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pokemas is so fulfilling as someone who LOVES pokemon characters and storylines and wants them to interact like dolls. like yes its a gacha game but where else would i get leon sygna suit outfit. hm? nowhere else. where else would i get a photo mode? nowhere. i can't get giovanni and ghetsis being the crossover nastiest guys anywhere else (rainbow rocket is an allusion but not fully yk?). the time-space debacle. i can't get silver and N interacting over their shared father issues. amazing. thank you pokemas. please give me geeta ive spent 12,000 + gems please please please plea
#talk#pokemas#ITS FUN!!!! its gimmicky but fun.#new outfits and dialogue and stuff for ppl (me) who squeezes characters with all their might#i need to laugh at lysandre again that arc was rlly funny to me. its not meant to be but. hes funny.#also paulo. i have thoughts. so smile :]#if u ask whats my fav arc its the galar villain arc. cause im a leon fan. also cause the plot is actually a bit more dif to me sooo#who do i want in the game? rika. self explanatory.
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Something really great about the persona 2 cast is that they all individually fucking SUCK to talk to casually. Every single one of them. They are all infuriating. We have:
Tatsuya, who will stare at you blankly if you try to initiate conversation (IS) and will dip without saying a word afterward (EP)
Batsuya, who will scoff and brush you off/otherwise act dismissive
Eikichi, who might honestly be the best to talk to in the IS crew and that is not saying much, who WILL talk extremely loudly over you (probably not on purpose?) and will not be paying particularly close attention to the conversation beyond whatever he wants to say (gets points for talking about his gf. gets points taken away for constantly talking about his gf)
Lisa, who will automatically assume bad faith and will be rude to you the entire conversation unless you manage to defuse her temper (good luck)
Jun, who is uncommunicative at BEST and requires an encyclopedic knowledge of flowers, metaphor and body language just to get a HINT on what heās thinking, and who will be extremely polite but completely unhelpful. If you tried asking him what he wants for dinner I guarantee it will be the longest 30 minutes of your life as he goes āoh I have no opinion :) whatever you want. :))ā EXCEPT HE DOES HAVE OPINIONS. He has SO MANY OPINIONS. He is Expecting you to be able to pick up on his āobviousā clues. He will be passive aggressive if you donāt. (Jun babygirl you suck so bad I love u)
Maya, who is a delight but will very quickly become grating if you try to talk to her about anything serious as she hits you with the white suburban mom's "how to live a happy, healthy life" lifecoach slogans. You canāt even mention, like, stepping in a puddle or something without her hitting you with the positivity beam.
Yukino is great actually. 10/10. Sheās fabulous we love her. Incredible conversationalist, chill and fun and easy to get along with. But sheās from Persona One, she doesnāt Count.
Ulala, who WILL bring up her relationship problems in every conversation within 10 minutes at least once. Any longer and she will start talking about Maya.
Do I even need to explain Baofu. Have you seen him.
And finally, Katsuya, who is a cop and a kiss ass and Very Obvious about these things. Also he can't talk to women. He can barely talk to men. Help Him.
And yet they all work wonderfully as a group. They are so annoying I love them
#long post#Nanjo and Elly don't count btw#hi I fucking adore them#I missed them <3 Suou Brothers crawling back into my brain#Persona 3-5 have a very charming casts that are easy to like immediately. Persona 1 & 2 are filled with the most annoying bitches alive#exaggeration obviously. not by that much tho#persona 2s cast in particular is very charming. when they're TOGETHER. Individually? Wellllll...#hmm something about p2s cast in particular feels less. gimmicky? I guess? than the newer persona games#which isn't to say that those casts are worse or that the p2 cast ISN'T gimmicky because they are#but idk. you kind of always know how Ryuji or Ken or Yukiko will react to a situation. but the p2 cast may surprise you#again: doesn't make any of the later casts bad! I absolutely adore them. That you can predict them is evidence of strong character writing!#The p2 cast just feels a little more fleshed out is all. probably because the lack of social links means they're able to progress#throughout the story and change without worrying about conflicting with a link yanno?#I love social links though I think they're a great edition!#They need their kinks ironed out a bit but Yosuke has already proved that they are absolutely capable of working hand in hand with the#development of characters in the story as well#and theyre still fun even when they don't impact the story. I like getting to know side#characters too! (Naoki and Ei and Ai and Daisuke and Kou and the old lady and Akinari and-)#tag ramble#persona 2#tatsuya suou#eikichi mishina#lisa silverman#jun kurosu#maya amano#yukino mayuzumi#ulala serizawa#baofu#katsuya suou#Also um. hi. Its been a while lol
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Iām very glad these recent 3 episodes have been so much better than what we started the season with.
It feels like weāre finally watching a season of Big Brother
#see when you just focus on game play and people strategizing with some fun little filler segments in between#you have good episodes#the twists truly mess up the episodes bc theyāre so gimmicky especially in recent seasons#the eps are still choppy bc of where they put their time in certain segments#but its leaps better than the early eps for sure#bb25
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Venus in my Eyes is such a 80s romance anime opening song but listen it reminds me SOOOO much of latin american 80-90s pop music AND I LOVE IT it's the acoustic guitar the romantic tone. I put it on my old lady songs playlist you Will see me sweeping the floors and doing the dishes with it as background<3
#no sĆ© como explicarlo pero la vibe general de la canciĆ³n me dio nostalgia ajaja#la guitarra le aƱade mucho#as an undeadp i will make fun of reikao as old lady killers now(?)#Kaoru and Souma's vas killed it they sing so so so well#i think the ultimate 9 songs are kind of gimmicky but listennn its so different and so fun#i am old /hj after all it works on me#enš« liveblogging
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How the EO3 HD steam vrs has been going
#ragna ramblings#TBH i BUILT ALOPE TANK AND HANA WRONG BUT THEY WORK STILL??#i mean meta classes BUT STILL on switch and ds they were easier to play. (they are also underleveled)#ALOPE AND HANA JUST BE LIKE ā°ā°#Meanwhile Aurora and Magnolia....#However in boss fights the girls (Hana and peepee) excel where the women usually work better against encounters#i think Hana and Alope weren't ever super awesome with encounters unless it was ds where Alope had wild swings#Tank did the heavy lifting with Cloudbuster + charge#BUT I FORGOT AND GOT HIM THE SKILL MAD LATE#SO HANA AND ALOPE HAVE BEEN DYING AND WHEN I DO USE CLOUD BUSTER ITS ALWAYS AFTER THEY DIE#so they stay underleveled#Again tho bosses don't stand a chance against Alope's crushing blow and now 9 smashes....#Hana has skipped out on her binary skills but is learning meteor so thats fun#Aurora when things and weaknesses work out... 'Legalize nuclear bombs'#Regal radiance does more damage sometimes. probably it'd work best with a zodiac/gladiator or smt so can't depend on it#Aurora is gimmicky tho if a boss isn't weak to an element it can take a while#BUT YEAH IVE BEEN USING AURORA FOR THE ENCOUNTERS A LOTTT MORE THAN HANA#rambled real hard in this one
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yk. i will admit tht i do enjoy dramatic man pain ok i do think it kind of fucks when fictional men are like I Am A Plague Upon The Earth They Should Put Me Down For Being An Annoying Ass Bitch All I Do Is Suffer just traumadumping on their bro thts sitting next to them like ".......damn bro thts crazy š" ok i get it . and it goes full circle with wht they shared abt hopper in the beginning right i See that, but you can't be doing all of this awesome spooky compelling fight against time outmatched humans facing something way bigger than them in ways they don't even know yet just doing true-to-stranger-things shit in hawkins n then be hitting me with tht goofy s3-esque buddy cops on an adventure shit thts way overdone n jarring at this point like. ššššššš ain't nobody tryna see tht shit man get me back to the good stuff tht reminds me of why i fell in love with this show to begin with gimme the MEAT š£š£š£š£š£
#like. girlies. clearly there is an audience for it i Know that but. they did the serious tone so well so super well and their humor just#falls so flat with me like i rly be staring at my screen like š a majority of the time BDHSNBSJDNSBSJSJS#it feels so tv show so gimmicky especially when sandwiched between actual hard-hitting shit#in such a way tht it almost feels like it's making fun of itself sometimes in a not good way#which isnt to say there should never be humor bc i think they did a great job in s1 and s2 of balancing the writing#its jus . tht s3 flavor tht JUMPS out sometimes in s4 and gives me a jumpscare like can u not.#anyway. i was jus thinking abt hopper n his boyfriend when this thought came 2 me n ofc i had to share š
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my grievances with botw
Breath of the Wild is... undeniably a fantastic game, but it is very genuinely not the kind of game I like, and since I started playing it Iāve been enjoying it less and less so... I have a pair of problems with it that Iād figure Iād go into, as well as some stuff that, while weak in botw, were executed better in past loz games.
(small shoutout to @zeldanamikaze for encouraging this and having some points that i agree with and had some examples that i hadnāt thought about much initially)
Again, Breath of the Wild is an objectively impressive game, and Iām not trying to sit here and convince you that itās a bad game. Iām just trying to point out things that detracted from my enjoyment of it, especially compared to my enjoyment of other Zelda games.
Before I get into the big stuff, Iāll just shoot off some quick little things that I think couldāve been improved:
- The dungeons generally felt like glorified shrines, and while they had cool mechanics and ways to access them, they were short and more or less pretty simple and all have similar visual and musical identities.
- Side quests and their rewards didnāt feel worth doing half of the time. I barely remember any notable ones off the top of my head and the longer ones just gave mostly generic rewards, which I suppose makes sense considering the limited amount of truly unique items in botw.
- Seeing the same enemies over and over again made the combat feel more like a chore than something to really engage with, not to mention that there is hardly any difficulty scaling beyond just making the enemies more durable.
- The story is fine, but in my experience, even seeing people go into more detail about the meanings of events, I never really cared for the events or the characters presented, since you donāt actually have to directly interact with any of that to play the game. Hell, you donāt even need to interact with the story at all to beat it, so the focus certainly doesnāt feel like itās on the story.
- It would be a lie to call the soundtrack bad, but itās sparse usage makes it hard to truly appreciate and the fact that most of it is meant to be more atmospheric generally makes them a bit less interesting to listen to on their own, though I will admit there are some fantastic tracks in botw, usually being some of the boss themes.
- While the Sheikah slate runes are cool, they feel very bland after a while, especially compared to the varied items seen in previous games. Theyāre good tools for an open world, but not much fun otherwise (the bombs were good though, since they had a variety of uses).
And thatās the quick stuff- again, mostly courtesy of @zeldanamikaze, since these are the examples Iāve seen her mention.
I have two big points that kind of encapsulate why I dislike this game and still adore the older games, that being: the minigames and the items and their relationships to dungeons.
Breath of the Wild is a very different game than what came past it, and I am very aware that it is a vast departure from those other games for a reason. However, this leads me to view it not only simply as a game not up my alley, but also as kind of inferior in some aspect to those previous Zelda games. Breath of the World is first and foremost an open world game, seemingly putting a focus on gameplay enjoyment above all else (not to imply that the āelseā is bad because of this, but I do think that the āelseā suffers in comparison to other Zelda titles.)
It may also be worth mentioning that the other Zelda games I have played is the following: LoZ NES, Linkās Awakening (Original and Remake), Ocarina of Time, Majoraās Mask, Phantom Hourlgass, Skyward Sword, A Link Between Worlds, and Triforce Heroes. I have also played both hyrule warriors games as well as loz 2, wind waker, and minish cap, none of the latter 3 i have finished or currently have access to.
1: The Minigames
Minigames are common in Zelda games, so of course botw has a few scattered around itās world. Botwās minigames are very different than the minigames seen in past Zelda games, mostly due in part to the limited array of items and unique gameplay gimmicks available in botw. Botwās minigames usually focus on different forms of archery, gliding, or rune usage: all things integral to normal gameplay. At best you get rupees or cosmetic items from most minigames.
Botwās minigames are just slightly altered situations of normal gameplay. The bowling is just using stasis except this time the game has a special little arena for it. Pretty much all of the archery games are either just counting how many deer you can kill or if you can just hit some targets on horseback. Thereās one race I can think of and one gliding activity I can think of.
This makes sense, considering that there are a handful of other non-minigame activities to engage in, but these minigames feel... hollow. None of the minigames feature gameplay exclusive to those minigames or feature gameplay only used in certain parts of the game. They all make use of readily available mechanics in botw, so theyāre like tests of skill- but otherwise not really any worth giving a second-thought unless you want to see how good of a glider or archer you are or grab some extra rupees.
But they arenāt very... worth it or generally fun within the context of botw. Itās just another way to do something that is available to you pretty much all game. They donāt feel unique, they just feel like a task.
Previous Zelda games (obviously) have archery minigames and allow you to use archery when you get the bow and from that point onward. And yet the archery minigames are made unique from the rest of the archery in the game; ocarina of timeās archery minigame is simply just shooting at targets, but the possible rewards and the simple fact that not often are you going to be continuously shooting arrows at enemies make it a bit of a novel experience within oot. The minigames in past zelda games take advantage of the items and area-specific mechanics: they usually include item-exclusive mechanics like bombchu games, or take advantage of more specific mechanics, like the minecarts in skyward sword, the masks in majoraās mask, or being able to control gongoron in phantom hourglass.
They also gave genuine rewards- empty bottles, quest items, ship parts, new masks, heart containers or pieces, kinds of stuff that are hard to get and very valuable. Theyāre worth doing for reasons outside of just a little activity. The minigames in other Zelda games do really enhance the experience by taking advantage of situational mechanics or giving a unique usage for some items.
You can probably get every item in botw without playing all of the minigames. They have little actual purpose. But in other zelda games, they have a purpose in the greater game and provide novel experiences within the game.
2: Items and their relationships with the dungeons
Obviously, compared to past games, botwās ādungeonsā kind of sucked. Theyāre fine in a vacuum, with interesting gimmicks and the like, but theyāre really little more than glorified shrines with four different-but-similar bosses at the end.
In my opinion, one of reasons why the divine beasts just... fell flat compared to other zelda dungeons is the lack of unique items in general. The runes in botw are cool and useful but you get them at the start of the game and never get anything new. You are give every tool you need to beat all of the dungeons the moment you finish the tutorial.
Older zelda gamesā dungeons being tied to their respective items is a big part- to me- of what makes those dungeons so good.
Obviously, the theming, musical themes, and larger layouts and more varied puzzles make them objectively better experiences, but the way they interact with item acquisition makes the whole thing even better.Ā
Even in a link between worlds, where you can get every item whenever you want from Ravio, each dungeon is still tied to one of those items, and one of those items is needed to successfully complete that dungeon.
The dungeons in past Zelda games are practically complex tutorials on how you can use your new items. They are where those items shine and they are designed so that those items are used to their fullest potential within. And then you must then use that item to defeat that dungeonās boss, and you usually have no chance of beating that boss if you donāt make use of the dungeonās associated item. Itās like a final test for the item, seeing if you know how it works enough to complete the dungeon and use it against a bossās weaknesses.
The most recent example, and probably one of the best, is needing to use the whip to tear off koloktosā arms in the ancient cistern, but the classic scenario of the bombs for king dodongo works well enough, and the bosses of majoraās mask requiring you to understand how the transformation masks work. There are definitely some bosses that require no use of dungeon items (moldorm in the tower of hera, either ghirahim fights), but the itemās usage is still showcased prominently in their dungeons.
Outside of the dungeons, too, the progressive acquisition of items makes more areas and secrets available to you, giving a much more palpable sense of progression through those gamesā worlds.
In botw, you get every tool the moment you are released into the rest of hyrule, so while figuring out what to do with those tools can be fun, the sense of progression is dampened by having every item from the start and nothing you gain beyond that being needed for anything aside from a nice little ability to make things easier.
Iām not really too sure exactly why I never found botw fun the way everyone else does, but I think lackluster minigames and the general lack of items that aid a sense of progression are parts of it.
#loz#legend of zelda#botw#salty talks#i feel like im swinging at a hornets nest by suggesting that this game isn't perfect#cuz everywhere you look this game is praised incessantly while its like. i think its fine at best tbh#because it's really not to my tastes#i highly prefer the experience that the other loz games provide and botw dropped off for me while i still enjoy those games#like. open world games arent really my thing and a game packed to the gills with just as much shit as possible is a major turn off for me#this was going to have three points but playing totk exhausted me mentally and i dont really care any more. i dont find these games fun#the tutorial islands felt tedious after a bit and like. idk. good game but i have yet to find myself actually having fun with it#it kinda feels like its fun in concept but the fact that it doesnt necessarily feel got to play to me and progress is slow and based on#like. slow exploration? its fine but its not something i actually enjoy. its not teh difficulty bc i like elden ring and hades n stuff#like. i have more fun with ph than totk. idk. playing totk was like. entertaining? but it kinda ust felt hollow to me#granted i just like. unlocked the first tower and did some shrines but like. idk. good game. i don't think i actually like it too much#i really think these two points kind of maybe explain why these games just fail to click with me#things in older zelda games have specific purposes and can be more situational than pretty much anything in botw/totk so far#it feels. better. to find an item that fits a specific purpose in older loz games. they're more gimmicky.#i feel that open world games (similar to botw/totk) are dragged down by the sheer freedom they allow to me at least#there's too much to do and you're allowed to do whatever so it all feels kind of. standard theres not much purpose to it#the tedium of botw/totk is much more grating than the tedium i experience in skyward sword's lanayru desert#because you HAVE to go through and figure out lanayru desert to continue the story get new items find new dungeons#botw/totk you kinda just get some items and maybe a lackluster quest or some fucking environment thing#long post#idk. im not too far into totk while writing this but rn in a weird way it and botw feel empty to me in a way i cant express#i enjoyed botw at first but after beating it and all it just felt kinda boring and unsatisfying to replay
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just went full ham and designed a villainsona for rottmnt wahaha
figured it would be fun to fill out a theme following four guardians. we got turtles, we got dragons... so my guys is based around the white tiger (ė°±ķø)
the bit im committing to is he's just taking advantage of the fact that everyone in the universe has the cybersecurity of a wet paper bag. i mean LOOK at the passwords people are using! theyre basically begging to get their servers compromised!!!!!
#rottmnt#art#sorry this is kind of self inserty idk if people appreciate that in the main tags#just an excuse to draw more cool jackets tbh#debating if i want to fully lean in and get Mutant'd#itd be later if at all like ghostbear#go kitty mode#not sure what fun power id get#if i wanna stay with the theme... maybe something to do with enduring hits and then releasing that energy out elsewhere#or like short span time travel??#i dont want to be too op im ok with being sillay and gimmicky#maybe just lean into aesthetics and have cool electricity where i move real fast and claw people wit some shock#intro ep would be something super sillay like i hack into the teetlez' accounts and make them post a bunch of embarrassing shit#they take it real personal and try and get back but realize all their home tech and donnies battle tech is compromised#just plays meme music and goes on the fritz#spend half the episode fighting their own electronics#its happening across the city#maybe something fun where theyre forced to cut a deal/temp truce with the purple dragons to weed out his location#eventually they find him and beat his ass#ideally an excuse to frame out a bunch of fun ROOFTOP FIGHTS#rooftop fights sorely underrepresented but one of my favorite action locations
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You. Thoughts on uni2 story content?
admittedly i havent played the Most bc ive been recovering from getting my teeth yoinked and fighting game takes too much brain power atm BUT. confused as to why theres no proper story mode like chronicle was in cl-r, as for arcades- intrigued by linne's specifically and tbh kinda happy about it. enk's is SO...... BITING HIM. CARMINE'S IS FUCKING BONKERS BUT HONESTLY I CAN'T SAY I EXPECTED ANY LESS FROM HIS CRAZY ASS
overall. in general. Tonally. the Finality of it feels. not. actually? there? really? it seems arbitrary. it's hard to have actual like. how do i put it. meat. of a story. without a real story mode. like all we get are arcades??? both from a storytelling standpoint and also like ALL the promo material it kinda falls flat on what was promised, or at least Implied. i was literally streaming it for my bf day 1 and when i opened the game one of the first things i said was "wait there's no actual story mode option?" to have such heavy emphasis on how this is the End this is the Last one For Real feels forced when we haven't had any legit buildup to that point and even in the game itself aside from cliche anime vague dialogue about how This Needs To End and whatnot it doesn't narratively convey this all that effectively
like personally im not all that . idk. disappointed? by that bc i still need to catch up on chronicle mode from cl-r and haven't had time/focus to do so buuuuut... like. idk it feels weird now? why'd they throw chronicle into the middle game and now leave the supposed last one hanging. especially when theres a lot of loose plot threads that arent getting delivered on adequately, and by the fundamental nature of arcade modes in fighting games none of them are exactly fully 100% for real canon because there's a lot of contradictions so........ what does actually happen. kuon dies yeah sure that was his whole thing and kinda the whole conceit of this game sure sure whatever but like what ELSE? esp with carmine's arcade being so tonally weird the whole time and him talking about how he's dying anyway like SURE IN HIS ENDING HE GOES FULLY APESHITT BUT LIKE WHAT HAPPENS TO HIM FOR REALSIES DOES HE JUST DESPAWN?
all this aside its fun and i like it and all howwwwever there is a slight sense of like.. barring system rework and ui updates it feels like this could just be cl-r dlc of kaguya tsurugi and kuon and not a hell of a lot would change overall?
#cawing#Anonymous#i straight up thought i was jsut missing a menu option or something but like HELLO!#or maybe that if i finish everyones arcades it would show the true ending like old blazblue but uh... sure doesnt seem taht way huh#like dont get me wrong i love corny fighting game shit but at the same time like#in some ways these feel like the shallowest fg arcades ive ever played save for the ones in continuum shift#and at least cs had a gimmicky excuse for why there was only really much of consequence in like. 4 of them#AND additionally had character story modes as real plot so its not like they NEEDED the arcades to be that substantial#and they werent historically until cp bc everything got condensed into one major storyline#which i would be fine if unib took that route but it just. idk doesnt seem like they wanted to commit to that??#uniposting#like i love the game love kaguya love kuon love my blorbos buuuuuut its a bit lacking. just a bit#kuon is fun to play but damn did this justify a whole game#also minor gripe but im salty they dotn give the option of past themes. i was so excited when i saw the themes in the gallery#but no. you can just Play them. fuck off#whoops that got long lmao. never ask my opinion on anything worst mistake of my life
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maaan I love my family but christmas is very much something I Endure for them lmao
#its probably my least favourite public holiday. immensely stressful and so much travel and theres always yelling eventually#plus i cant stand the gimmicky OR the religious sides of it. and both are unavoidable bc of the Catholicism.#i have to go to church tmr morning. sighs. whatever ill survive I used to have to do this every week#at least the food is good. i always feel so guilty complaining bc ill get gifts but honestly i would just rather not celebrate it at all#extremely jealous rn of my flatmate whos getting to spend it alone in the flat this year god i wish that was me#except i suppose we cant BOTH spend it alone....only one flat after all. and im sure she appreciates the space to herself more than i do#anyway im going to bed ive been ready to collapse since 4pm i have a rocking headache and ik my brothers gonna wake me at 6#SIGHS. its okayyy itll be fun probably. its my mums birthday on xmas day too i really do it all for her.. i hope she has a good time <3#goodnight!#.diaries
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idk if this is a controversial take but splatfest was better when it was just two teams š
#three teams was fun for the very first fest since it was new and gimmicky#esp with the tricolor battles#but now its just tedious imo#esp since whoever wins halftime report is basically the winner
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Uhhhhhh
*looks at my list of AUs*
Uhhhhhh we'll be here for days if I shared them all, so pick a crossover (choose Roblox Regretevator or Murder Drones), an AU that changes/spices the plot (only got one AU ready for this) or an AU with a different setting (A Sunny Day In Broomstown (Amanda the Adventurer & The Stanley Parable inspo), AI-sistant's Realization (AI!Poli), or Immorally Inverted (The BRT but their principles are inverted, meaning Poli is an evil cop for instance))
Only one of them pls š
*suddenly appeared* Hello everyone! I don't know how happy you are to see me here, but I'm already here :) While coming up with an AU with my friend, I involuntarily thought about what's going on in others' AUs? And that's why I want to know the key points, facts, or ideas from YOUR AUs! And to make sure everything is fair, I'll tell you a couple of my facts :)
ā¢Despite the huge garden behind the headquarters, Amber also grows plants in her room, and one of them is Sarracenia. But at the same time, she has a favorite flower, which is: Rhododendron.
ā¢In addition to the fact that Helly works as a lifeguard in Broomtown, he is also studying online at college to become a professional photographer, because this is his dream.
ā¢Roy can play three instruments: guitar, drums, and piano. He also has a good voice, and at 17 he was a soloist in a little-known band.
ā¢Jean has a lot of scars on her fingers from instruments. And most often her right hand suffers.
ā¢Initially, Poli wanted to study to be a fashion designer, but due to personal reasons he went to become a policeman (nobody knows the reason for such a change).
ā¢Dampu has a daughter, and he is divorced.
Write your facts, and I will respond to each one! :D
#dave reblogs shit#robocarpoliau????#The thing is i had another crossover au thats progressing much by its design and general scenes but not its overall plot#but its some gimmicky thing im doing for fun and its homestuck#there is so much going on in there that i cannot share for spoilery reasons. I draw the line at Homestuck /j#all i can say is that some of my AUs feature doomed Polroy yaoi: by plot neccessity or drama
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wait what the fuck mario power tennis is goated this game fucking rules
#how have i never played this before#i played the wii u one before this. yeah.#its so fun i love the gimmicky courts
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It was finally bright enough out for my new glasses to change!!
[Id: my hand holding a clear pair of glasses inside. my hand, wearing fingerless black gloves, holding the same pair of glasses outside but now they're a translucent purple]
#is it just a gimmicky aesthetic feature? yes. i also love it and think its so cool#i also have a pair of glow in the dark glasses from last prescription. fun things are fun
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I was gonna make this post way way earlier but I forgot lol but Uhm
I have played through the splatoon 2 story fully and am replaying it (for a future post bc a lot of the dialogue is rlly funny) and honestly while I absolutely loved it it makes me even sadder that splat 2ās story mode was kinda tossed aside (for valid reasons ofc) because itās so Cool.
Excluding the gameplay, I think they did marie so well, because she sells the desperation of someone whoās got nobody she knows by her side. While she of course keeps the sassy attitude of sneak dissing her best friends (agent 3) and also telekinetically telling you to fuck off if you talk to her too much itās very clear she genuinely cares so much about agent 4 and is so grateful theyāre doing what they do.
these are only two screenshots of 8(?) of Marie randomly being really sentimental to 4 because this stranger chose to help her in her time of need rather than just ignore this GROWN WOMAN hanging out on a sewer drain
Itās like heavily emphasized multiple times that Marie could not be more grateful for 4ās help in retrieving not just the zapfish but also her cousin.
But then revealing that 4 knew about Callie the WHOLE TIME (I have a lot to say about this part but itās mostly hc so) which is so KIND OF THEM???? this random woman recruits them into a secret military agency and hides the fact she rlly misses her cousin but they help anyway bc they WANT TO. (They didnāt even know either of them were famous btw) Marie shows a lot of gratitude toward 4 ESPECIALLY after the big reveal.
(You could make arguments for 3 being similar bc an old kook made them do it but this isnāt about them..)
And itās not just being grateful for the one time, she genuinely enjoys 4ās company and wants to be better friends with them and chat after the zapfish and Callie are saved ššš
Itās so cute too, because 100%ing the game and even just being a little nosy is something that Marie picks up on, and remembers way later in the game. (More abt this later)
god I love this socially inept squid woman and her adopted child soldier that likes finding pieces of paper
Speaking of said soldier! I think the way they characterized 4 via the actual gameplay rather than art/statements/whatever is so cool
4 doesnāt have many illustrations besides the chaos splatfest and that one group photo where theyāre being funky in the corner (and the apartment) but I feel like the reason for that is the fact that a lot of Marieās dialogue as well as how splatoon 2ās hero mode is structured/designed speaks a lot about how they wanted to represent 4.
From a realistic standpoint, of course splatoon 2ās story mode has to be more creative both prompt wise and secret wise. But it feels like the reason its that way is because both 4 and Marie are separate types of people from Craig and 3.
The bosses help a lot with this too, being more gimmicky and weird (subtracting stamp.) Octo shower and samurai being bosses where you have to either react well or change your positioning to effectively beat them. (Octo shower is my fave btw I loved fighting it the first time)
The level design also shines in this aspect because if Iām honest I remember none of the splat 1 levels significantly besides the few octoling ones. Splatoon 2ās levels are very detailed (and also insanely pretty) and have some rlly fun puzzles in a handful of them and even the more fast ones are a blast to play through
And then all the little extras (sardiniums and scrolls alike) are hidden so well and you usually have to go out of your way to find them and even the secrets that arenāt either of those things have substance
Small note, a lot of extras are also made so that it flows well with the levels design (like the first dualie request mission) which is also extremely fucking cool.
the way marie touches on those little discoveries is so smart too because it (as I said before) characterizes 4 as someone who loves to look for things even if itās on a whim especially since the sunken scrolls in the game are so much harder to find than in splat1.
And the fact that unlike splat 1, you can (technically) 800% the game by playing EVERY SINGLE LEVEL WITH EVER SINGLE WEAPON TYPE. to me it feels like it deepens the fact that 4 likes to be really thorough. marie goes āyou have a problem.ā When you break like two hidden egg crates in this one level and itās so great.
I love what theyāve done with 4, whether it was intentional or Iām over-analytical.
Nothing gets past them, looking in every nook and cranny whether or not thereās secrets to be found. Theyāre too nosy and thorough and they like to be around marie after completing missions, they donāt know who the squid sisters are, hate balloons, may or may not be ok, have impulsive secret finding, partake in many extracurriculars, can be needy at times, go with the flow and they apparently smell better than agent 3.
Agent four, of the New Squidbeak Splatoon.
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for the frat!peter girlies.
Peter blames his aunt.Ā
May went and raised him to look forward to the middle of february. She would make little boxes and handwritten notes tied up with a fun-sized candy bar. May told him it was a day to celebrate love in its entirety. For a friend, for a teacher, for just the sake of love existing everywhere you went.Ā
Except, not everyone likes valentine's day. Some even hate it. Some would loathe the day so much that Peter feels like an idiot for caring. Dinner reservations that were going to be ignored, flowers that would go wilted and chocolates that were never going to get eaten.Ā
Peter has a handful of nothing and the one time he really wanted to outperform himself, it was brushed off and it was his auntās fault for getting his hopes up about valentineās day. He had been so thoughtful too, planning weeks ahead to book a dinner slot and a fun date. Not to mention the mini fortune he spent on roses, not that you were a giant fan of roses but every girl deserves a bouquet on valentineās, even if they triple in price. Peter even bought a second bunch of your favorite kind, just to prove he cared.Ā
It meant nothing. His efforts meant nothing and maybe he shouldnāt have assumed, but he never thought that youād hate the holiday. It was a day entirely built around feelings, around love- and you just rolled your eyes at him.Ā
āI fucking hate valentineās day.ā You said it like it was nothing, taking two bites of a banana and handing it over to Peter. He asked if you were excited, maybe even hinting at that you should be excited. Peter Parker was about to romance the hell out of you. But not anymore.Ā
āExplain that one for me?ā A toss, the peel falls into the trash can. You shrug as if youāve never thought about it before, but itās something youāve held in your chest for as long as you can remember.Ā
āIt was a holiday created by girls who didnāt feel loved enough by their boyfriends, or something. I think the practice is stupid, you should treat me good and do nice things for me everyday, not just once a year. And everything is crowded! Everyone has the same lame idea about dinner and a movie and flowers andā¦ itās just not something I buy into.āĀ
Peter feels every bit of him curl up and die inside. Valentines is his third favorite holiday, he adores the pinks, reds, and purples. He loves seeing couples of every stage, the beginning stages or lifelong partners. They all love the same; with everything in them.Ā
āWell, actually, I do have a confession. Chocolate covered strawberries. Theyāre outrageously expensive, but I buy them every year. If youāre wondering, I was hoping we could boycott the baby holiday and eat some strawberries or something.āĀ
A small lift in his heart, itās something. Youād be happy with one thing and he could deliver that, but first he has to try and sway you, right? Peter needs to preach what valentineās is about, he needs you to understand how lovely it is.Ā
āIām surprised you hate it so much. I figured youād love it, since itās pink and feelings, and stuff.ā You wink at him, you think itās a joke and Peterās in the same boat as you. āI know, right? It always seemed so gimmicky to me, I think.āĀ
āThat doesnāt mean itās bad.ā You pretend gag, Peter feels his heart sink into the hollow of his chest. āYouāre right, itās cringy and that makes it so much worse.ā Peter doesnāt agree, not even in the slightest. Nothing about it is cringy, thereās nothing embarrassing about showing you love someone.Ā
āRight. Itās cringy and a gimmick and everyone who participates is stupid.ā Maybe heās a little cynical, it hits harder when you nod with exaggeration. āSo glad you agree, petey!ā He doesnāt. Peter couldnāt be further away from your opinion but heās really not in the mood to be shut down or judged, so, he just changes the subject and tries to ignore everything crumbling apart in the back of his mind.Ā
āIsnāt this cute?āĀ
You squint your eyes when you read the card, a tiny smile shows. āItās cute. Not worthā¦ā You snatch the glorified cardstock and flip it, your eyes widen, you pretend to choke on the dollar amount. āTen dollars, holy shit. For some glitter? Fuck that.āĀ
You want it out of your hold, scared that if even a speckle spread youād be forced to buy it. āWhat happened to the good old days of making your own card? My mom used to eat that up.āĀ
Peter delicately sets the card down, he tries to see it how you do, but he canāt. Sure, itās wildly marked up, but wouldnāt your partner be worth the price? Peter would buy the moon for you if he could, a ten dollar Hallmark card wonāt be his holdup.Ā
But, maybe youād like a handmade one more. He can do that.Ā
Peterās trying to be mindful of your opinion while also planting the seed that valentineās isnāt all that bad into your brain. Itās days away and all he can hear in the back of his mind is āI fucking hate valentineās day.āĀ
āOh my god, oh my god, oh my god! Peter- do you fucking see this?āĀ
A romantic gesture? A public display of love and admiration? Dozens of carefully inflated heart shaped balloons? A girl crying into the arms of her friend while her partner showers her with flowers. Is it the love? Is that what youāre pointing out?Ā
āYeah, itās-āĀ
āDisgusting.āĀ
ā-cute.ā Peter frowns, is that what you really thought of valentines? Nothing was swaying your mind, Peter thinks that youāre more solidified in your mindset than before.Ā
āIām sorry, trouble, but Iām finding it hard believing you hate valentineās day.ā Itās like he just called you a slur, you pull your hand from his and stuff it into your jacket pocket.Ā
āI donāt hate it, I loathe it. What do you see watching that? Personally, Iām seeing gravel covered flowers and wasted space that turns into deflated balloons. Fuck that.ā Peter shakes his head, youāre seeing it wrong. āItās about the gesture.āĀ
āItās about how you love someone so much, there aren't enough things in the world to buy to show it, and there are never the right set of words to say it quite right. Iāll buy all the flowers in the world for you, and Iāll use all the air in my lungs for these balloons but itāll never match the love I have for you.āĀ
Peter clears his throat. āThat's what I see, anyways. I think valentineās day is an excuse to be a little cringy and basic because we all want that sometimes.ā He mightāve finally broken through, but you crack a grin and bump your shoulder into his.Ā
āAh, yes, because Iām so unfulfilled that a man has never gotten me a teddy bear for valentineās day.ā Would you want one? He could get you one. Or could that be a reason you might detest the holiday, not that heād ever take your opinion for resentment or bitterness.Ā
āHave you ever had a valentine?ā A small stumble, your hand is tied into his again. āBesides elementary, nah. And honestly, I should be happy so I donāt have to deal with all that stuff.āĀ
āI should be happy so I donāt have to deal with all that stuff.ā But, now you do, donāt you?Ā
āTrouble, you do realize youāre my valentine this year, right? And Iām yours?ā You feel your breath catch, no, you hadnāt realized. Itās always just been another day for you and you assume the same for Peter, itās not like there was much to celebrate.Ā
āItās also just a day that ends in Y.ā Is that really the answer you have? Itās just another day to you, even if you finally have someone to claim? You might not care about the holiday, but Peter does and heās going to get his valentineās day, no matter what.Ā
And youāre going to enjoy a handmade card.Ā
And a teddy bear.Ā
Peterās finger-combing his hair after a shower, heās had the reservation for weeks, but he also wasnāt aware of your detestment towards red hearts and arrows.Ā
āWanna grab some dinner wednesday?ā If he didnāt say it by name heās hoping you wonāt scream bloody mary on him. āSure.ā A smile washes over Peterās face, it drops in a second. āWait, isnāt that valentineās day? Ha, yeah, no thank you. You, me, and the entire city? Fuck that.āĀ
āFuck that, fuck that, fuck that.ā Weeks boiled into nothing. āBut, if you wanna cuddle and watch a movie Iām down.ā Itās something. Heād get to give you flowers and a card and a teddy bear and he canāt forget the strawberries. You told him you loved them.Ā
āGood with me, trouble.āĀ
Peter tried to sway your mind, he tried to make you enjoy the love and glitter and colors. But you hated it all. So all he has to do is ditch the flowers and the dinner and justā¦ do nothing.Ā
Peterās first real valentine and all he has to do isā¦ nothing.Ā
Three rose bouquets tossed onto his closet floor, it was haphazardly done. Petals scattered around the cellophane, some even reached to his shoes. They were thrown in without care, they were hidden.Ā
But they were beautiful. A few front buds have taken a beating, but the others were fully blossomed and lively. Youāve never seen roses in such a vivid red, their petals almost like velvet under your fingertips, their smell unlike any other.Ā
The thorns have been expertly shredded, nothing but smooth, soft stems in their wake. It doesnāt matter if Peter didnāt mean to have you see them, they were too gorgeous to leave locked away in a dark room. They deserved the affection water and sunlight would give them.Ā
You clutched all three in your arms, the weight welcomed. You laid them out nicely across his bed, the third bouquet dropped a small card and you picked it right back up.Ā
āTrouble-Ā
This day was made for you.Ā
Charlieās at 8.Ā
Yours,Ā
Peterā
You bit back a smile. Charlieās? Itās nice, too nice. And expensive. Peter got you reservations at Charlieās? Holding the card to your chest you nearly squeal, you have no idea how he kept the secret from you. Or the roses.Ā
When you hear his bedroom door open you spin, waiting for him to be in the doorway so you can place a thousand kisses. Instead itās Ethan and he looks surprised. āYouāre here?ā He points to the flowers, āPeter gave you those?āĀ
āI found them in his closet, he just tossed them in here! And he mustāve forgotten to tell me about Charlieās.ā Ethan doesnāt smile with you, heās not sharing any joy. For a second you start to wonder if you were the person who was supposed to receive the gifts.Ā
āHe didnāt forget.ā You scrunch your face at him, āI think he did and I need to start getting ready now. Ethan, do you know how nice Charlieās is? Itās fucking fancy.ā Youāre not prepared, you donāt have anything that screams Charlieās worthy in Peterās closet.Ā
āNo, youāre not hearing me. There is no Charlieās and there weren't supposed to be roses. I was supposed to get them before you got here, but, here we are. No roses and no Charlieās.ā You smack at his arms, pulling at his fingers to drop your flowers.Ā
āTheyāre mine!ā Ethanās on a mission to steal them, and heās not being gentle.Ā
āNo, you didnāt want them.āĀ
You watch him for a second, how could he say that, of course you want them. Thirty six reminders of Peter, how could you ever say no? You fight for what's yours, Ethan allows you to keep one bouquet.Ā
āI do want them!āĀ
Ethanās not being nice to you tonight, heās gruff with his response. āNo. You didnāt.āĀ
āYou keep saying didnāt! I never said I didnāt wantā¦āĀ
Except you did. Just like you said you didnāt want to get dinner with Peter. You feel terrible, you feel like crying. Heād had this planned for weeks and the whole time all you did was poke fun and degrade the holiday not knowing you were crushing him behind the scenes.Ā
You wanted the flowers, but you didnāt deserve them. You hand over the last bouquet silently.Ā
āI think itās best if you pretend you didnāt see these.ā You canāt imagine the ache Peter must have in his chest, he planned something out just for you to stomp all over it. Itās not about the value, it was the gesture. He canāt tell you how he feels, but taking you out to one of the nicest places in the city, where you know it has a month minimum reservation list makes you understand him just a little bit better.Ā
āThis is so bad, Ethan. This is so,ā you suck in air, āso bad.āĀ
āItās not terrible,ā a crinkle when he shifts weight. āBut itās not great.ā You wince, if you could, youād go back in time and shove your foot in your mouth, or tell yourself to shut the fuck up.Ā
āWell, I mean, what the fuck?! Itās fucking Peter! How was I supposed to know he was pro valentines day?ā
āHow was he supposed to know you were anti valentines day?āĀ
You sink to the bed and hold your head in your hands, āI just want Peter right now.ā You want to hug him and kiss him and tell him how sorry you were. Ethan hesitates for a second, before stepping closer to lay the flowers across your lap.Ā
āYou found them. Theyāre yours.ā You protect them from being taken, but still have self-pity. āI donāt deserve them.ā Ethan scoffs, āof course you do. Everyone deserves pretty flowers.āĀ
You pout at yourself in the mirror and fix any smudges. Brushing out any stray wrinkles your newest dress mightāve made on the way over. Ethan had very kindly instructed a pledge to pick you up an outfit so you could change before Peter got back.Ā
With minutes to spare, heās back and taking a deep breath at your appearance. āWow.ā A surprised hum when you kiss him, you wipe red from his bottom lip while you apologize. āIām so sorry, petey.āĀ
āFor what?ā A look around the room, red roses give him the reason. āOh. Hey, itās no big deal and I-ā A frown when you silence him by holding a finger to his lips.Ā
āIām sorry. I found those flowers and all I could think about was you and how much it meant to me that you got those for me, then I saw the card and I couldnāt believe you got us reservations and I just feltā¦ special. Iāve never had a valentine, but I get it now. Itās just a day you get to dote on me extra hard.āĀ
Another surprise kiss, āand if you didnāt already cancel I think we can get to Charlieās on time. But if you did, thatās okay. Because I think those are the most lovely flowers I have ever gotten, and I might have seen a little teddy bear in there but I didnāt wanna get too presumptuous.āĀ
This time, Peter kissed you. āThereās also a homemade card.āĀ
āYou didnāt!ā You fall in closer to his chest, his hands can have free reign tonight, you wore the dress just for him.Ā
āI did. I even wrote a little poem.āĀ
A chaste kiss, ājust when I think you canāt get better.āĀ
āThereās also glow in the dark mini golf planned for after.ā A peck, āso thoughtful and handsome.ā
A whisper, heās got blown pupils and hoping heād get another kiss. āAnd your strawberries are in the fridge.āĀ
Your hearts about to explode, āfuck, I love-ā you stop yourself, but you heard it and so did Peter. He brushes it off, ālove?ā Fuck it, youāll both keep circling around it.Ā
āYeah, I love love.āĀ
A hungry kiss, a squeeze to the back of your thighs. āYeah, I love love, too.āĀ
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