous, he can be with Megaera the Fury and Thanatos and if you choose both there is open communication about polyamory

- Also canonically qpps with Dusa, who is canonically acearo and disabled

- childhood friends to exes to enemies to lovers with Meg, they regularly fight to the death but since their deaths aren't permanent it's no biggie

- Zagreus will drop everything during an escape attempt to go fishing which isn't relevant to the poll but it's important for you to know

Unhinged and iconic 

For Andy:

she is master of weapons, and also just a queen in general. also also, she’s highkey the pinnacle of gay pining (girlfriend trapped in a cycle of death/rebirth at the bottom of the ocean, and andy spent centuries looking for her to rescue her)

Has been a sword (or more commonly a labrys, or improvised weapon) gay for thousands of years

She's an unknowably old immortal and unspeakably skilled in any/all forms of combat. She typically uses her signature axe but per the other characters, "she's forgotten more ways to kill than entire armies will ever learn." Until recently, an unkillable gay (at least not permanently). She's bitter, she's badass, she's even bisexual. Peace and love on planet Earth.

Andromache is super tough, strong, and can beat anyone in a fight. She can also beat the bury the gays allegations as she can die but does not stay dead. She has been alive since est. 4700 BCE and has been protecting humanity with her blade skills for over 6000 years. She has been the leaders of various communities and worshiped as a goddess in several cultures. Andy is the founding member of the Old Guard, where she fights side-by-side with her life long love Quyuh (or Noriko as she is known in the comics, who is also a badass warrior and archer). Andy knows countless languages and is an expert in all weapons but her main weapon of choice is her labrys (a very lesbian blade weapon, so I hope it can be excused that it is not a sword). She has forgotten more ways to kill a man than any person/army will ever know in their lives. And yet even with this ferocious and tough skill-set, she is still so kindhearted, caring, passionate, selfless and protective of her found family and will do anything for them and for her love (even during the present complicated situation which i will not outline bc spoilers for The Old Guard). Please vote for Andy, she is a lesbian and wlw icon <3

[axeknee]

I recently started playing Hades again after like a year long break and I thought I would be like garbage at the game now but I'm maybe actually good now?

Just playing a couple hours every few days I just got to the surface for the first time and almost defeated the final boss??

[deathmetalunicorn1]

HIIIIII HAPPY NEW YEAR TIXUXUTXIGCICICYIV!

So I was thinking about this recently n like uh a teenage male ready whose like extremely scrawny and people are always calling him a twink and shit like that which makes him extremely insecure. He's scrawny and a bit short mostly because he used to be malnourished before the family took him in, how would they react to him silently crying in his room one day?

-It had been several months since you came to your new home, after you were rescued from the hell you had been born into, being malnourished for most of your life, resulting in a very frail and skinny body.

-You had been mercilessly teased and bullied for your looks, as it was easy to push you around, giving your size and lack of muscle.

-When you had finally been rescued, you were given regular meals and you started getting healthier and putting on a bit of weight.

-Your new family, which had adopted you, was massive, but they were all so supportive of you, willing to help wherever they could, from looking up high calorie meals to help you put on weight, introducing you to foods you had never had a chance to have growing up.

-Buddha was more than happy to introduce you to snacking- getting you candy, chips, and other snacks to eat at any time you weren’t eating proper meals.

-That was one of the issues some of your family members, Hades, Adam, and Jack, took you to the doctor for, as your metabolism was so unbelievably high due to you always being so underfed but being active, like running from your bullies.

-You had filled out, at least not looking so boney and sickly looking, and you were looking heathier, but you were still pretty skinny, something your bullies had no issues pointing out.

-Buddha, getting some new snacks and wanting to share with you, was the one you found you sobbing into your pillow, curled up in a tight ball.

-He was quick to sound the alarm and Adam was quickly there in your room as well. You felt so defeated as you sobbed into Adam’s shoulder, “It doesn’t matter what I do! I’ll still be- be like this! I can’t do it anymore!!”

-One your computer, Loki saw a chat thing open on a game you were playing online, seeing the names of some of your classmates that had been warned before to leave you alone, calling you all sorts of cruel names and what they were going to do with a twig like you.

-Adam and Eve kept you home that next day, while most of your other family members went to your school, calling other parents in, and exposed what their kids were doing to their own, how cruel they were being to you when you were working so hard, now that you were in a safe place.

-A few, mainly Loki, did not hold back and he had no issues picking at the flaws of your bullies, calling them out on their own weight, on their looks, tearing them down until some of them were crying.

-That’s when they got the message, kids and parents both, on what their kids were doing to you, how they were making you feel, and your family was ready to take names and kick ass.

-You were stunned to learn what they did, on how they handled your bullies, as many of them, especially the ones that Loki made cry, came up to you, apologizing to you.

-They invited you out to eat and they were in awe of how much you could eat, showing them that you were a big eater, but your body wasn’t packing on the weight as fast as you wanted.

-It was a process, as there were always bullies, but at least now you had some, bullies turned friends, who were willing to defend you.

-You thanked your family so much for what they had done for you, but Loki waved it off, ruffling your hair, “That’s our job- protecting you!” which made you laugh warmly, feeling so safe, so content.

[bellamyroselia]

I've recently been thinking of how some of the missing Olympian gods could be adapted for future Kid Icarus games and in Poseidon's case he could be expanded upon, so I decided to dump some of my abridged thoughts about them here. Turned out I still had lot of things to say, but in general these thoughts are about what I think these gods could do and why it's possible, along with what kind of relationships they could have with the already existing KI-cast. Considering the subject matter, expect to see mythology-typical mind-fuckery and the words "motive failure" a lot - not only are these people extremely unhinged, in many myths the gods take the "fuck around and find out" approach way too literally.

To see this on its entirety, go here.

Starting with Hestia, she has a bad case of motive failure. Like what are you supposed to do with her? You can count her major mythological appearances on one hand, and even in those she doesn’t do much. It does also make imagining what kind of relationships she could have with the existing cast hard; none of Hestia's relationships are all that developed to begin with, but the ones she has with her siblings are those that get most focus… So that only really leaves Hades, Poseidon and maybe Viridi? Not much to work with, and I can’t really imagine those relationships being anything else but positive. Sure, they may disagree of some things, but overall they get along with each other. The most interesting thing about Hestia’s possible relationships is that I could actually see Dark Pit liking her due to her nice and unproblematic nature. It does leave plot potential pretty minimal though, but I could see writers using some legends about Vestal virgins as bases for plotlines where Hestia shows up as a supporting side character. The problem with those is that they tend to be pretty specific, so who knows how well they might actually work. “Arx tarpeia Capitoli proxima” makes a good moral but not much of a plotline if you divorce it from... Well, Tarpeia herself. Another possibility is that Pit’s sent to defend a place that had its sacred flame extinguished and he has to defeat the culprit behind that.

Artemis also suffers from motive failure. She may be a bringer of sudden death and disease along with being a serious contender for the title of the most wrathful Olympian, but… She’s so petty with it? Much of it is very small-scaled all things considered. Most things she does don’t have long-term consequences, and the few that do are quickly hijacked by other deities whose actions have bigger impacts to the myths in question. Like yeah, Artemis may have told Agamemnon to kill his daughter if he wants to set sails to Troy, but who cares when Apollo is inflicting the Greeks with a plague and Athena is ignoring the pleads of Trojan women. This being said, I could see her being used as an unfought antagonist for a chapter or two depending on what she does (something akin to her sending the Calydonian boar to terrorize Calydon could work), though that story ends the moment the threat is dealt with. I however wouldn’t cross out the possibility of her appearing as an ally out, though I’m not sure what she could offer to Pit and co. if that was the case as she’s not really a god of anything that could help Pit on his journey. And I honestly don’t see her having particularly positive relationships with anyone in the already existing cast - she may not dislike any of them, but she doesn’t really like them either. She’s a true neutral in that sense, which could possibly earn her Dark Pit’s respect. How long that’s going to last is a completely different matter though, it may be small-scaled put she’s still very wrath-happy person.

Have some more motive failure with Hermes, though this time it has everything to do with him being a rather hard character to utilize in a world without Zeus - because of the rating he’s not allowed to be horndog making more of himself and since Zeus isn’t there asking him to do things, it leaves him with next to nothing to do. He’s extremely loyal to Zeus and this loyalty is exclusive to him; while Hermes clearly loves the rest of his family, he wouldn’t do half of the things he does for his father for them… And boy, has he done lot of things for his father. He’s a big daddy’s boy and daddy simply can't be replaced because Hermes just doesn’t love many people in the same unconditional way he loves his father - this means he’d have to be an independent figure, since the only person he’d be a lackey for is out of the picture. Now Hermes does have some interesting figures connected to him, like his son Autolycus (shapeshifting thief and the maternal grandfather of both Jason and Odysseus, whose name literally means “the wolf itself”) and the goddess of persuasion Peitho who’s described as his wife on occasion, but I’m not sure how any of that could be utilized. Autolycus possibly could've had some potential as a recurring character if he wasn’t dead by old age, but who knows, maybe he did get deified and therefore became an immortal in the world of Kid Icarus. I mean, Medusa is just a sea daemon and a dead one of that in the myths so why not let Autolycus to become a god. But back to Hermes, what I think of his possible relationships with already existing characters? They’re likely positive overall and I can see him appreciating both Pits for their spunk, but I think that the most potential comes from different minor antagonists, like Thanatos, Phosphora and Pandora. In case of the last one, Hermes was the one who gave Pandora her personality so there's that. Into the two former ones, Hermes is a psychopomp which means that he guided spirits to afterlife and he was everyone’s preferred psychopomp. Only person who wasn’t happy to see him in this duty was Sisyphus (Ares freed Thanatos after he had been captured by Sisyphus and brought them both back to Underworld → Sisyphus sweet talks Persephone into letting him go for a short period of time → Sisyphus refuses to return and Thanatos refuses to try bringing him back, so Hermes drags him to Underworld), so one could argue that Hermes is better at doing Thanatos’ job than he is - the fact that the Sisyphus-myth is one of Thanatos’ only major mythological appearances doesn’t exactly help him in this situation. One could get some funny dialogue out of that. With Phosphora, her Japanese name is derived from Electra, who’s the younger sister of Hermes’ mother Maia. For some additional hilarity, Maia and Electra are both elder sisters of Merope, Sisyphus’ wife. Everything about the possibility of having Hermes, Phosphora and Thanatos interact smells like a comedy goldmine to me. But let’s be real, isn’t it weird that Hermes has never been a merchant in any KI-game? It’s so goddamn absurd considering how he’s the god of commerce! You’d think he would’ve been the first choice for that, but apparently not! That’s a one big missed opportunity!

Hera too has a case of motive failure, but the reasons behind it are pretty simple. First is the same as with Hermes, which is that Hera doesn’t get to do much in a world without Zeus; can't be angry about your husband being unfaithful to you when your husband isn’t around. The second reason is equally simple, it being that Hera likes Athena. In fact she probably loves Athena more than she loves Ares, Hephaestus and Eileithyia (aka Lucina) combined (her love for Athena and Hebe is probably around the equal level and if it’s in someone’s favor, it’s Hebe’s), so toss away all the possibilities of her being a villainous force. It wouldn’t really make sense considering how Palutena is mostly Athena-inspired character. The two goddesses are pretty much partners in crime and by crime I literally mean “Let’s try to overthrow Zeus with Poseidon and Apollo” and “Let’s be the only deities to celebrate Troy’s destruction” levels of things, having each others backs whenever something happens so I think it would be better to just let Palutena have a good relationship with her. With Pit things probably would get a tad more confusing depending on some other factors, but on a vacuum it’s hard to say anything about them. Regardless of those I think she and Dark Pit would have a pretty rocky relationship, as Hera along with her favorite stepdaughter and Aphrodite were some of the biggest menaces to society when Zeus was still in the picture… All roads may not lead to Rome, but many do lead to a scorned goddess, a nosey goddess or to an easily angered goddess.

[awildofnothing]

Playing Hades 2 and (spoilers below)

I’m obsessed with Nemesis’ voice. I love that they chose an accent / dialect that is not usually associated with love interests* or even just widely used in general. It reminds me a lot of Shannon Billings from Orphan Black: The Next Chapter (insert girl-who-has-only-paid-attention-to-3-north-central-accents-in-fiction-now-compares-everything-to-Tatiana-Maslany meme here)

[* I’m riding with the assumption Nemesis will turn out to be a possible love interest in this game even though she won’t get in the bath with me yet lol]

I’m actually - predictably- just obsessed with Nemesis in general. I love that the adversarial relationship of Meg/Zag in Hades 1 is turned up to 11 here. I want her to hit me and she has not disappointed lol. I’m hoping we get some more backstory for her rivalry with Melinoe, which seems a little one-sided and maybe more recent (?), with Mel calling her “Nem” as if they had a friendly relationship in the past.

I’m also hoping that maybe once I open the gate going Up to the surface, I’ll be able to recruit her so we aren’t “chosen” and “not chosen” anymore, which might cool some of Nem’s resentments. This is more far out but maybe we could even play as her (???) since Melinoe probably can’t survive on the surface long-term.

Speaking of, I have another pet wish that, if the underworld battles mirror Hades 1, that the surface / Olympus path might present more novelty, like multiple player characters. I’m hoping once we defeat the underworld area we might even be able to free and then play as Zag, Hades, or other OG characters. This would be a lot to ask for and I don’t expect this to actually be the case, but it would be a sick way to introduce a multi-player mode... Just saying.

Also on mechanics: my largest tip for anyone who played OG Hades is to re-map cast before you start Hades 2. Casts are way more integral to gameplay in Hades 2 IMO and there are levels even early on that feel impossible if you aren’t using cast and map choke points to carve out safe pockets for yourself.

For me, re-mapping cast allowed me to start fresh while incorporating it, rather than fighting against some pretty well-established habits and muscle memory from Hades 1.

I could barely reach the first boss for a few runs, and then within 2 runs of re-mapping cast I had reached the third boss, and within 4 runs I had reached the last (I’m assuming) underworld boss.

[haedrean]

Haedrean Fics!

Haedrean fics (tags #hd-fics) are exclusively on Ao3 because I suck that way. My fandom ranges from PJO (Specifically on my Nico/Alabaster/Jason trope or like I love to call them Jalico cause it sounds like a cat's name), Jason Todd specifically because I'm a sucker for him and recently Naruto fics centred on Orochimaru and Uchiha Obito. I have a type and it's traumatised, dark and me convincing myself they're misunderstood.

These are my active fics: 1) Her Majesties Champions - A fic beginning around Post-Titan's Curse adventure of Nico, Jason and Alabaster Torrington. It's an AU whereby Nico and Jason are both also the demigod of Persephone and Juno due to reasons.

It's also an examination of if Primordials have proper power scaling and not just defeated from being dangled like a fish. And also if Triumvirate Holdings makes more sense because how on earth will they control the future if Gaea won? Bonus includes Butt Load of OCs just to fill in Camp Jupiter and all the other unexplored backstories because we're exploring that too

This fic was a result of me snooping around @drksanctuary's tumblr and getting sucked into Nicobaster hell. For some reason, Jason got dragged as well but that' because I was in the Jasico fandom when House of Hades came out.

2) Jason's Adventure in God Hood (Heh-God Hood) - This is a continuation of Great Hades (I'm Dead!) where Jason Todd is the son of Zagreus and Thanatos from the game Hades and must now navigate a life as a god while trying to face his past from Gotham City.

3) How To: Jason's Guide to Parenting Your Multidimensional Terrorist and Vainglorious Pretty Boy  - This fic focuses on Obito and Satoru by the power of some Unknown God (Not from Genshin Impact) are now fraternal twins and seven years old as they climb out of the Lazarus Pit bearing the DNA of none other than, you guessed it, Jason Todd. DC won't know what's coming to them.

If you guys have any ideas for me to write, please do drop them out in my asks and I'll get to it! I enjoy reading everyone's thoughts and attention.

Scheduling!:

Her Majesties' Champions updates weekly on the range of either Friday to Sunday South East Asian time. It will end next week at Chapter 11 and I will take a month hiatus to draft Book 2!

JAIG updates every two Sundays on interval with Jason's Guide To Parenting!

[lunastars21]

PRISONER CLUTCH AU

An au based on the aftermaths of Issue 75, where clutch is kidnapped by Eggman, takes inspiration from the game hades as he must escape and starts all over if he gets knocked out and caught.

Clutch is being held in the basement of Eggman’s old metropolis base, being rebuilt, there’s exactly 100 floors, and each 10 floors is a boss room. The only exit is to reach the top of the building where Eggman himself awaits to capture you himself.

The bosses in each floor are random and consist plenty of Eggman’s robots, from robot variants, E Series, or the hard boiled heavies, all of them will make sure to send you back to your cell and can be talked too depending on who takes you back to the start, learning about them.

Wisp weaponry -

Old prototype weapons can be found around the base, originally made to counter the resistance’s own weapons, each has a different wisp inside that can give you different advantages, however if used a ton they will break the wisp free, Clutch has had a deal with them that he can use them untill the weapon breaks for their freedom, you can keep as many as you want if you find them!

(Weapon choices: Swords, Spears, guns, Ring (gives him maybe speed, power, or flight), and Bows)

Shops! -

Shard and Belle are oddly investigating the base, what they are looking for is classified but if you give them information on Eggman, they’ll gladly give you weapons or upgrades for them to last longer, this doesn’t mean you’re friends though. It’s just business.

Clutch’s Cell is a small spot that thankfully has a button close by that opens the cell, the robots maybe stupid because they can’t figure out how clutch keeps getting out, he obviously won’t tell them that though! This is where he mostly has conversations when he’s caught.

At the top of the building, Eggman will get called by the last boss you defeated and appear with his own mech from any of the sonic entries to handle you himself, Orbot and Cubot also appear to commentate on the battle, you must beat eggman 10 or more times to finally win. (I ain't drawing egg dragoon that's too much xD)

Shocking trauma -

This is still after issue 75, when clutch gets hit by Surge’s overcharge attack, and hasn’t been properly treated for it, after floor 50, clutch will take minimal damage for over doing himself while escaping, he has to find a medkit to temporarily stop the pain.

This is still a rouge like, so even if you beat Eggman once, you have to do it nine or more times and so you’re captured back to the start, everything is after you and you are not Sonic, you must learn and adapt. Eggman underestimates you, so show him why you’re feared.

Hope ya enjoyed this little idea! Clutch brain rot and recently playing hades did this! XD if you have any questions of the AU go wild with it and fanart is appreciated! There must be more clutch art in the world please, he’s so cool! ^^

(Make sure to comment the question or reblog as my ask are out for safety reasons but will be opened back up soon!)

[coconox]

my whb progress 2

as of apr 7, 2024

since whb's half anni has passed, i thought i'd do a progress check to reflect on how much has happened btwn now and this post

general info

lvl: 47

status: 🤨 mostly f2p

i say mostly cause i just recently broke the f2p status and bought bp for ppyong

i refuse to buy packs and in the future i'll prob be very selective over who i pick for bp (aka i wont buy every bp), so for the most part i'll just be having the f2p experience

when i started: launch (10/03 my timezone)

ver: erolabs

team setup

i finally have levi now lmao

sometimes i'll switch out one of the levis for attacker satan but this is what i use generally

everyone's lvls and artifacts

skill lvls (normal atk-ult-passive)

attacker mammon: 1-3-1

selfie mammon: 4-5-4

selfie satan: 4-4-1

selfie beel: 4-4-4

bloodshed levi: 3-3-1

selfie levi: 3-3-1

secret club

i only work on completing mammon's unholy board

stuck on needing attacker mammon's sig atm :'))

materials

too lazy to screenshot it all but im basically broke on pies, tears, pretzels (tbf i dont play the minigame whatsoever), red keys, yellow keys, and seals

everything else im either ok in supply or overflowing w it

overall thoughts / reflection

this section is for me to look back on in the future when i do progress posts. i'll break down this section into multiple parts similar to my prev post for consistency

STORY

honestly, its interesting in concept. since sadly only 1 chapter has released btwn now and my last post so thoughts havent really drastically changed

ch5 imo wasnt really a full on hades chapter. yes, it takes place in hades and yes we get some intro abt hades, but i think this was supposed to act more like a bridge to tartaros, which is prob why we didnt have any h scenes w any hades chars aside from levi. ofc we'll get back to it being hades-focused eventually, but the story for a while is most likely gonna pivot to tartaros bc of that big lore drop abt mammon at the end

i assume we'll prob be introduced to the cherubs in tartaros bc of selaphiel txting us near the end + it being mentioned at the end that theres a hub of angels in the lab, and hopefully part 2 of mammon's h scene. it was strange at first for mammon to only have 1 h scene, compared to satan or levi that had 2, but w him implying theres probably gonna be a part 2 in his h scene + we'll most likely see him again in ch6 (or however many chapters tartaros will be played out), we'll prob experience part 2 in his home country. tbh that prob just me inhaling MASSIVE hopium since mammon isnt rlly that popular but i can dream ok-

i hope us being in tartaros doesnt last for just 1 chapter. you cant condense the experiments tartaros went through to create a clone of mammon only for them to fail + bring up the fact that the seed is prob also in tartaros in just 1 chapter. well— technically you can, but not at the pace chapters are at atm. chapters have roughly 15 parts of story on the main branch, and imo that much info abt tartaros cant be condensed into 1 chapter unless if they make the story bits like WAY longer than what they normally do

GAMEPLAY

tl;dr as an endgame player, its too easy 💀

working on the spreadsheet ever since the games 1st month of release and now just recently testing multiple team comps, the "meta" is so monkos HSHFJDJ

this game is INSANELY dependent on you having more than 1 dps/tank light card. light is also just an unstoppable element and i wish the game was balanced a bit more to let other elements shine

enemies are now way too easy to defeat. ik i prob shouldnt be complaining abt this but pls im a pgr and neural cloud player at heart I NEED SOME CHALLENGE

ch3 and ch4 were prob the most tedious and awful chapters, but at least they actually made me think when it comes to battles. now i just place down chars and let it play in the bg while i go do smth else. ofc this may just be bc i have a team that im comfortable w using everywhere, but id like to see at least a bit more "challenge" outside of holy coin portal

also, for weekly achievements, lvling artifacts is not a great requirement

i only pull when theres a new s rank or when mammon is moved to standard, so its very, VERY rare compared to avg users. having the artifact req is essentially forcing me to pull during those gaps just so i could fulfill a weekly req which sucks. i also dont need to lvl anymore artifacts in general for my team comp. lvl 15 is the bare minimum i need to get through all content w ease, anything after that is just a small boost tbh

on the note of daily/weekly requirements, there needs to be more of them

i mean in a sense of theres still gonna be 9 daily achievements, but you get more options on HOW you get to the 9 daily achievement req. most gachas that ive played always have more options than necessary to fulfill the overall requirement to get all rewards, so having this strict number w strict reqs is rlly not that great tbh

RESOURCES

thoughts from last time still havent rlly changed. pies and candies especially are still rng dependent which sucks, and now there gonna revamp pancakes while also keeping the old pancakes ???? theres way too many currencies (w some even having very little to no use) atp which can and will get overwhelming for new players

GACHA

i hate solomon seals. you can tell that red keys were supposed to be the main gacha currency if you ever look at old packs, but smth happened along the way and now we have seals

pity is also way too high for what we're earning atm. based off of f2p earnings, every week we get roughly 1 pull of red keys, maybe 2 pulls of yellow keys (red and yellow keys are more dependent on the key boxes which again, dependent on rng), and 1 pull of solomon seals. this doesnt include the stuff earned outside of dailies/weeklies, and i think there should be more ways to earn said currency through dailies/weeklies and not be so dependent on either paying or pulling chars

speaking of pity, i wish we had pity for both of the standard banners

i also wish theyd separate char and artifacts into their own banners. that way, if someone has a char but needs their sig, they can just pull in the artifact-only banner and try to get said sig

tl;dr in general i wish everything wasnt so strict and rng dependent, also wish numbers made sense like why do we get at least 5 red keys a week when 1 pull is 3, JUST GIVE ME 6 KEYS ATP

so yeah thats all for now lmao. im pretty sure i have a lot more to say abt this game but my minds at a blank atm, so ig thatll be saved for the next progress post which will be around 1st anni

[lumine-no-hikari]

Dear Sephiroth: (a letter to a fictional character, because why not) #356

It is day number... I've lost track... of not knowing what the fuck is wrong with me.

Ah well.

I figure either something's up with my body, or seasonal depression is just kicking my ass particularly hard for no discernible reason.

Well. Today I went with J to the little airport. He had some maintenance things he wanted to do with his little airplane, and I figured the thing to do is try to get some sunlight and to spend some time with someone I feel safe and connected with. So that's what I did. The car ride there was very nice. We talked a little, and I took a few pictures...

...After a while, the sky started to look a little like you...

In case it's unclear how... here:

...One of the really nice parts of knowing about you is that if I look hard enough, I can find you in just about every beautiful thing I see while I'm out and about.

On the way back, we got some pizza. I wonder if you would have liked these:

We also stopped to get something from the store that will help me to determine if something weird is happening to my body. Recently, a thing happened that was... incorrect. Off rhythm. Simultaneously too much and not enough. So I gotta look into it. I'll do it in the morning. Either my mind will be put at ease, or I'll have a solvable problem on my hands. Easy peasy.

I played a lot of Hades today, continuing my quest to get a victory on the first run of a fresh save. I had some really great runs today.

Here's one in which I defeated Megaera without losing too many hit points:

Here's another one in which I ran into Asterius the Minotaur on his own, and defeated him:

And finally, here's one in which I made it to the final fight in Elysium, even after defeating Asterius:

...I'm improving, slowly but surely. Such is the natural result of practice. It's only a matter of time before I make it out of Elysium. And then I'll be in an even more difficult area, with new enemies whose patterns I'll have to learn! Hahaha...

...I kinda wish that there was a way to practice against individual enemy types. In Dead Cells, there's a practice/training area that I made ample use of. I think no such thing exists in this game. I mean... there's Skelly, but... he doesn't attack you or do anything. He just shows you how much damage you're doing. It's kinda lame, actually.

...I think maybe the funk has come to a head just earlier. I fell into some leisure writing and... I guess I got some clarity, at least for now. My face ended up leaking a lot, and I can feel a headache brewing. Laaaaame.

Under the surface, there's always like a million things I'm worried about (some of these things are sillier than others). I tend to take far too much responsibility for things that don't have anything to do with me. Growing up the way I did, I forget sometimes that others can and should shoulder their own things.

...I think I maybe have a bit too much experience with trying to keep the peace in my house so that people don't devolve into screaming matches. But it's kinda hard to do that when no one takes your voice seriously. I have a lot of experience with being blamed for it when I don't do a good enough job of “making other people feel better” or “taking care of things ahead of time so that no one has to bitch about them”. Also, I think I've lived around too many folks caught up in the throes of their own learned helplessness, and so by now, it might be instinct for me to operate as though others will fit that same pattern, too. Like, if I don't remain vigilant and stay on top of things, people around me will bump into their own problems and their own triggers in the same way that a small child might accidentally touch a hot stove.

It's like... it's almost like I'm afraid that if I don't do all the things, then everything is gonna fall apart, and it'll be all my fault because I didn't try hard enough to take care of everything, and I'm a bad person for not preventing others from getting hurt and a disappointment for letting everyone down. Like... I have to prevent all the bad things from happening, or else no one else is gonna even try, because they shouldn't have to, because that's what I'm supposed to be here for.

...This is a longstanding pattern for me. But that's not really how reality works, is it? Not around healthy people, anyway.

...As an example, I can suggest that J stay away from the predatory job app. The suggestion wasn't followed, and he got hurt. Instinct is to blame myself for “not doing more to convince him” or “not communicating my reasoning for my suggestion clearly enough”.

...I think I have this stuff because, in the past, I was the one held accountable for my siblings' behavior and sometimes for my mother's behavior, and sometimes even for her various partners' behavior, too. If my sister failed her math test at school, for example, sure, maybe she'd get a light scolding from my mother for making her look bad, but... then she'd turn around and scream at me for “being a shitty role model” and “not doing enough to help her study” and “not caring about anyone but myself” and whatever other things she could think of.

I recall instances of my mother screaming at me for allowing my sister outside before doing her homework, because I “need to be more responsible” and “be a better disciplinarian”. And I recall other instances of my mother screaming at me if refusing to allow my sister outside made my sister feel bad, because “who do I think I am” and I'm “not the fucking boss of her; stop trying to do my mother's job”.

...Never mind the fact that she wasn't fucking home and intentionally left the care of her traumatized, rebellious pre-teen to a traumatized, meek, and socially awkward 16-year-old girl (me) and expected her to handle the role of parent with all the grace and aplomb of a wizened elder. I guess that's none of my business.

...I guess part of me expected J to come home from trying the thing, and telling me, angrily, “why did you let me do that? why didn't you try harder to stop me? what the fuck is wrong with you? do you even care about me at all?” I expected that, even though J has never once said or done anything even remotely close to that.

And in this imaginary hypothetical conversation, I follow up with, “well, would you have listened?” And his imaginary hypothetical response would be something along the lines of, “no, because you're an oblivious shit-for-brains and a total fucking idiot who lacks experience, perspective, and common sense. we both know you ain't never got a clue what the fuck you're talking about, but you could have at least tried a little harder anyway.”

...This is absolutely not how this conversation would go. Not in my house as it is now. Maybe in the past with different people, it would have gone like a little something like that. But not in my house. It's not how we do. And it's not how I'll tolerate from anyone, ever again.

...Well. Now that this pattern is defined and nailed down, I suppose it's time for me to try actually doing something about it. And I will, because I can. And here's why:

...Human brains are remarkable things. And just like I can progress from getting my ass handed to me before I even get to Megaera all the way to holding my own for a while in an arena with Theseus and Astarius, I can progress from being a slave to a stupid pattern to breaking free of the bullshit that people with power over me tried to stuff down my unwilling throat.

I will continue to improve. You can do the same. Work on it. Please. I can't, by myself, write the way to a better outcome for you. You have to choose it, too. And I know that you can. I believe in you. I'll always believe in you, even if you think you don't deserve it.

Please give us the pleasure of witnessing you rise up into wholesomeness and healing. Please shine on for all the others who are lost in the throes of recovering from childhood circumstances that are similar to yours. There are so many more people like you than you think. I'll ask you to shine the way forward.

Because... Sephiroth... they're not gonna listen to me if I ask it of them. I'm just a derpy autistic noodle with an overly wiggly skeleton, running around in a marginalized body with a voice that no one takes seriously. They'll listen to you, though. They'll listen to you, because... as sad as it is, your fictional life is worth more in the eyes of the people who live on my planet than my real one.

Well. Suppose that's all I've got running around up in my head, at least for now. Suppose I'll stop writing in favor of getting my tired and worried ass to bed.

I love you a whole lot. So please stay safe out there as you do your things. I'll do my best to trust that you will, okay? So do your best to trust that I'll do everything I can to keep myself afloat over here, too.

I'll write again soon.

Your friend, Lumine

[icology]

I don't know if someone asked this before, but what are your favorite games besides the ones created by Fumito Ueda? I also wanted to say that your blog is my favorite one on Tumblr. I love seeing you talk about these games. Thank you.

Hi hi!

I’m one of those people whose taste basically includes a bit of everything, so I’m gonna sum my favorites up a lot or else I might not shut up anytime soon 🤭

I’m a huge, hugeee fan of Limbo and Inside, as well as the Little Nightmares series. Anyone who likes one, will sure love the other because they have a similar vibe.

Hades is also one of my favorites, and it’s one of those games that I can just play over and over again cause the story’s so rich and it entertains me every single time. It’s one of the games I replay the most, along with Inside. Another I replay a lot is Metroid: Mission Zero. It was one of the first games I played on my own as a kid and it has a special place in my heart forever ❤️

The Last of Us (part I) is one of my favorites as well, as well as Ghost of Tsushima. I love games that are narrative-driven but with a bit of action. Besides that I also enjoy fun stuff like Katamari Damacy and Earthbound/Mother.

Lately I’ve been playing a lot of the SoulsBorne verse and defeating huge bosses sure is in my dna because I suck at it and yet I’m still addicted 😭 Sekiro is probably my favorite and it was the story I was the most hooked on in recent years.

I have so many but these are a few!

Thank you so much for your kind words, I’m beyond happy that you like my blog ❤️ I started it as a safe place for myself and it makes me happy to see it became a safe place for some of you too. Thank you for keeping me company here! 🤍

[animelover20]

My roommate has been playing the game (Hades) for months, and let me try it a round until I died in a small boss fight, it was so much fun! I saw your post about it and wanted to know if you have a favorite character in it, and what designs are your favorite?

You can honestly just say whatever you want about the game if you want to air out more thoughts! The game is just so gorgeous and seem so well-written

Fuck yeah I get to ramble more about a special interest of mine.(I was so happy to see this,thank you😂❤️)

Anyway. My favourite character would definitely be Thanatos,he's so cool and I think they really did him justice compared to other iterations. But my favourite character design is Dionysus😁 it's very close between him and Thanatos and I think they're both written near perfectly but I think dio's is a lot more fitting to his actual myths whereas Thanatos is slightly inaccurate as he's typically depicted with a sword not a scythe. HOWEVER HE HAS A SWORD ON HIS BELT WHICH IS SUCH A COOL DETAIL AND DEFINITELY A REFERENCE TO THIS!!

Dio on the other hand has his thyrsus(the stick with the pinecone) and it is an item that has been associated with him for ages, he can be seen with it in statues and art of him and it's extremely important that he has his thyrsus hence why I actually prefer his design over Thanatos(his is still pretty accurate don't get me wrong but dio's is just done a little better)

Another thing i like that they did with dio's design is make him androgynous as fuck and how I see it he's like a fucking sandwich (decently feminine face, masculine torso and fem as fuck legs. Aka androg sandwich.) it's also historically accurate because one of his epithets/titles is fucking androgynous.

However this is rarely seen in his depictions which is actually a shame.

I really love dionysus and his gimmick within the game aswell because it is ridiculously funny to make your enemies have a hangover mid fight😂 this comes with a downside tho as you have to have only one stack of hangover(if you inflict it by attack don't get something else that causes hangover.) this is because for some reason the stack of hangover overwrites with the most recent.

So say if you have something that does 1 hangover damage on the attack and 20 hangover damage on something else then if your constantly using your attack which you most certainly would be doing, you're actually overwriting the other 20! Even if it's higher. Which is bullshit as fuck but I still like his gimmick a lot lmao.

Moving on from Dio I also love how some characters have lil references to actual mythology even if it's not outright stated. It makes the game feel more alive and it just makes me love it even more.

Adding onto this they actually made a whole system to determine dialogue😃(I mentioned this briefly in the post but I feel like adding on a bit more.) they made a whole priority thing so that when zag(mc) completes am important/story relevant task, like escaping or defeating a boss the dialogue regarding this event gets prioritised the next time he talk to someone within the house. And I think it's fuckin amazing.

The only issue with that last part is it's very easy to overwrite some other important dialogue and even whole storylines at time(which is a pain) but it happens very rarely and typically fixes itself.

It really is a well written game and even in the different areas you can really see how much thought they put into this game.

Thank you so much for giving me an opportunity to ramble😂

thanks for the ask. also🫴❤️

[devilstaste]

long list of plots i need for specific muses. i'm available to write them here or on dscrd. if you're interested, please shoot me a message with which one(s) you're down for and we can jump straight into plotting. most of these will contain s.mut or adult themes so be warned.

all of these will be mxf unless otherwise stated!

ELRAN ( demon of l.ust. b.oyd h.olbrook fc )

you know when someone offers up their first born to a demon in exchange for something they want/need? well, your muse's parent(s) did that 18+ years ago and now the bill has come due. do they go willingly for their parent(s) sake and live a life of sin servitude to a demon? do they put up a fight and try and find a way to outrun him but of of course elran always finds them in the end? or do they make a new deal - your muse has to do something for him in exchange for their own freedom?

'a new nun is s.educed by a demon, under the guise of an ex-convict seeking salvation.' ( i can't find the original post )

'crying over the fact i’m not a demon king sitting on a throne with gnarled horns and black eyes with a pretty little pet perched in my lap that is so soft and cute while i absentmindedly run my claws through their hair' ( from this post )

EMMETT ( android. a.aron t.aylor j.ohnson fc )

some kind of forbidden human x android romance. i'm down for this being where humans are superior and robots are just considered "property". or it can be in reverse where robots have taken over and are the dominant species and they keep humans either as "pets" or prisoners/workers/experiments.

a highly futuristic world where robots have long been around and owned but have only very recently been granted legal rights. since they are finally allowed to be free and live how they please, emmett moves to a diverse metropolis to start a new life and somehow ends up meeting your muse ( a human, a fellow android, something else! ) we can make it a really cute romance or make it something that spirals much darker if you're game.

'imagine your robot partner who doesn’t have a heart discovering yours and becoming obsessed. they want to cuddle with their head on your chest and just listen at every available chance. it starts as a curiosity and a comfort but quickly develops into a k.ink for them. they love the way your heart pounds when they f.uck you and it makes them c.um so hard.' ( from this post )

'robots that could break you, but don’t. they’re so strong, their gaze pierces, and their personality matches the stereotype; but not when they’re around you. around you, they become soft, voice devoid but vocabulary shifted. they’re so gentle, every precise move calculated to mind your fragile organs and skin. and those eyes? they’re locked onto yours to read every microexpression not as a threat, but as a flirt.' ( from this post )

something like this???

HADES ( god. m.ads m.ikkelsen fc )

just give me a p.ersephone. anything welcome. modern, historical, fantasy, whatever!

KORIUS ( monster. l.ee p.ace fc )

'mmmmm thinking about being a spoiled little princess getting b.red in the throne room <3 thinking about a big strong warrior from a neighboring kingdom that has me riding them on the throne n begging them to c.um deep inside of me <3 thinking about being a satisfying little conquest to f.uck a baby into <3' ( from this post )

'the king of a warring nation offers his daughter’s hand in marriage to the individual that can defeat his enemy and bring him their head. a monster hears the decree and defeats the king’s rival.' ( i can't find the original post )

'was thinking of a prince/ss married off to the leader of a monster nation in order to end a war. cute little human being given away to repeatedly have their king’s monstrous heirs...' ( from this post )

MAGNUS ( vampire. b.ill s.karsgard fc ) or GETHIN ( vampire. d.ev p.atel fc )

'vampires who have loved and will love each other forever; made of the same master, born into darkness together and finding light in one another, fights that last centuries and gift of the blood of noble lords and celebrities as their anniversaries become centenaries.' ( from this post )

'vampires whose only masters are their human lovers; the sweet tang of blood hiding just underneath fragile human skin turning them to their lovers will, building a mountain of corpses from atop which their lover lords.' ( also from this post )

NATHANIEL ( werewolf. o.scar i.saac fc ) or ORION ( werewolf. t.heo j.ames fc )

'wish i could be a sacrifice to appease a beast that has been terrorising my village, except i quickly realise i’m not there to be eaten, but to be senselessly f.ucked and filled with it’s c.um.' ( from this post )

something based on the vibes from this.

werewolf x bunny girl situation 👀

VYDAR ( god of d.esire. y.ahya a.bdul m.ateen ii fc )

i know it says 'demon prince' but this could be very fun for a god instead.

this!!!

dynamics/plots based on infamous g.reek m.yth relationships!! we could even make it a fun mumu with our ocs

MISC ( available for any of my muses )

'g.lory h.ole bathroom in a monster club where you’re naked waiting to be f.ucked, not knowing if you’re going to get a c.ock, a tail or a tentacle' ( from this post )

this.

this.

anything based on things from my plot inspo or ship inspo tag.

[floaromaxtowns]

DW! I myself have stopped playing the games at ORAS and have been only loosely keeping up with the games lore!

Cracks knuckles less goooo bc your brain cooked SO well HELLO

Starting with the marinas & underworld stuff:

TBH I haven't had the chance to think much about the region's geography, so I'm really with open ears for anything. As SUCH, I really like the underwater ruins idea, for Julien team's squad. I love the diving mechanic stuff from Hoenn so, this is definetely right up my alley. This would mean that all marinas all have this as their main theme in common, they would have pokemon that are commonly found in the bottom of the ocean. Although Kanon is still meant to be their "leader", in terms of strength.

In hindsight, that would also help set apart even more, Kanon's water type team vs Saga's. Kanon would definetely be the character that's first introduced as a neutral character, that later reveals himself as a villain and then at near the end of the story joins PC in driving off Hades' team.

The underworld -> Complex underground system that spreads across all the region. That's such a clever idea! This could something that PC only starts gaining access to after defeating DM, acting as the "introduction" to this entirely new part of the region. But, it isn't until much later that PC learns of the place's true nature and ties to Hades. Why limit to only one city? All cities could be connected by these tunnels!!! But for plot reasons they only open up/reveal themselves, over the story's progression.

The underground is definetely not meant to be just this space for criminal activities, there could definetely be just common shops or other services (similar to what we see in Goldenrod).

some parts are actually living spaces while others are actually catacombs (edgy vibe). It's a city under the city.

All I hear is a place to catch dark and ghost type pokemon!! Perfect environment for many species too.

Hades' schemes would definetely make Julien and even Saga's things look SO smaller in comparison. And I feel like it's a nice way to translate this character.

The Shoko route:

OOOO KATYA YES FOR REAL! I had forgotten of her name, but she would definetely fit right in that role. Seiya and Shoko's routes aren't meant to be all that extremely different, after all they are both meant to be the PCs in the end of the day who will become the brand new champion anyway.

That's why I brought up the XY's rivals, there's only one that truly poses a challenge to PC whereas the others are there to bring in the budding feel.

You also reminded me of both Seika and Kyoko, and they both would fill in the Mother NPC role. Insert here the mechanic where they'll save PC's money and spend it on items, from common stuff to odds for rare stuff.

I don't know why I got so interested in the Shoko Route, probably bc I really really liked the manga."

All of that to say that MAYBE that's the canonical story for Shoko and her friends. As seen in Masters, all characters have their own stories independently from the PC.

Seiya becomes the proper region's champion, could face against him in the sequel. AND Shoko also shows up in it as another strong opponent to PC, as Saori's primary bodyguard, strong opponent bc she too completed the League challenge.

Evil organisations TIME:

I'd say that Hades' gang would definetely be around since ND's time, probably then he was the one investing/supporting Alone's challenge. Seemingly out of kind gesture and to support the at the time, chairwoman Sasha. When in reality, he was planting his seeds to practically rule over the region. Unfortunately, since Tenma becomes the champion, it temporarily foiled his plans. Hades plays the long run game. Julien's gang would be a tad more recent, an extra layer of smokescreen.

So it's not a surprise that Saga would find a way to self-appoint as the champion, and run it from the shadows. Basically, it was a mistake to bring the pokemon league.

You definetely nailed Hades' vibes tbh!

Extra commentary weee

All you need to know about Omega is that Kiki uses a Goomy against young trainers. And he sucks at keeping his gym tidy/clean, so everyone is sliding around all over the place or getting stuck. That's the important thing;

Oh yeah the gym leader order would matter TONS. Even if PC gets to certain cities before others. And I'd say that their badges would be based on their cloth object forms;

You know Shaka is guilty of all of those things, bc one of his pokemon is a Malamar. He is crucial in covering up Saga's schemes, and give all the attention to Hades/Julien's goons, painting them as the source of all problems;

I forgot to add this in the original post, BUT all members of the League (with the exception of Mu, Saga and Kanon [not counting Dohko since he retained his title]) were hand-picked and approached by Saori to come to Sanctuary;

One more aldemu food: Alde and Mu would still be fairly new to their relationship in these events. And by Omega's setting, they are married, with Mu back to his professor assistant role (Shion is still active on his professor duties) and Alde is the new day care owner.

I'm now become a sponge, I'll absorb all of this Wren. TYSM for all of this <3 I'm happy you're liking it!!

Me yeeting it right back @ u bless u for the FOOD

StS x Pokemon AU brainstorming stuff

Now I'll have to publicly share some flow of thoughts rambles, I've been accumulating for an year now.

Bless @ectogusher for listening to my rambles, and @doodlingwren for busting my door open to finally share what I got.

Excuse me as I talk in my notes as if these things were like a guide/romhack shit

All under read more bc it gets long c:

Here's the main skeleton of this whole deal-

Sanctuary = Its own region. No new fakemons, but it's a sizeable piece of land that has gathered up a wide variety of various species found across the globe. This worldwide thing also influences the type of trainers and people from all over the world going there. If we were to touch on the subject of game mechanics: There would be most of them (Mega evolutions, terastalise, Dynamax even Paradox pokemon forms) further showing how mysterious and mythical this region is.

PC - Seiya / Shoko Rivals - Seiya -> The other bronze boys / Shoko ->The other saintias

With Ikki being the Silver-esque type of rival, meanwhile Shiryu/Hyoga/Shun all follow the same line of friendly rival archetype. I still haven't thought that far on the Shoko route.

Other prominent NPCs:

Professor Shion: Former gym leader, he was once offered the champion title but refused it. Claiming that his passion was in research and studies, rather than the battlefield. Due to stepping down from battles, his friendship/relationship with Dohko has strained over time. Shion is the one who brought Mu to Sanctuary down the line.

Schoolkid Kiki: Catching Tutorial NPC. He can be usually found at the Pokemon School in Mu's city. He will inherit Mu's mantle down the line. The pokemon he uses in the tutorial is a Noibat;

League Chairwoman Saori Kido - With Julien Solo and Hades coming in as other seemingly "investors" on the project

Gym leaders: Most of these guys' aces aren't fully evolved, bc they chose to keep them like that. Yadda yadda friendship boosting their favorites.

Mu: Sinnoh - Dragon - Dragonair

Aldebaran: Hoenn - Ground - Rhydon

Saga/Kanon: Alola - Water - Gyarados (Saga)/Kingdra (Kanon)

Deathmask: Kalos - Dark - Murkrow

Aiolia: Sanctuary (native) - Electric - Electabuzz

Shaka: Kanto - Psychic - Alakazam

Dohko: Johto - Fighting - Mienshao

Milo: Unova - Bug - Volcarona

Elite fours:

Aiolos: Sanctuary - Fire - Charizard

Shura: Galar - Steel - Metagross

Camus: Sinnoh - Ice - ? (Either Froslass or Glaceon)

Aphrodite: Paldea - Poison - Roserade

Champion - ??? (the plot twist is that: the PC wouldn't fight the 3rd gym leader, bc Saga was pretending to be the champion. When he really wasn't chosen or appointed to that position)

Evil organisations: They definetely do exist, and they are obviously tied to the aforementioned Julien and Hades figures. But I still haven't thought that far.

Worldbuilding notes:

Muvians are similar to draconids (introduced in ORAS), a small tribe that originates from Sinnoh and has some deep connections and bonds to dragon types. Which means, any muvian = dragon type specialist or in the very least owns one. Muvians are also meant to have a foot in aura sensitivity (see characters like Lucario, Riley, etc.);

Sanctuary's League has a rampant corruption problem, as seen by what I mentioned about Saga. The two evil organisations are basically being pitched against one another, as smokescreen for the real problem. Their current champ is this sort of "elusive" figure. There hasn't been a proper champion in a long time. And yet, according to paperwork and the system, it states that the role is currently filled by someone. Anyone that isn't tied to Saga's schemes is left in the shadows, even those that allegedly should be the closest to him (Aiolos for SURE has no clue of what's going on. He's probably hiding or declared missing in action during the events, and only shows up when the time comes to challenge the E4).

There's a small timeline:

ND folks (a good few years into the past) -> Classic folks -> Omega folks (+20 years into the future)

In ND's setting we see how odd and hapharzadly the League was instated in the region. Which sets up the perfect grounds for Saga to exploit down the line;

Shion and Dohko are recently turned gym leader here. Mu comes onto the picture a good few years after ND's events; In a way, since Tenma would be the PC here and Alone his rival. It could be the Red vs Blue type of ordeal.

In Omega we'd see how the League is trying to remedy its reputation & amend for Saga's schemes, with an entirely new set of gym leaders and League members. + Former league members can still be found and fought in the post game, Silver/Gold style.

Individual notes:

Mu - Obligatory pokemon Aldemu food

Mu used to own a Gible and Alde once owned a Trapinch, at some point they traded pokemon. So now, Alde has a Garchomp in his personal team and Mu has a Flygon;

Mu's battle team against young trainers has a Swablu, which is used as a messenger to carry mail exchanges between him and Alde;

Mu LOVES pokemon dolls and has a huge collection of it. In the post-game: PC can find Mu and Alde on a date at the region's big mall, with them looking at a shop's display window. Mu gets mad at PC for ruining his date, but would give out his pokegear number;

Aldebaran -

Aldebaran gym's city is also where the pokemon day-care can be found. He may not run it, but he often helps out the elderly couple currently in charge of it;

In the post-game: After adding Mu's re-match call number. Alde can ba found on the route between his and Mu's towns, he was on his way to take a meal for him, and he also shares with PC that they bought the doll in the end

Saga/Kanon -

PC doesn't really get to fight for the 3rd gym badge. Rather, it's simply handed out by Kanon, who approaches them to talk about how the leader hasn't been seen in so long;

Saga's "fall from grace" comes from a humiliating match against Aiolos, originally fighting for the E4 member promotion which he lost. Despite the clear type advantage;

It's left implied that these two were meant to be gym leaders, the matches would have been double battles.

Deathmask -

DM gym's city houses a Game corner (Casino) and a contest hall. First sighting of an E4 member is Aphrodite, who introduces PC to them;

DM is a sore loser AND has no qualms with cheating against his challengers, if it means he gets to maintain his "streak". In the battle against PC he would use an overleveled Crawdaunt;

In the post-game: PC will get a hint from Shaka's radio talkshow mentioning DM's whereabouts, in the city's underground game corner;

DM's strength is everything philosophy = DM's entire personal team consists of very strong dark types with some form of 4x weakness;

DM is well in kahoots with Saga's schemes;

Aiolia - TBA I haven't thought anything for him c':

Shaka -

Shaka gym's city is meant to be the largest and the most advanced one (Saffron and Goldenrod cities style), it has the region's largest shop for expensive and important items. It also has a radio tower, which broadcasts various programs (professor talk, loterry ticket, poke flute, etc), Shaka hosts a talk show where he commentates on PC's progress, all while actively putting down/poking fun at his defeated colleagues. Under specific time slots, he will have a guest join him, which will be an exchange between the various league's members. But the most important one is where he will be joined by the region's "champion";

Shaka is a fan-favorite across several trainers in the region, with many NPCs commentating how much they love tuning in to hear him talk & so on;

Shaka is also well known for his psychci prowess (Sabrina style);

Shaka is also deeply involved in Saga's schemes;

Dohko -

Dohko gym's city also houses the pokéathlon. With Dohko going undefeated in all the challenges, until PC comes along;

Post-game: to get Dohko's number for rematches. PC has to visit Shion after obtaining a certain number of species then, take a mail key item to Dohko. And THEN they get Dohko's number. it's a love letter, an invitation for some tea at noon

Milo - TBA I haven't thought anything for him c':

And "unfortunately", that's all I got x)

I suppose this is a lot better than trying to find all my notes scattered around all over the place. Hope it makes sense or that in the very least, it's fun to read through.

RN I focused on the classic folks bc it's the one I've been working and thinking of for the longest time.

[mythvoiced]

-. Hades brainrot, have a few disconnected thoughts:

fighting Lernie is so MUCH FUCKING FUN oh god i can’t get enough of that fight IT’S MY FAVOURITE

he only recently dubbed her Lernie for me but what the fKIG ‘Lernie Vanquished’ THIS GAME

i underestimated the lambert plume at first but by god the way it makes me lOSE MY MINd you get to a certain point Zagreus becomes so fast (if you get a few Hermes boons while you’re at it, EVEN FASTER) that i sorta start cackling maniacally at my screen

next god i’m forging a bond with is Ares because that guy’s doom curse saved my ass so often and also i love how this rendition of him makes him so ELEGANT~

Asterius gib me that AUTOGRAPH, Zagreus WHY WON’T YOU ASK HIM

one of these days i’m gonna figure out how to fuck up Theseus before Asterius bc i wanna hear the dialogue that would produce

when Hermes asked me if i wanted him to shut up for a moment i was APPALLED he better never

least favourite gods are Zeus for obvious reasons and Poseidon bc he was the first trial of the gods disadvantage i had to get through and that wave PISSED ME OFF

least favourite boons are Dionysus’ but that’s only because i don’t know how to use ‘em lmao I MEAN THAT? GAIN SOME HEALTH WITH EACH HIT ONE? oh god that actually got me through that first hades win EDIT: that’s not a boon, that’s a daedalus hammer for Stygius lmao

that thing people say that when they hear Eurydice for the first time? or Orpheus singing his lament? yeah, it’s true, i lost all brain capacity because i truly tried to get into this game BLIND as hell, they fucked me up

there was this one point where i was doing pretty well with the pierced butterfly and Zagreus drops a line after clearing a chamber that sounded SO EERILY like Thanatos (like? the delivery?) and there’s no way Darren Korb didn’t do that on purpose HE’S INSANE he obviously did

Than’s butterfly pisses me off the moment i hit asphodel and start stepping in magma I MEAN i got the layout down SURE but YOU KNOW

i will literally sometimes choose a chamber JUST because i want to talk to that particular god and by that particular god i mean Hermes no strategical thinking there, just straight up brainrot

a few runs ago i somehow managed to guess that not only was Thanatos gonna spawn in this run but also the exact chamber he’d spawn in, i just chose a door and was overcome by this certainty that Than would be on the next field and BOOM, thanks for the centaur heart bby

my least favourite fury to fight against is Alecto because i’m far worse at defeating her than i am at the other two lmao (altho surprisingly Tisiphone almost beat my ass the other day, i haven’t lost against a fury in AGES that would have been embarrassing~)

i can’t bring myself to give Sisyphus a nectar because the version of his myth i’m familiar with makes me hate him and i can’t get past that lmao but i also WANT to get him a nectar FOR THAT COMPLETITION RATE

when i got into the temple of styx for the first time i almost threw an aggressive tantrum and start crying at the notion of having to fight Cerberus and I KNOW he’d never would have but the small part of me that doubts everything DOUBTED and then Zagreus stopped his bullshit and gave the CUTEST LIL LAUGH I’VE EVER HEARD and that laughter right there defined so much about how i see him lmao he’s a cute lil shit he’s the worst he’s my baby he’s an immortal god he’s sassy as fuck he’s absolutely useless at administrative work he’s strong and dangerous he’s just some guy he’s my son and my enemy he’s in love with everyone he isn’t related to he’s fucking terrifying

demeter is so COLD and MEAN she doesn’t know she’s my grandmama AND IT SHOWS

[volumehypeplay]

Last night we had, 'The Game Awards' for this year. Unfortunately, my interest in the winners, as always was nil, especially knowing that Diablo 4 had something planned for the event. More suprisngly though were the amount of announcements that were made. So without further ado, these are the games I am actually HYPE for.

Banishers: Ghost of Eden came out of nowhere and I have a cheeky feeling much like A Plagues Tale, it might be the start of a new franchise. Set in the late 1600's- you get to play a pair of ghost hunters, Red and Antea. The interesting / cool thing is, Antea herself is a ghost (at least from what I could tell). The game is a 3rd person, story game and from the TINY glimpse of gameplay right at the end, this could turn out fantastic.

Hades, is awesome! I spent a good 2 weeks on/off trying to kill that not so humble father and failed 😢. Once it had dropped of gamepass I sort of let it be, that I would never get to defeat him. Now with the suprise announcement of Hades II it's time for me to jump back in and get ready. The sequel puts you in the shoes of Melinoë, the Princess of the Underworld, an immortal. The short trailer highlights a ton of new abilities, bosses, gorgeous artwork and more importantly more of that amazing music. I can't wait.

No Bioshock games in years and just like buses we are getting 2, in 2023. Well ok, not Bioshock per-say, but Judas, a brand new game by series creator Ken Levine, looks great. It doesn't tell us much, but is full of weird powers, 50s inspired robots, space and crazy combat. Exactly what the doctor ordered. I'll be keeping an eye out for this one.

Diablo 4. Diablo 4. DIABLO 4. Before we get into the trailer, we finally have a release date; June 6, 2023. And you know that pre-order button is being SMASHED. The trailer movie though.... Blizzard, do not miss when it comes to their cinematics, especially any relating to Diablo. Having recently heard from the previews, how important and intrinsic the story seems to be to Diablo 4, this trailer, somehow managed to elevate my excitement even more. It's a simple, short scene but it tells us so much. We're back in hell. What looks like Inarius, Archangel of The High Heavens leading a set of humans, to find and get to Lilith. We've never seen angels portrayed this way in Diablo. Inarius has this unnerving power about him. The demons are frightened of him, while the humans seemingly would follow him to their deaths. This is a man angel on a mission, and Lilith is in his sights. June 6 better hurry up.