#I've kinda been in the zone ngl

[nostrildamus]

them: so what have you been up to recently

me: oh yknow drawing nose porn

them: what

me: what

[qhypnos]

Some 2021 Ethersea fanart that never saw the light of day

[bonus-links]

dog days part 1 or 2!

por qué no los dos. I kinda consider it one big update anyway lol. this one might get long, I'll stick a readmore somewhere

i was insane for this. the comic will probably never be this decorated again but I had to do it at least once 😂 I try to give each era it's own subtle stylistic flair, though this is definitely the most overt one. I'm still really proud of this update!! sometimes I think I burnt myself out with this so bad tho that the first half of ch2 is pretty low on ornamentation bc of it. it takes like. a lot of extra mental energy ngl

it's slight but this whole interlude has a paper texture the rest of the updates don't :-)

there's lots of patterns to talk about here. twili patterns for the panel where wolf is zoning out.

the pattern on the sides is kind of an abstract depiction of Ordona, although her light orb is in her hands instead of the horns. I was also riffing off the patterns on a lot of the Ordonian's clothes. The green parts are pumpkin vines! those generally represent wolf himself

this is the dinner I reference at grandma's party in pt. 8

the pumpkin vines change into these kind of gold-leafed vines I often use to refer to zelda. They do this a few times throughout the update.

small detail I should include more often- wolf fidgets with his earring when he's bothered by something or thinking hard.

Lots of people have translated this in the reblogs so I won't do it here, but it's essentially a summons from Zelda to the castle. It's intentionally a little difficult to parse- Wolf is not from Hyrule. I like to imagine a difference between written Ordonian and Formal Hylian. Wolf can read it, but it doesn't come naturally. Also, Wolf is referred to as "Sir Link Goatherd of Ordon" where "Goatherd" could be both an occupation and a surname (that's actually the origins of surnames like Gothard, which I considered using)

Zelda's full name in the letter is Queen Zelda Celestia Nohansen Hyrule (though I think I write it as "Of Hyrule"). Idk if this makes sense actually, but it was meant to be a nod to the fact that TP is a parallel timeline to WW. WW had King Nohansen, so I imagine that as part of TP Zelda's lineage.

Wolf agreed to be a Royal Knight on the basis that it was only a formality, but then Zelda started actually summoning him to things anyway. He basically ignores them all, but they've been coming with increasing frequency. In Zelda's defense, the political situation she's dealing with trying to rebuild the kingdom is pretty tense. She could really use his help.

my favorite part of this update!! I feel like there should be no easy way to use the shadow crystal. if you want that power, you've gotta shove it in your forehead yourself! and yes, it does hurt. His ears flatten a little in anticipation. also sidenote I think this is the best I've ever drawn him lol

I like to think Yeto and Wolf are still buds.

I think whenever Wolf wanders like this, he frequently finds himself in the desert. He's given up on looking for shards of the mirror of twilight, though.

The vines get yellow as they reach the bottom of the page- Wolf's time to hide in wolfmode is running out.

little baby spirits of light hidden in this page, except ordona

who's hiding on this page instead! while Link the Cat reminds Wolf it's probably time to go back to his family in Ordon.

Wolf can't turn back into a human on his own, so he has to return to the sacred grove to reach the master sword. And yes, Skull Kid makes him play hide and seek every time 😂

those are midna's hands on either side.

this pattern has the organic shapes of the world of light, rather than the geometric twili patterns, showing that Wolf has immediately clocked that it's not a portal to the twilight realm. but alas, it's too late to turn back.

In terms of the timeline, while Loft and Slate trek across Hyrule to Hateno, Wolf is lost in the Lost Woods.

I wanted to put Ilia in this update more but this ended up being the only time she showed up lol

and that's all I've got! if you read all of this i love u

[callistodisco]

hey i was thinking about a romance by mu qing × f!reader, in which she is xie lian's older sister and in the old days mu qing had a huge crush on her, but because of the things that happened she didn't It has been seen more since Xie Lian was first expelled from heaven. in fact she was wandering all this time and became a supreme ghost queen, and then at the end of the book she would appear again and mu qing would see her and how would he feel? Would your feelings come back? Would he feel abandoned because she had been gone all this time?

With how this is written in ~questions~ I'll write this in hc format Also, I haven't finished the manhwa or anything, I've literally only watched season 1 of the donghua, so sorry if this is inaccurate

Request Chungus ML Heaven Official's Blessing ML Mu Qing x f!reader Genres: Headcanons|Angst|Romantic

Unrequited Love Headcanons

Let's state the obvious, Mu Qing will under no circumstance confess within his comfort zone

Emotions? Feelings? Never heard of her

So when he was loving you, it hurt to watch you choose a banished god over himself

To put it simply, choosing Xie Lian meant abandoning godhood, and in turn you were also banished from Heaven

Xie Lian was family after all, and you had no beloved that was tethering you to heaven

Back in ye olden wanderer days, the goal was actually to keep Xie Lian from completely going insane; however, after his second ascension you lost track of his whereabouts

Your conviction to family though is actually what kept you out of heaven, because after being banished never sought out to ascend

Eventually after centuries of wandering you become a Supreme Ghost Queen

Rumors from gods and goddesses have compared your power to that of the Crimson Rain Sought Flower

It wasn't until you heard of the current state of your brother and the Supreme Ghost King that you would seek out your reason for banishment again

What you didn't expect was to find Mu Qing during this journey

You felt surprised, but nothing negative against the God or leaving him

That part of your life was long ago, you have no reason to dwell on it

This was no the same for Mu Qing; however, at first he felt relief in knowing you were alright

But then he felt betrayal, like a knife was stabbed through his chest a hundred times over

You abandoned your rightful throne for a family you haven't seen in hundreds of years, centuries of happiness you could have with him were lost with that singular choice of yours

While your feelings did not initially return, Mu Qing made it his mission to set aside your past decisions and rekindle your bond

kinda yikes ngl

hope yall liked this one because angst is NOT my strong suit

[mintedwitcher]

ngl since we’re all talking about eddie…. can i be honest and say the only times i liked him were 1. chris interactions (bc they tend to be written sweetly and im a sucker for that kind of thing) and 2. purely comedic stuff (bc i do think rg is good w comedy but it kinda makes him the weak link if all the other mains can do both…).

i never really liked eddie’s dramatic stuff and i think the recent kitchen scene put his anger in perspective for me that my neutral-to-dislike feelings were bc of my own experiences in life. the fights w shannon in eddie begins sit a lil more uncomfortably now. i like a messy character (i love chimney and i kinda love the punch because it was so clearly wrong of him and its all messy… and entertaining as a one-off moment, itd be sooo different if chimney was constantly beating ppl up and ignoring clear anger issues), but it feels like the show doesn’t want to fully recognize how messy eddie is and how it kinda leans right into toxic masculinity :p

i miss when he was in therapy. hell, i was excited to hopefully see eddie apologize to chris (bc i think kids getting apologies from their parents is sooo important to depict!!! no one is immune to apologizing when theyre wrong) bc omg theyre finally doing something w him!!! and then they fumbled it. sometimes it feels like ppl latched onto him bc hes hot and young and overlooked the true hottie of the show: aisha.

(no but theyre all hot its not just buck/eddie/tommy its all of em and ill take that opinion to my grave)

like yeah i like pretty guys too. but idk eddie just feels like he’s been lacking so much for so long abd every time the show tries to do something, it gets fumbled. ik theres other parts to it like showrunner stuff but why is it so hard to let eddie do something interesting? either write him off and bring someone new in to shake things up, or actually do something w eddie that isn’t “im angry and sad my wife died and i refuse to get over it in a healthy way for my own wellbeing AND my sons (and anyone else who may come into our lives)” :/ im just tired of this bitch and his recent bullshit just eliminated all patience i had left for him

you are so correct for all of this. I had a very similar journey regarding Eddie and my opinion of him has drastically changed. Looking back on the earlier seasons now without the shipper goggles on is definitely adding to the discomfort.

as I've said before, his behaviour is an established pattern, and that is an immediate discomfort zone for me. I've never done well with the "angry man" type, and seeing it on a TV screen doesn't make it any less uncomfortable, especially when it's a character who COULD be so pivotal. we literally had him on screen saying that he was in therapy and trying to get better, not just for his son but for himself, and that was a HUGE step forward. and then they immediately regressed him from that point onward.

he could've been an INCREDIBLE example of overcoming toxic masculinity, but instead, it feels like he's just leaned full-tilt into it. which, knowing how much input Tim Minear allows the actors to have about their scenes/storylines, is extremely disturbing, in line with the rapid redpilling that Ryan has been falling into online.

I wish that the show would fully commit to writing him off. With Peter Krause gone, the budget is a lot more maleable, and cutting loose a character that has already functionally become a recurring one rather than a main, would not be difficult. They could've had Eddie decide to stay in Texas with his son, had him join the fire department in his hometown, and let his story continue through phone calls and visits. And then, to fill up the billing card, they could add Ravi and/or Tommy to the cast as mains.

(the cynical part of me wonders if they're only keeping him on board because of his extremely toxic fan base and how violent they can get whenever they think they've been "wronged" or "tricked" somehow)

[ccaptain]

🎹 + 🦄 + 🔥

anon i wish u a long life. who's this i hope its my gf -- Anonymous

🎹 the worst roleplay trend i ever saw

Can I say ask meme/reblog karma or whatever that was? Not only it felt very forced at the time where it was going strong, but in the obligation of sending you may not even send in questions the mun may be interested in answering and it kinda discouraged people from interacting out of their own volition. I'm kinda happy that trend died and now things seem to be more genuine ngl

🦄 the best thing that's happened to me in roleplay this year

MEETING @aguilareye. Singlehandedly I've never seen a person more friend-shaped than her. We've bonded immediately over our silly KaeHill ship and her warm and super affectionate energy keeping my spirits up and is a delight to gravitate around her like a tiny planet. Not only it keeps me going but she pelts me with ideas and things about our muses as much as I pelt her with those also <3 <3 <3 It's SO GOOD to match energies and just scutter around them like an octopus... I bite into she like a rabid hamster

Shrimpy you are a JOY to talk to and roleplay with and I hope we get to talk forever and ever. GRABS YOU LIKE A LITTLE PLUSHIE

🔥 my hot take about the roleplaying community

The block button is the definitive ''you stink and I don't want to talk to you'' on Tumblr. Jokes aside, hardblocking someone and keeping them that way is a pretty good indicator that communicating with you is not something they wish to pursue, and this should be respected. 

The moment someone blocks you, what they do or say is no longer your problem.

They no longer exist in your orbital zone, and you shouldn't worry about them- this is what I do. If I see the message ''some replies may have been restricted/blocked'' when I go to reply on someone's post that I'm following, I don't investigate. Blocking is blocking, and usually if I accidentally discover who blocked me, I tend to try and block too as a quiet nod to reinforce the no-communication zone.

Blocking also solves most problems and discord. I don't want to see you, blocked. I don't like/don't agree with your opinion, your portrait, your ideas? Blocked. Your friend comes with fresh shittalking gossip about someone? Block that someone! Though, uh, be careful with the timing of that. If the person notices they've been blocked right after, it's kinda a giveaway that they have been shittalked about. It can lead to more drama, which sucks. Speaking from experience of being the blocked one with extremely suspicious timings. I'm however content with being an observer so I just make a mental note and move on.

Blocking is ALWAYS effective, on any platform you'll ever use. Don't be shy in using it instead of enterting something stressful.

[spotaus]

Oh wowzer, the guys ever as humans? Crazyyy.

So I'm ngl. The Pretender sketch was meant to be a warm-up doodle for a different sketch, but I got kinda invested because I missed drawing him. Then I thought about it and went 'what if I draw Ichor's human design too?' And. Well. We see where that landed me-

Tender always makes me so giddy to draw, he's one of my few 'human' ocs I get excited to see every single time- I had a great time with him (I didn't give him his robes because I didn't want to hide any hair lol-)

Ichor just... Ichor's design makes me really happy. I've always wanted a human look for him but it was never quite right. Too tall, too skinny, too young, too... something. This time I started with the eye-shape, the scar, and let my hand just start moving. The beard, the short-cut hair, the receding hairline, none of it has been present for his other human designs. I usually have him with white or black hair. I usually make him have more energy. But that wasn't him. This version *feels* like Ichor. Idk, this guy's been with me for 6 years and getting to finally give him crow's feet and laugh lines and worry creases and graying hair? It just does something to my emotions lmao. Point is, though, I think if Ichor got to look like a human, even with his godly magic, he'd choose this. Every time.

And! You guys have seen me, I'm predominantly a furry/skeleton artist. Humans aren't my comfort zone. I just had a really really good time with this one...

[mrabubu]

Soo do Ana and Leo ever actually get married in the end or nah? Cuz ngl the thought of the movie occurring when the resistance fails and that thing is very much left unsaid and unfulfilled is so very sad to me 😭I get that it’s a war zone but in a way also all the more reason why they should cuz ya know never know when you gon bite the dust

Sooooo... I've been thinking about this for some time, but since I have in mind kinda a bad end option for this story's end, I'm still not certain xdd.

Though I kinda had an idea of them making something more symbolic, just for the two of them.

Like, in the movies I remember there were moments when characters are getting married during battle or just during difficult circumstances, like that moment from the third Pirates of the Caribbean, when Elizabeth and William got married during the impromptu ceremony.

And for the ring, I can't remember the exact example, but I've seen during episodes like this a couple would use something to replace the ring as there's no other option, like a piece of wire or something like this.

So I think their "ceremony" would be something like that. Nothing big or official.

[yandere-romanticaa]

I was taking about a freind about natlan and we both said that natlan feels almost like it was rushed or thought too poorly even if the company had years to run the plot and years to make the nation it felt so thrown put together with no thought.

We also mention now a lot of natlan as a whole kinda…is a bit of well it’s very stereotypes is the gentler way of putting it. A lot of the inspo for each characfers either miss-match certain inspo or yk the skin…as a whole was an issue

I also personally feel like I started to play three and four soon- second hsr the third came is Withernf waves and an upcoming call Nikki infinity I believe in Dec- I might be stretching myself more but I feel the reason I play either wuwa is combat but also lowkey rewards are much mroe generous. I’m honestly playing hsr jusy for Sunday and nikki bc fashion gatcha is so cute

I’m not sure if anyone feels this way but natlan and it’s characfer feel like their kinda like if you want better exploration for natlan you kinda have to pull for these characters to make it easier and and force to pull for that just feels too forceful?

I never really cared nor had enough interest in the characfers ngl but I think it for me personally it always was because how I felt when natlan first launch and it kinda just went on as the patches kept getting release- my issue with the characfer skin, inspo, deisng etc I think seeps into more and I’m more so hoping that the patches over

Hope this makes sense!

A massive issue I have with Natlan is that I feel as though a lot of the characters true potential is locked behind constellations.

I pulled for Chasca recently because I'm honestly in love with her and I'll gladly claim her as my wife. I use her frequently but.

But.

I feel as though the game is forcing me to get her to at least c2 and that's just straight up unfair. It's common knowledge that Genshin is Hoyo's cash cow meanwhile HSR is the passion project, but it's still somehow so slimey to me. I get it, gacha games are here to make money and at the end of the day they are a business, it's literally their job to do so. But Genshin has been really pushing as of late I feel like.

Also, I've looked at the leaked gameplay for Mauvika and Citlali and I have to say, Mauvika, to me personally, looks less like a Genshin Impact character and more like a Zenless Zone Zero character. This isn't necessarily a complaint as I've seen some ZZZ gameplay and I have some friends who love that game, but due to the previous world building that Genshin has established I just do not think that it fits all that well in Teyvat. I could be wrong for the ZZZ comment though because I have never played the game nor do I really wish to, so feel free to correct me on that.

I also feel as though there's a certain air of grandiose suspense just missing. I was at the edge of my seat for the whole Fontaine Archon quest and while I liked the Natlan one too, it just pales in comparison to Fontaine.

[autumnbrambleagain]

Hi, first time reader, first time caller. I ended up reading proselytize in between my various beginner runs in qud to keep me motivated. It's really good! You're a very talented writer with a great sense of pacing, character and style! I was just wondering though, do you have default builds for all the daughters of nafpor, or are they more like archetypes?

oh gosh thank you! i am always stunned at how well received proselytize has been, i'm glad people are enjoying it so much

i experiment a lot with them when i play them, so i have a lot saved, although TBH a lot of them are older characters from over a year ago

here's suir softbeast's canonical build, although this is just like. her base, larval form without any of her chimera stuff. there's a mod that lets you pick what your chimeric limbs are when evolving so you can have the exact same suir softbeast experience, the randomization of it means any future suir i play without that mod is going to be a radically different suir

you'll notice her intelligence is like, pretty high! it's said in the game she ends up being one of the best tinkers in qud and just convinces herself she's only good for being a blodshedding hedonist. my suir build strats were pick every physical mutation i could get, get extra limbs, the usual chimera stuff. i used swords as my main for the DV bonus and lunge action economy stacking, and axes in all the other offhands for dismemberment procs

it uses the marshtaur sprite, although i'd wish in a tattoo gun and recolor her in all white and gray. if i ever played her again i'd probably modify the sprite to make her look more like herself

here's tiyu-yutep's last build. psychometry isn't actually Very Worthwhile, but it was thematic and i'm the kind of idiot that will make a build for theme rather than efficiency. this is, in fact, a pretty BAD build, which I think is on its own level thematically important. the daughters of nafpor aren't all supertwinked hyperspecced characters, some of them just Played Good

normally i'd replace her sprite with a cat cherub sprite, but at this point next time i ever end up playing her i'd just make my own sprite for her

in actual gameplay i'd use precog and nectar to reroll mutations so i have a bespoke list of mental mutations stacked up as high as i can, and complement them with a ton of tinkered nonsense. tiyu-yutep's build is about maximizing options in every situation. something bad is happening? that's fine, i have 12 kinds of grenade, 10 mental mutations, and eight guns to solve it.

that's one of my igwashim builds, unlike tiyu and suir being kinda jack-of-all-trades (my preferred style ngl) ig is very much a "scry, teleport in, blast everything to sleep, axe axe axe axe axe axe axe" build

mutation points aren't spent on new mutations at all, and exist just to fill out the efficiency of her existing mutations. i use a mod to make teleport more accurate at very high levels, because teleportation is my nonsexual fetish and i crave being able to pinpoint teleport after i hit level 10

still she isn't just a bump-attack character. maximize information gathering and ambush tactics, never play fair. appearance change wish to turn her tile into a crypt ferret's, naturally, although now that i've started fumping about with modding, i'd just like. actually make a clade so instead of it saying "Mutated Human" it'd say "Mutated Ferret" or something. make it so dromads don't call me human they call me "ferret" or something

her having Socially Repugnant would be appropriate narratively but i never bothered with it since she didn't need it, 10 ego is enough to represent her being a talking animal

i don't have any specific build saved for Savithvyr, she was one of my first Qud characters and was just a Fuming God-Child specced around agility, willpower, and intelligence, mostly using gas grenades of various kinds alongside the billowing conch. also not an optimal build! but it was fun. flood the zone with gas and just sorta stand back and pick at the survivors with a gun or stab them with triple-element gaslight kris

there's a mod that lets you play goatfolk which i used for naara, but in version updates i don't have it installed right now and i'll be honest i don't remember what i did with her much other than mental mutations

ooo-ho-OOO-EEE-ah and Buwofu-gawufoo were actually companions that Savithvyr and Suir picked up in-game, they were never characters i played directly but as companions they lasted so long they felt like they were part of those characters' identities and so they had to make the transition into the game proper.

the brambled fae's original build is NO LONGER POSSIBLE because they increased the cost of horns, which i think is HILARIOUS because why shouldn't it be an actual illegal build?

not that it hasn't had a dozen different builds ANYway. it's my go-to most-used build and based off of one of my fursonas at its core, so it's the culmination of my bullshit jack-of-all-trades obsession.

MILD SPOILERS but ive posted it before on this blog anyway, it DOES have its own sprite since i still play variations on it regularly enough i made a sprite for it

although that doesn't really represent what it looks like in the story

that's getting a BIT closer to what it looks like when we finally get to the brambled pass

[thisselflovecamebacktome]

Okay so I've had some time to sleep on and think over the Legends ZA trailer, so here are my more updated/extended thoughts.

Having it be in near future Kalos is interesting, but leaves me at a blank for what they're going to do for the plot that wouldn't just feel like what Pokemon Z would've been had it existed 10 years ago. This is fine, I'm sure I will like the game regardless, and hell, is even exciting in some ways because we know so little. But it does also make me nervous. As much as Pokemon fans like to say "what plot?" and generally not read dialogue/engage with the story as much (literally I could go on a rant about how the post game of X and Y + Sun and Moon blew the lore right open and made it so Game Freak never had to make a "new" region again if they so choose, but that's a discussion for another day), it's always been my favourite part of Pokemon and especially when we know so little and I'm unsure of what we do know in terms of if I like it or not, it makes me wonder if I'm going to pre-order the game at all.

On the note of the plot, I joked in my prediction post that we would be the villain and that building the city (noting now that I was a past believer before the trailer. Like 'integration' of Pokemon feels very different to what we are getting which feels like the next step, but I get what they mean now) would come at the cost of the Pokemon habitat, and now I'm wondering if I wasn't that far off but instead of Pokemon homes, it will be more about gentrification in which we're unintentionally creating a paradise, but only for the rich... and perhaps one may say the beautiful (yes I did note that Vinnie is almost definitely either Lysandre in disguise or a relative). Perhaps this is why we don't see anyone from X and Y in the trailers apart from AZ. Either way god would that be relatable to where I live and could be so interesting if done right.

I don't know if it's intentional because I haven't seen others talk about it, but having a character that looks kinda like Blue/generation one's rival having a Pikachu walking in the background of a shot makes me wish this was an alternative universe game (yes it still could be! but I doubt it). There's a lot of cool stuff that could be done with that too, and part of that prementioned rant I'm leaving for another day.

I do also have to laugh at them being like "this habitat is so wild Pokemon can thrive... here's how to catch them and in doing so remove them from that habitat". Like I know they don't mean it that way, but connecting with the above, it would be interesting if the new totally not evil woman pushed you to catch more so she could gentrify that area. Again, I don't think Game Freak would ever make us the villain like that, but it could be fun.

I do wonder if it will be open world or you build your way through the different zones. Both have the potential to be stale for me dependant on the plot (because tbh I still don't really understand what is going on in this game/what the point is past a vague "rebuilding the city"), but I definitely think that having it be open world and like maybe more Pokemon come along the further into the game you get would be the better of the two so that's what I'm hoping for.

Seemingly being able to catch wild Pokemon that have zero hp feels good. Like it makes more logical sense and I hope that the hardcore players don't complain to the point they get rid of it (especially if it applies to legendaries and otherwise harder to catch Pokemon). Likewise, having ranged moves attack more than 2 Pokemon if they're close enough is interesting and I wonder if they're going to expand on horde battles (or even the call in feature from Sun and Moon) in these/future games.

The starter selection having two Johto starters to me just feels... odd ngl. Like I know we aren't guaranteed that they'll get megas, but it is the most likely outcome imho and it feels like it's Game Freak writing themselves into a corner in which either Typhlosion gets a mega (or even two) which feels bad if they're trying to shine a light on lesser used starters and keep them at a near equal weighting to their same generation counterparts, or they're only ever going to do faithful remakes for generation two in the future because it'd be weird to have 2/3 starters have megas while the third has a regional variant. So, as I have been the whole time, I'm hoping that they get the Kalos starter (or I guess one step up because Kalos starters got nothing) treatment where they get the new/regional variant final forms while the second set of starters (hopefully the Kalos ones so they get their moment) get the megas, but we'll see. But yeah, if these starters are getting megas, I think I would have preferred they left Totodile (or Chikorita I guess, but I like Chikorita more so am glad they're here lmao) for a generation eight Legends game and gotten a new GMax form so that each could have had a different gimmick when generation two gets remade again in the future.

The new battle style is... not for me at this point, but I did say that about raids and autobattling and came around to them so I'm not ready to completely rule it out yet.

Being on roofs/elevator is cool and makes me excited for future games. Like it will hopefully add a bit of dynamic to the games even if it feels a bit barren now while it's being tested. Also makes the possibility of sky battles returning more likely and I wonder how that will work with the new fighting mechanic.

Creating two seemingly similar rivals/friends but only putting one in the game as a main character feels a bit of a waste and would have felt gender conformative (same gender rival) or like they're avoiding same gender ships (different gender rival) either way they would have spun it to me knowing that they created the two, but it is what it is.

I know a lot of people joke about AZ's new job but as a former hotel receptionist, it's cute. Like having the past king (who is known for destruction/"banishing" people) be the one to welcome them and seemingly be the mentor is a nice touch. I do wonder if they might have a Pokemon Concierge easter egg (maybe a character who says her sister works in a hotel or something) but yeah either way I like it.

That last bit feels like a battle tower to me which like happy for those who like that, but again not for me.

I actually don't mind that they didn't show any new megas. Tbh while I wouldn't expect it to be that faithful, since BD/SP I've kept my expectations down for new games based on already known regions to "it'll be faithful and anything extra is a cool bonus". In saying that, I do think that at very least Zygarde (and the starters but like especially Zygarde) needs to have a new form/mega or else it could risk bombing the Legends brand because I could see the fans being that upset.

Sexist fans being upset about Jett being the boss and Vinnie being her sidekick really is a tell. Like damn just say you didn't play the generation seven games and go lmao. Like rip Lusamine, Guzma and Faba, gone and apparently forgotten by some lmao.

I said this last night, but overall I get major side game vibes from this game. And again, that's fine. The Mystery Dungeon series, Pokemon Pinball games and new Pokemon Snap are among my favourite Pokemon games. But it was not what I was expecting. I will say that I'm still trying to determine how much of this is just like how little we were shown and how small it looks in comparison to what it may turn out being mixed with like reconciling that (at least hopefully lmao) it being the size of a city is not the same size the cities we're used to in Pokemon, but yeah it kinda feels like Mezagoza meets reduced sized wild areas from Sw/Sh to me atm. So yeah, like either way, I imagine I'll enjoy myself, it's just a matter of how much.

And I think that's it for now. I'm not expecting any new news on the game until August now, so I guess I'll put some updated thoughts out then but yeah this is where I am for now.

[dialalagirl]

Oo I looove these matchups, I didn't really conaider doing one but I saw the recent ask so I decided to do one 😖♥️

Sooo im 5"6 with a short choppy bob that is kinda messy and in my face, im pretty round overall like round eyes, round face but a sharp nose and almond lips. I'm not sure if you know about style essences but I'm a Gamine / Ingenue Essence face wise. I have dark hair and dark eyes but I like to keep myself very pale because I'm skin is super sensitive. I would say I'm a very girly looking girl but with boyish traits like my hair is right below my ears and choppy so it's adds a Boyish pixie kinds feel to me, but my overall face is girly so its a nice contrast

I usually do my makup pretty clean except for my lips that I always put a dark shade, but I kinda go a 50's kinda way with my makeup. So light skin tint, black eyeliner with some brown airbrush around my eyes and deep lips.

I'd say my style is a mix between the 50's and a Victorian Doll ( please no Kanato stay away 😭😭) I've been told by my friends that I give off a Darker version of a Vintage americana. I also take inspiration from 1920's flappers because they resemble me. But I dress in a lot of ruffles and flowey garments. Idk I have a lot of styles but overall theme is anything vinatge from 50's to Victorian is my style.

As for me! I'm also quite a yapper and just seek out talking to people it actually annoys me because then after I feel embarrassed that I talk so much, but I kinda feel like I need to carry social interactions so I'm always throwing out questions and new topics so conversation doesn't slow down. I'm really friendly and easy going, I am a " head in the clouds " type of person I always zone out or forget what I'm doing or just completely ignore people by accident and then have to apologize to them 🤦‍♀️I'm not a airhead I just am IN my head all the time so sometimes I feel like I look so lost. It kinda acts as comic relif with people ngl but hey.

Im a bit of a bubbly person maybe? Sometimes I'm not sure how I come off to people I usually I'm the " cheery, funny, talkative " girl, and I don't think im that different at home but I'm probably also a little moody, I'm naturally very anxious, always have been, over nothing so my overthinking leaves me permanently mentally tired, I'm a eldest daughter so I tend to be very hard on myself and expect a lot that I'll put so much on myself, crash out, be depressed for a bit, and do it again. I also come from a Christian home so that's another level of expectation to be a " good girl " and I actually walked away from that faith because it never aligned with me but I never told anyone because I didn't want my friends or family to ruin the image they have of me. This makes things really hard for me to have any meaningful relationship with people because I only put my best version on display

ANY ENOUGH OF MY PERSONALITY

Hobby wise~ I just scroll YouTube and Tumblr all day. I've been homeschoold since Covid so that's how I'm able to just be at home all day.

But I love music like Melanie Martinez, Artic Monkeys, Marina the Diamonds, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, Olivia Rodrigo etc ( Honorable mentions, Diner By Billie Ellish, St, Chrome by Tylee the Creator, God is a Woman By Ariana Grande, GTFO by Doechii, and Girls by Girl in Red )

I also love art, I so character Sketches and cool makup art, I also design clothes sketches but I'm not able to sew yet to make them 😅

And I love watching Commentary and analysis videos that into pshylogicol debates and conversations. I also watch serials killer interviews because I think it's fascinating.

I also do hip hop 💃🎵

Okiii random stuff

I'm TERRIBLE at comforting people, I'm so just awkward I stand there and after the person is done talking or crying I go " yeah...😶" like girl what do I do??? 😭

Id say my love language is pshycial affection, I'll just come up behind somone and lean on them and that's my love 💓

I don't ever gossip really but I love HEARING others gossip from the side.

I'm kinda that person you need to look for honestly because I'll just disappear and nor see someone, it's not that ignoring them I'm just too lazy to go out of my way to hangout with somone, unless they come to me.

If I had to be represents by a diaboy, I'd say I'm a mix of Shuu and Laito, more so Shyu maybe a little Kou but he's a bit a bitch for me lol

nothing could piss me off more than people disregarding me, because im so nice and helpful people with just cast me with favors without even asking me, so my kindness quickly turns to an expecting and I will quickly snap and or ignore them because I hate feeling like im being treated with less respect and consideration just because im helpful. Boundaries baby we need to have them don't forget it 💅 were nice not stupid don't forget it

I think that's all! I love your page boo~ ❤️ I'm a daily visitor so I just wanna give you some love for your account ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 take it all! Oki byeee

aw, thank you, much appreciated <33

tomato potato, potato tomato, the diaboy of your eye today? reiji 

before you run for the hills, hear me out:

he goes absolutely weak in the knees for your 50's Victorian Doll look. it’s so fashionably and uniquely ladylike in a way that does not remind him of his mom, thank yezus

as someone who struggles to carry conversations through anything other than negative interactions, your positive energy--though initially annoying—becomes surprisingly infectious 

alas, you’re two peas in a pod struggling to convey something other than your best self. relationships are hard, man. but, maybe with you, he finds it a little less hard

this man is the freud of the household. prep your ass for many an analytical rant. not that you mind, I imagine

trust, you have not met someone terrible at comforting people until you met this man. however, physical affection like holding hands or a warm hug fixes the problem rather well, you’ll find

finally, someone to listen to him gossip about how much he hates mothering the household and shu

say what you want about pigeon-san. he may discipline you into a proper lady, give the rare compliment, or sermon a whole ass lecture at you on manners. the last thing he’ll do? ignore you like his mother

[maskthesimp]

Okay, so I played Resident Lover

Cass' route. Duh.

[MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD SO MOVE THE FUCK ON!!]

AND I GOT THE BAD ENDING 💀 Or one of them

I assume there's a few bad endings and a few good ones for each route. I got the one where we get blood spilt on us, and she uses me as a sacrifice (or is implied to cuz the game ends when she pins me against a wall after getting that crazy look in her eye and talking about a fourth sacrifice for the ritual)

Here's the thing, though. I'm afraid of upsetting people. So, of course I ignored the fucking shadow and decided to get on with the show instead CUZ I FIGURED IF I INVESTIGATED THE SHADOW, IT'D DELAY THE SHOW AND PISS HER OFF!! BUT NO!!

TIP IF YOU WANNA GET A GOOD ENDING FOR CASS, INVESTIGATE THE DAMN SHADOW BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE!! UGH!! SORRY I THOUGHT OF YOUR FEELINGS, BABE, I DIDN'T REALISE EMPATHY FOR YOUR INTERESRS AND WELLBEING WOULD RESULT IN MY DEATH 🙄

It's fucking fine I reloaded the game and investigated, then told her what I saw and shit turned out fine and she fucked me in her dressing room >_> I'll take it but that music and the art of her going all crazy-eyed saying she was gonna basically kill me is gonna leave some trauma, babes, I'm ngl

Istg I genuinely was unsettled and freaked out over it. The music does a lot for the game, and the composer(s) did a great job at making me piss myself in fear. Made me feel genuine anxiety and fear. Also, because I couldn't do anything about it, it made it so much harder to watch. Feels like Subnautica without the water. Or sea creatures. Or space ship. Or anything except the overwhelming sense of "you fucked up" that I get when I hear the music after getting drenched in blood, or the "approaching ecological dead-zone" message. It's the same vibe that makes me wanna cry from anxiety, and I applaud any game that evokes that reaction from me.

I'll definitely play through the other routes, probably Belas mostly, and I'll try to get some other results from Cass' route. I didn't investigate the 3rd floor because it pissed her off when I did it, so I reloaded it (don't judge, I'm a people pleaser) and chose to wait for her. Idk what other endings can come from her route. I know I can reject her and stuff, but I don't wanna. That's my wife motherfucker.

I'm most interested in Bela and Cass' routes in this. I like Daniela, but she's not as interesting as I kinda hoped she'd be. I like skater girls, but for Dani, she's too chill. I like the switch in making Cass more of a momma's girl and making Bela more argumentative with Alcina. Whereas in RE8, that'd be the opposite with them.

Cass is the rash child not doing what Alcina wants, and Bela has to pick up the slack and suck up to mother (or at least that's the vibe we got from the lore). And Dani is just...Dani. She's chaos incarnate. But I like the switch of having Cass now be the one who decided to follow in her mother's footsteps, whilst Bela is apparently arguing with her so much.

Btw, I'd adore if there was a mutli-romance option. I'd fall head over heels so easy XDD speaking of, is there any way to meet Bela in Cass' route? She never showed in my playthrough outside of a name drop from her sisters. I've seen screenshots of Bela and Cass in Y/Ns dorm together, I'm not sure what route it's from.

Overall, I'd say I had a lot of fun. I liked the stakes, I liked the romance. Some character depictions could've been better, but maybe they would be if I play again and choose Dani's option during a later playthrough. Maybe I just didn't get enough of a look at her character. Will definitely play again :3

[yume-x-hanabi]

So I've played enough Veilguard that I've finally recruited all companions. I've been enjoying the game so far, but ngl I really miss Inquisition in many ways. I think I'll replay it after this (but I need to finish Zelda too, aaah so many games, so little time).

Anyway, some thoughts so far. (If you respond, please keep your response spoiler free for anything that happens after recruiting the last two companions.)

The three main things I really miss from Inquisition are:

1. Exploration

Like I know, there's a lot to do on the areas we get, but... idk, it feels kinda linear and disconnected at the same time. I really loved how vast the zones in DAI were, like there's this meme about never leaving the Hinterlands but honestly that's what got me hooked to the game in the first place, there was just so much to explore, it felt like the possibilities were endless. Here it's a bit too much like Xillia lol, follow a path, maybe come back later to open up new zones, but otherwise it's pretty linear. (ik it's closer to DAO and DA2 in that regard so it's not like they're changing the formula entirely, but personally I preferred the DAI style and I really miss it.)

2. Skyhold

I know it fits the circumstances better, but... the Lighthouse feels so empty. I miss how bustling the homebase was. I miss going to the companions and talking to them about random stuff. I miss the NPC populating the area (you can find them in other cities mind you, but it's not the same thing if you have to travel to different places instead of just hearing their ambient dialogue as you run around your own castle). I miss the war table missions.

3. Getting a feel of your character from early on

I like Rook but gosh building up headcanon for her is a struggle. We're told next to nothing about her background, so ig you could feel like "great, a blank slate to headcanon in any way" except wrong, because you'll then get details that contradict it later on. I really, really wish they'd either been clearer about certain stuff in the character creator, or even better, let you set things up at the beginning through dialogue wheel choices. Like, one of my fave parts of Inquisition was to develop my Inky through the options given through conversations with companions or story moments. I played a Lavellan, and I had fun establishing her feelings about her clan and elf culture, how she hated the Andraste thing being forced upon her, stuff like that. With Rook, I made her a Veil Jumper elf mage, so I thought she was Dalish, picked vallaslin and everything... only to learn she's not Dalish when picking the option to comment on her vallaslin. But then she speaks elvish and knows Dalish cultural things (which would make sense for a Veil Jumper as she did spend some time with a Dalish clan but I'm told other faction Rooks also have that when it makes no sense for them). Also apparently she might have been in a Circle? Not sure, the game isn't entirely clear but seems to both imply it and not. I guess it's to leave stuff out for interpretation but I would have much preferred it if it was something you could define clearly through options.

Like take the Dalish vs city elf thing - quite easy, instead of that weird comment when picking the vallaslin option in the mirror scene, have several options, one that's like "I remember the day I got my vallaslin like it was yesterday" (cue more options like "I was so nervous/excited/happy/scared/whatever"), one that's "I got it when I joined the VJ", and one that's "I know I'm not Dalish but I thought it was cool". Or something like that. And based on those options you get slightly altered lines when your background becomes relevant later on. Like, please help me build my character, game. Don't just let me make stuff up in my head only and then spring details at me out of nowhere.

A few others things I'm a bit eh about:

Dialogues often feel very stilted. Could be due to the voice acting tho; the voice I picked for my Rook has a rather unnatural speech cadence in a lot of instances, I wish she sounded more like how a real person talks rather than a pre-recorded train announcement lol. Do English-speaking players have the same issue or is it just the French VO?

It feels weird saying this, but where's the discrimination gone? I'm playing an elven mage, and I've yet to hear a single "knife-ear", even in fricking Tevinter. The tension between all the races and mage vs non-mage etc was part of what made this world so rich, so it feels like we're in a diluted version of the setting, which as worldbuilding nerd is pretty disappointing.

The lack of continuity with your previous games' playthroughs. Like I don't need a full report on how my every choices impacted the current story, but I wish we could have carried more over, if only for throwaway lines and little world tidbits. Like talking to Harding about the Inquisition is frustrating compared to how detailed Varric was about the DA2 cast in DAI. And there are some choices I thought would be significant, like who is made Divine, Bull's fate in Trespasser (and whether he romanced Dorian ;p) etc. Like seriously I don't need much, just a throwaway line here and there, which is sad not to even have.

That said, there's a lot of things I like so far:

The little visual details. Like I'm obsessed with the way long hair falls off the shoulder when Rook moves. So cool. Also injured companion's scars fading progressively. Little things like that are pretty neat, I spend a lot of time just staring at the screen lol.

Some areas are really pretty. I also spend a lot of time staring at the scenery lol

The way you can set appearance independent from equipment. Also the personalization of the Lighthouse. Yeah ik I'm a sucker for fashion and interior design options XD

All the accessibility options. I don't really need them, and idk if they're well implemented, but looking at all the ways to customize your gameplay is pretty cool.

Also this is the first time I've actually heard "iel" spoken out loud.

The puzzles. Sometimes it's a bit frustrating to be stuck on a thing until you have more companions (can't help it, I see a treasure chest, I need it now), but otherwise figuring out how to get the stuff can be pretty satisfying. Sometimes I spend a lot of time on it, thinking I should probably come back later then, but end up solving it anyway. I wish there'd be more sidequests tho.

ASSAN. I'm tempted to romance Davrin just for Assan lmao. Also, petting cats and dogs everywhere. The cats purring. Gimme all the cats.

Overall I'm quite liking all the companions so far. There's still a lot to discover about them, but they're all compelling in their own way, and it's always hard to choose who to take along (while in Inquisition I had clear favorites rather easily). Also banter between them when exploring being more frequent really makes me want to bring different combinations to get to know them and help them get to know each other heheh. (Honestly I might end up shipping them between each other more than with Rook lol)

Varric's dramatic storytelling at the end of each story point.

The basic premise. Solas' 10-year grand plot to tear down the Veil being thwarted by a reckless dumbass knocking down a statue and him getting trapped as a result and being relegated to giving cryptic advice in her dreams is peak comedy. A+ execution, would do it again.

Bellara and Neve starting a bookclub. I think I'm more invested in this ambient subplot than in the main story at the moment lmao

[mirevasan]

okay, now that i've actually finished veilguard (over 60+ hours but worth it) and it's been a bit over a week, i've decided to update elaria's canon point! due to it being spoiler content, i'm going to put the information under a read more, as well as properly tag it! now, it won't be too story heavy in regards to spoilers since it just focuses on what the inquisitor is doing during the 3 acts, but better safe than sorry!

firstly, as it's been 10 years since since the end of inquisition and the start of veilguard, elaria has aged, going from 31 to 41. and while it'll be a bit for me to make new icons from the caps i got, just be aware that she visibly looks more worn out compared to her youthful appearance in inquisition. also in the appearance department, while her left arm was taken by solas' to stop the mark from killing her. in the 10 year time-frame she has gained a prosthetic from the elbow down. as this isn't really explained/touched upon, i'm guessing it's a mix of magic and technology from the times

oh her hair is shorter now, moreso about towards her chin rather than it's previous long length!

after the gods are freed from the veil, the south also suffers their machinations. darkspawn and antaam alike are waging war on the south, and though the inquisition was disbanded, elaria was doing her best to keep the south from falling entirely. specifics of what has happened in the south are: denerim was almost entirely consumed by the blight, redcliff was overrun by darkspawn, denerim too consumed by the darkspawn as well, and numerous clashes between the venatori and the orlais armies occurred. during this, elaria was also able to reclaim skyhold from demons, which means after the inquisition was disbanded, it was left to stillness once more. however, as it's reclaimed, many people flocked to it for safety as they did 10 years prior

morrigan and harding relayed news to elaria of what happened in the north, so she knows of the major achievements and actions of the veilguard, especially the fall of weisshaupt, the gods actions, destroying ghilan'nain's blighted dragons, etc etc.

tl;dr basically once again elaria was at war in the south but this time because of the evanuris and the blight and shit was fucked for a hot minute!!!!

in regards to where her canon point is exactly, it is during act 3-- the final act-- during the mission One Last Breath (where she is in the safe zone with dorian, morrigan, and the like) aka before the final assault on elgar'nan, his archdemon, and eventually, solas

the inquisitor mentions that the venatori absolutely HATE her and that the superiors in the grey warden's ALSO don't like her which is kinda funny ngl

she also knows of isabela, whether or not in depth i don't know, but i'm going to go with vaguely to keep on the safe side as she mentioned needing to thank her for her help with her armada aiding forces in the waking sea

she has not had a vacation in the last 10 years girl send help

[joshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

Okay I feel about ready to talk about Shadow Gens. Please assume spoilers. I've like 99.9% completed it btw, literally just the hard mode bosses and like a straggler S rank or two that I'll actually need to try for, and then I'm like done done. But yeah no I think this game is really fucking good lol. Gonna do bullet points for this since I have a lot to say and no idea how to segue any of it into one another

Shadow feels... I think the best that any character has felt in the boost era? Like they just got his controls and his physics and stuff so right. I've never felt so confident controlling a character in 3D Sonic since the Adventure games.

The level design I would sort of describe as being like a fusion of Unleashed and the Frontiers cyberspace stages. There aren't quite as many brancing paths as Generations proper and you're typically being tasked with reaction obstacles to end up on those other paths, although it's not as demanding as Unleashed. Bit wider and better feeling than Cyberspace too. You will often end up in pretty different parts of levels by finding and capitalising on shortcuts and stuff. Kingdom Valley is the best stage in the game, it's just so sprawling and expansive and so fucking pretty.

White Space pulls from Frontiers' open zone style in being a 3D hub world playground thing, although it's a lot smaller and more congested which fits this game really well. It's fun to run around in and looks really nice, and I think it actually has enough memorable locations to where you don't even really need the map that much to know where you're going (although that's more true after you've done the missions since then colour is restored and stuff)

The missions are pretty decent, I'd put them above Generations proper - they tend to do a solid job testing you in your ability to use Shadow's various skills and stuff, although they are perhaps a little on the shorter side. I was going for 100% from the get-go so if you're just speeding to the end I don't really know how the missions do progression so no comment there lol.

Biolizard is a fairly boring boss, but also the first one so sort of a tutorial. Metal Overlord is really fun, and has a surprisingly tight S rank I enjoyed going for. Mephiles is a little repetitive but honestly his dialogue in the fight is so good that I wasn't caring - he's actually more endearing in this game than he ever has been. Our final boss, Devil Doom, is a Metal Overlord reskin at first which is eh, but turns original and is then pretty fun. Final phase is a nice twist on the usual Super form final boss, although ngl you get the Doom Wings like a stage prior and all they do is glide so it took me like a solid minute to realise I was able to move up and down in this phase. This isn't a criticism but I'm kinda disappointed Shadow didn't finish Black Doom off with a Chaos Blast, it just would've been raw as fuck is all.

There isn't actually much of a story here but what is there is fine. Maria is really likeable. Could've been cool to spend a bit more time in Gerald's head. Shadow's the best he's been since 06. Black Doom does his job well enough. I think in a more filled out version of this story we could grapple more with Shadow losing control to the Doom Powers as well as his conflict regarding staying with Maria and Gerald, but it's all good. The fake Emerald ploy was funny to see although it was a bit of an odd pull. I made sure to talk to the NPCs constantly and everyone's got a lot of really good dialogue, Big and Omega especially.

Chaos Control is very fun, I almost wish the game contrived more excuses to use it.

I like the Doom Powers a fair amount, although they lead into my biggest and only real issue with this game, and it's that the Doom Powers are all very... maybe situational is a bit harsh? But you can only really use them in the contexts the game wants you to use them.

I was really excited for Doom Blast I imagined you'd get to do some like crazy speedrunning shit where you throw an enemy somewhere crazy and teleport to them and shit - and technically you can do that but the range is limited and they're never really positioned in a way that accomodates that - instead there'll be like one or two highlighted areas to blast them to, and it's definitely fun I enjoy doing it a lot but it has potential for more.

Chaos and Doom Spears it's sort of the same - they activate some context-sensitive buttons and disable enemies for a short time, except the latter one only really matters if the enemy can't be attacked for some reason anyway. Again, fun - it feels like the sort of Unleashed reaction based press the right button thing, train your eye to see an enemy with like an electric barrier or something and you know you gotta Doom Spear before you homing attack - I do like it. But I think there could be more.

I think Iizuka said we might get more Shadow games or playable Shadow in Sonic games or something if this does well, and it seems to be doing well. With that said then I hope Doom Blast and Spears are iterated on. They don't feel tied to the Black Arms in the same way as the other Doom Powers so you could just give them to Shadow without it feeling weird and it'd be very fun and stuff.

Morph, Surf and Wing are all a lot more specific to this game and this setting and I don't really need them to return. Morph is actually quite hard to use, I don't think the game does a good job teaching you how its swinging vs propelling itself thing works. I like Surf. Wings are rather overpowered for use in normal levels but you don't unlock them until right near the end so hey. But just playing the levels normally is more fun than gliding over them.

Everything I said about liking the levels earlier is true but I do think they're a little easy and could stand to be on the harder side. Like the Doom Powers and Chaos Control and stuff are supposed to enable cool shortcuts but they're so telegraphed and reactable that instead of it feeling like "if you're good at the game you're rewarded with shortcuts" it feels a bit more like "as long as you can hold a controller you'll probably always be on the fastest route" which is a little sad.

The White Space treasure chests and rocket parts are quite fun to collect although I sort of wish they had like a radar or something because by the time you've gotten most of them you're just gonna have to start running around the world aimlessly until you chance upon whatever you missed. I spent 40 minutes on the last 2 parts.

Collection room is kino.

I think Iizuka said the Terios skin would almost make you feel like you were playing a different game but it has all of Shadow's animations down to the skating so it looks a little awkward. Neat bonus though.

I am considerably excited for the Movie Shadow DLC

I think that's it. tl;dr very good game, very little in the way of like meaningful flaws, they cooked so hard with this Shadow they have to keep him going forward, this is the best control in any boost title.